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PLATINUM PARTNERS
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Charleston Area
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SILVER PARTNERS
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Agracel
City of Charleston
City of Paris
East Central Illinois Development Corporation
Effingham County Board
First Bank of Paris
First Neighbor Bank
Journal Gazette/Times Courier
Karen Wolters, Ignite, USA
Schultz Investment Company
U.S. Bank
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Annie Hernandez
Bob and Nancy Williams
Bob Webb
Carol Jo Fritts
Cathy and Larry Ashmore
Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce
Citizens National Bank
Dennis and Kathleen Klaeser
Eastern Illinois Education for Employment Systems
Effingham County Chamber of Commerce
Fifth Third Bank
First National Bank of Dieterich
Flesor Family Confectionary, Inc.
Frank and Cathy Brummer
Gary Henigman
Gilbert, Metzger & Madigan LLP
In Memory of Debbie Dunagan
In Memory of Jack Clifford
In Memory of John Dively
J&J Ventures
Jasper County Economic Development Cooperative
McDonalds of Coles County
Paul Ruff
SCH Consulting
State Bank of Arthur
Todd Vilardo
Tuscola National Bank
Vantage Outsourcing
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Entrepreneurial Endeavors
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Dear Greetings!,
You owe it to yourself before school is out to attend at least one of the events listed below. It will make you smile and give you hope! These hardworking youth in the CEO and ClassE classes have bright ideas and have worked hard to make their dreams a reality. The trade shows will spotlight their businesses and are open to the public.
Success stories, club updates, and more information on our wonderful new 24/7 Prairiespark E-Hub are all found below.
May 1 - ECIDC Supercharged Millennial Entrepreneurs Presentation
Keller Convention Center, 2:30 - 5 pm $10
May 1 - CEO Tradeshow, 5 pm Effingham Performance Theatre
May 7 - ClassE Tradeshow/Supercharged Millennial Entrepreneurs
5-7:30 pm at the Lifespan Center off of Loxa Rd.
May 14 - How to Start Your Own Business, Effingham Chamber of Commerce $25
June 23-26 - Camp e3 - Energizing Emerging Entrepreneurs - EIU Campus $395
In service to our communities,
Jeanne C. Dau
Director, Business Solutions Center
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Eastern Illinois University
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Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 7, 2013 from 5-7 p.m. at the LifeSpan Center, 11021 E. County Rd 800 N, Charleston, IL. for the ClassE trade show. Come see what businesses the students have started! Jack Schultz and Craig Lindvahl from Millennial Entrepreneurs will present about youth entrepreneurship. High school students will also have the chance to enter to win a Kindle Fire. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.
Click here for more information about the ClassE trade show!
The business community and class investors are always welcome to observe the class. Contact me at jcdau@eiu.edu if you would like to receive weekly updates on the class programming and locations.
Check out the new ClassE YouTube video!
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PrairieSpark: Bright Ideas
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Our April 11th PrairieSpark E-Hub kickoff was a success! A special thanks to Broadband Illinois for making this all possible through the Broadband Innovation Grant, and thank you to all of those who attended our Bright Ideas Workshop! We hope you learned valuable information and that you will be able to utilize this website when developing your own business or in the classroom when educating young entrepreneurs.
The PrairieSpark E-Hub gives you 24/7 access to all of the resources that the BSC has created and discovered throughout the years that will help you develop your own business or start your own youth entrepreneurship program in your community. Please visit our E-Hub and take a look at all of the amazing resources we have available to you to fit your specific entrepreneurship needs. We will be frequently updating this site with any new and exciting entrepreneurial resources that we come across, so visit us regularly for updates!
"I've been so excited to start incorporating ideas into next years curriculum! I may test these new ideas with my current class."
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Camp e3 June 23-26, 2013 - Sign Up Now!
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 Registration is now open to the public to sign up for our annual Camp e3, a summer entrepreneurship program geared toward students ages 14-18! This three-and-a-half day overnight camp is taking place from June 23-26, 2013 at Eastern Illinois University. Sign up your students now to give them the gift of entrepreneurial exploration and innovative thinking while having tons of fun with other teens! Camp e3 is now sponsored by First Neighbor Bank and they will be providing seven scholarships to attend the camp. Please see their site for more details.
Click here to fill out an online registration form. The cost of this overnight entrepreneurial experience is $395, however scholarship opportunities are available. If you are interested in making this opportunity available by providing a Camp e3 scholarship please click on the donation link here.
If you have any questions, please contact the Business Solutions Center at
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On November 11, 2012, the doors of SiemerWorks Health & Fitness on the south side of Effingham located at 1310 South Banker were opened by Ben Siemer of Effingham. Click HERE to read more about SiemerWorks.
Visit SeimerWorks on Facebook or visit their website by clicking below:
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The Effingham Jr. High School E-Club (Entrepreneurial Club) chose to organize a "Glow Dance" for the other students at the Jr. High for their one-day business. The dance was held on the evening of Friday April 12th.
The students worked hard in the weeks before the dance to arrange for decorations, advertising, concessions, and one small group even organized a dance competition.
The students found that the planning and hard work did pay off and they did indeed make a profit. They will reap their rewards with a year-end bash. The students will be going to Isaak's Family Fun Center in Mattoon to play miniature golf and laser tag while enjoying pizza and ice cream.
During their fun day, the entrepreneurial learning will still continue. One of the owners of Isaak's Family Fun Center will speak with the students about how they started the business and what sort of everyday challenges they deal with running a small business.
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Entrepreneurship: How to Start a Business
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The Business Solutions Center has upcoming "Entrepreneurship: How To Start A Business" workshops scheduled. These workshops provide essential information for anybody that is considering starting a business, is in the process of starting a business, and even for those that already own a business that may need a refresher course. Many of our success stories begin with aspiring entrepreneurs who took that first step by attending one of our workshops.
The next workshop will be held at the
Effingham County Chamber of Commerce
in Effngham, IL on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 from 6 - 9 p.m.
Please click here to register online or call Jennifer Garren at (217) 581-2913 if you have any questions about the Effingham workshop.
Click HERE to read more about the "Entrepreneurship: How To Start a Business" workshops and other training the Business Solutions Center provides.
If you have any questions please contact Jennifer Garren at (217) 581-2913 or by e-mail at jegarren@eiu.edu.
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EastCentralIllinoisEvents.com
ECIDC's goal in launching www.EastCentralIllinoisEvents.com is to raise awareness within our 11-county region (our 255,000 residents) of the wonderful events that are close to home and offered by our communities. We can support one another's events, have access to healthy local foods, and have fun at the same time! By using this new online tool, area residents can subscribe to receive a free, monthly email link to the online calendar and easily locate events filtered by date and interest such as: Great for Children, Fairs & Festivals, Recreation & Fitness, Performing Arts, Shows & Expos, & Farmers Markets. The ECIDC Marketing Team would greatly appreciate any help you can provide to enable east central Illinois residents to learn of this new resource. We also wish to thank Imagine This! Marketing Group of Effingham and Lake Land College for their support of this project. Read More |
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Many questions come to mind when thinking about selling your business. Earlier this month entrepreneur.com published a very informative article written by Lisa Girard answering 10 key questions a business owner may want to ponder when considering selling their business. CLICK HERE FOR ENTREPRENEURER.COM. This article was also featured in a recent issue of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network Weekly Connection newsletter. CLICK HERE FOR SBDC NETWROK WEEKLY CONNECTION.
Tiffany Kline
Entrepreneurial Coach
Business Solutions Center
Eastern Illinois University
tlkline@eiu.edu
(217) 549-8416
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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.
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