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April 2012
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Entrepreneurship in Your Classroom
E-club at Trade show
Camp e3
Business Classes Available
David Orr Named Entreprenuer of the Year at Univeristy of Arizona

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Entrepreneurial Endeavors 

Greetings!  


A recent study of 25,000 middle-to-high-school-age youth by the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship at the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) reported that:

 

 - 51% of youth picture themselves staying or returning home in the future if there are opportunities to do so. 

 

 - Almost half of rural youth are not interested in traditional careers; they want to own their own businesses.

 

Click here to read "Wise Towns Will Spur Young Entrepreneurs".

 

What can you do to help spur young entrepreneurs in our area? We have plenty of ideas. Read below about: 

  1. hosting BSC's "Do You Have What it Takes to Be an Entrepreneur?" program in your classroom this month.
  2. attending the CEO Trade Show at the EPC on Monday, May 7th at 5 pm to support the Effingham County teens promote their businesses. 
  3. sending a teen age 14-18 to the Midland States Bank sponsored BSC Camp e3 on June 17-20, 2012
  4. attending or publicizing the "How to Start a Business" workshop in Pana or Paris in April.
  5. cheerlead and champion entrepreneurial success stories such as David Orr of Fruper.com.

Stay tuned - we will be announcing our new counselor next week.

  

In service to our communities,

  

Jeanne C. Dau
jeanne dau

Director, Business Solutions Center

Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Eastern Illinois University  
217-581-2913

 

 

 

 

 

Teachers - Sign Up Now for 

"Do You Have What it Takes to Be an Entrepreneur?" Program 

 

DYHWIT2The Business Solutions Center at Eastern Illinois University is once again offering this fun and interactive programming about creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship with no charge to the school system. Please see attached document for more information.

 

Hurry, the calendar is filling quickly. The following dates are still available: April 25th or 30th, and May 1st, 3rd, 8th, 9th, 14th, 21st or 24th. Please give me a call or email me at [email protected] and we can arrange a day at your school.

E-club Will Sell Duct Tape Products at the CEO Trade Show May 7th

 

Invoco tapingThe Invo-Co e-club has started a new business, Duct Tape Revolution - go sticky or go home. Students will be selling their duct tape wallets, pens, headbands, and drink holders The products will be sold at the Effingham County CEO Class Trade Show scheduled for May 7th at the Effingham Perforance Center. Come support the club and class! 

 

 

 

 Invoco Product collage

 

 

Sign-up Now for Camp e3

 

Camp e3 is an interactive entrepreneurship business pitch competition for students ages 14-18 sponsored by Midland States Bank. This awesome 3 1/2 day overnight camp, led by Eastern's staff and students, will highlight successful entrepreneurs from the region and will give your student the initial building blocks to become responsible and enterprising in an ever-changing global society. Students also have fun bowling, swimming, attending the mysterious gutter party, and hanging out with other like-minded entrepreneurial thinkers.

 
There are scholarships available, so please don't let the registration fee stop you from attending this great opportunity.
 
Click here for the Camp e3 brochure. Click here for the online registration form.
 
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How to Start a Business Training
Learn what it takes to start a new venture.
 

Panaclick for flyer

Tuesday, April 24th - 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Location: Peoples Bank & Trust

200 S. Locust Street, Pana, IL

 

Paris - click for flyer

Monday, April 30th - 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Location: Paris Carnegie Public Library

207 S. Main Street, Paris, IL

 

Instructor, Jeanne Dau

Cost $25 per person or $35 per couple 

Click here to register

David Orr Named Univ. of Arizona Entrepreneur of the Year and Meets with Warren Buffet

 

David Orr with Warren Buffet earlier this year in Omaha.

David Orr, Camp e3 speaker, graduate of St. Anthony's High School in Effingham, Illinois and owner of Fruper.com was recently named the "#1 Entrepreneur at University of Arizona" by ZonaHomePage.com! Check out the interview here: http://www.zonahomepage.com/

 

David was also selected as one of twenty students from the University of Arizona Eller College of Management to fly to Omaha Nebraska to meet Mr. Warren Buffett. "The experience was truly life changing," says David. "I was most amazed at how humble Mr. Buffett was. He drove himself around in a KIA, traveled with no security, and did not like formal introductions. I actually took a notebook full of suggestions and quotes from the various speeches Mr. Buffett gave my group. I've listed some of my favorite quotes below:

 

  • Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.
  • It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
  • It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
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    David has graciously accepted our invitation to be the kick-off speaker at Camp e3 on Sunday, June, 17th at  Eastern Illinois University. All are invited to hear more about his entrepreneurial journey!

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