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Greetings!
 

Happy New Year!  We are eager to begin the new semester when we will start planning the student businesses. There will be fewer business tours and more days in class so the students have time to work on their business plans and ventures. 

 

For the next few weeks, we will be meeting on the second floor of the Rural King Corporate Office above their Mattoon retail store. Please plan to stop in anytime! You are welcome to join us for the beginning of class on your way to work or stay for the entire session. All guests will need to sign in at their front desk and receive a visitor pass.  It  would also be appreciated for you to leave the closer parking spots in their lot for Rural King customers.

 

 

Monday, January 7th - Retail Technology/Security

with James Hinks of Rural King

Rural King

 

Tuesday, January 8th - Business Plan Development and Shark Tank Business Pitch Review

Rural King, 4216 Dewitt Ave., Mattoon

 

Wednesday, January 9th - Class  and Student Businesses Logo Discussion

Taylor Gandolfi and Jim Zimmer

Rural King

 

Thursday, January 10th - Upchurch Engineering Tour

with JR Hickman and Mike Sneddon

Upchurch Engineering, 123 N. 12th St., Mattoon

 

Friday, January 11th - First  Business Pitches from Students

Rural King

 

Class Investors


Adams Memorials

Advanced Digital Solutions

Anonymous (2)

Bella Vein Laser Center Medical Spa

City of Charleston

City of Mattoon

Coldwell Banker Real Estate

Commercial Electric

Consolidated Communications

Corrie Appraisal & Consulting, Inc.

Curry & Co.

Curry Construction

Dr. Dean and Jeanne Dau

Diepholz Auto Group

Doehring Winders & Co. LLP

Ealy's Real Estate Appraisals

Eastern Illinois Properties

First Federal Savings & Loan Association

First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust

First Neighbor Bank

Flesor's Candy Kitchen

General Electric

Gilbert, Metzger & Madigan LLP

Jerome C. Groniger

Jimmy John's/Clyde's Animal Clinic

Howell Paving, Inc.

Innovative Staff Solutions

Lake Land College

LD Mechanical Contractors

Lifetime Eye Care

Lorenz Supply Company

Marketing by Jones, LLC

MARS Petcare US

McDonald's of Coles County 

Midas

Mid-Illinois Concrete, Inc.

Pilson Auto Center 

Pinnacle Foods Group, LLC

Porter Auto Body

Reed's Fly-On Farming

Rexdon, Inc.

Company

Rural King Supply

Sarah Bush Lincoln 

Health System

Scholes Trucking, Inc.

Eli & Ann Sidwell

The Sparks Foundation

Unique Home Properties

United Graphics, Inc.

Upchurch Group, Inc.

Vantage Outsourcing

Veolia Environmental Services

Wells Fargo Advisors

West & Company, LLC

Other Financial Contributors