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December 2011
In This Issue
Coles County Entrepreneurship Class
Global Entrepreneurship Week Activities
Ned Lunt - New BSC Counselor
Invo-co E-club
Mrs. C's Bakery/Cafe
Alex Ruggieri Spotting the Light on Regional Entrepreneurs
Camp e3 2012 Dates

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Please consider making a charitable donation to the Business Solutions Center as part of the EI&U Expect Greatness campaign.
  
Your gift will help:
- send a student to Camp e3
- provide free and confidential counseling to start-ups, existing businesses and nonprofits
- offer low-cost training to help organizations succeed
- support Junior Achievement and other youth e-education including the creation of high school e-classes.
- grow our own entrepreneurs that will create jobs and sustain the economic vitality in the region
  
For employees who wish to have their support deducted through payroll deduction, please click here for the form. If you are not an employee of EIU, but would like to have the convenience of electronic funds transfer (EFT), please download this form. Please make sure that you specify the Business Solutions Center as your gift's designated recipient on these forms.
  
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Entrepreneurial Endeavors 

Greetings!  


In this holiday season, what are we thankful for at the BSC?  - great support and inquirying minds. In this issue, you will read about:

  • 60 businesses and individuals that have committed a total of $165,500 to fund a Coles County Entrepreneurship Class beginning in 2012
  • 20 enthusiastic Effingham County junior high students who have joined Invo-co, a new entrepreneurship club
  • 3 Clark County High Schools spending the day learning about entrepreneurship and college students shooting video about advice for aspiring entrepreneurs during Global Entrepreneurship Week 
  • A new business that has opened 
  • How to set up a free and confidential counseling appointment with our new BSC counselor

For more information, please read our year end letter, by clicking here.

 

In service to our communities,

  

Jeanne C. Dau
jeanne dau
 
Director, Business Solutions Center
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Eastern Illinois University 

 

 

 

 

 

$165,500 Committed to Create a Coles County Entrepreneurship Class 
 

More than 60 businesses and individuals have committed
a total of $165,500 over a three year period to fund a county-wide experiential entrepreneurship class.

Click here to read more. 

CCEC partners
Some of the many Coles County Entrepreneurship Class partners and champions posed for this picture at the BSC/SCORE Annual Breakfast.

 

 

 
iE Challenge Winner
ECIDC Vice President Brian Moody, Annette Lynch and BSC Director Jeanne Dau at the GEW iEntrepreneur Challenge Awards Presentation. 

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iEntrepreneur Challenge Video Contest Winner 

 

Congratulations to Annette Lynch who was the winner of an iPad for her video featuring Ed Thomas of Bike and Hike. Second place winner was Tom Nierman who featured Mayor John Inyart of the Charleston and Mattoon Midas franchise. 

Please click here to view the winning videos

 

Clark County Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop Winners

Clark County winner
These five teens used their imaginations and created a product from 4 pieces of junk winning the grand prize at the Clark County Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop.

 

Thirty students from Casey, Martinsville and Marshall High Schools came together to see if they had what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Lexy Teichmiller, an EIU freshman and a 2011 graduate of Dieterich High School and the Effingham County Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) class spoke about self-publishing her book, "Investing in Human Capital". Special thanks goes to Clark County Brainpower Team - Clark County School Districts, Clark County Development Organization, the University of Illinois Extension and Martinsville on the Move who sponsored this event.

New Counselor and New Training
Ned Lunt, BSC Interim Counselor

 

We are pleased to announce that Ned Lunt will be serving as the interim BSC Counselor for the next three months. Ned is currently a consultant at Competitive Advantage Consulting ans has held senior management position for the Thomas Monahan Corporation, Professional Software, Inc., Hills Pet Nutrition and DH+S. He received his Bachelor of Science (BS) from Arizona State University and his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Eastern Illinois University in 2006.

 

An appointment can be arranged with Ned by calling 217-581-2913 or 217-549-8416.

 

"How to Start a Business" Class 

Instructor, Jeanne Dau

Cost $25 per perosn or $35 per couple 

Click here to register.

 

Tuesday, Jan. 24th

Charleston Carnegie Library, Charleston, IL 

5:30 - 8:30 pm

 

Tuesday, January 28th

Ironhorse Golf Course, Tuscola, IL

6-9 pm

 

Wednesday, March 21st

Greater Effingham Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Effingham, IL

6-9 pm

Invo-Co logo

Invoco funny
Part of the club in a silly pose modeling their new t-shirts.
Effingham County E-Club is a Hit

 

We have completed the first semester of the new Effingham County Junior High Entrepreneurship Club which meets from 3:30 - 5 pm at Effingham Junior High School. INVO-CO, short for Innovation Company, is the new name chosen by the 20+ students that have been regularly participating. We are looking for interested Effingham County entrepreneurs and volunteers to help facilitate the club for next year. Please contact [email protected] if you are interested.Watch a slideshow featuring the Invo-Co activities.

  
New Business
Mrs. C's Bakery/Cafe, Paris, Illinois
Mrs. C's Bakery/cafe
Looks like it is time to make the doughnuts.

 

Bill Clawson
Bill Clawson speaking at the BSC/SCORE Annual Breakfast


 
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Clawson on the grand opening of their bakery/cafe in Paris, Illinois. It sounds like they are off to a great start!

 

Radio Mike
Alex Ruggieri Shines the Light on Regional Entrepreneurs
Learn about the leading Central Illinois entrepreneurs by viewing or listening to interviews with Alex Ruggieri. He hosts both a television and radio show in Champaign-Urbana, but you would be surprised by how many entrepreneurs he highlights in our area. 

Mark Your Calendar -  Camp e3

 

Give the gift of learning this holiday season and sponsor a child to attend this summer's Camp e3 - energizing emerging entrepreneurs. It's only $395 to let them discover entrepreneurship in this 3 1/2 day business pitch competition at Eastern Illinois University.

 

June 17-20, 2012Camp e3

campe3winning team

As always, if you have any questions or suggestions on how the BSC can assist entrepreneurs, please don't hesitate to call us at 581-2913.EIU

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