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In 2019, BYOM contracted with Eckerd to be the exclusive licensees in Australia and New Zealand to deliver and certify others to deliver the EMP. Developed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/leadership.eckerd.edu\/\">Leadership Development Institute at Eckerd College<\/a>, the EMP is an empirically based, cutting-edge assessment tool based on extensive research into the traits, motivations and skills of entrepreneurs. Available online, the EMP helps leaders, students and entrepreneurs assess the degree to which they are utilizing an \u201centrepreneurial mindset\u201d and provides resources to leverage their competitive edge.<\/p>\n<p>PIVOT\u2014which stands for Persist, Invent, Viewpoint, Opportunity and Timing\u2014offered the EMP to small-business owners at the start of the six months of workshops to gauge their current mindset and at the end to demonstrate the shifts associated with what they have learned. 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