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Well, this morning we conducted an informal Google Meet. We probably should have made it more formal. No fun conducting a meeting without seeing faces. We covered some class business ...

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Our class business reveal will be coming very soon. We used class time today to work on next steps, marketing, and ideas on increasing our sales. We will be working hard the next two ...

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A special thank you to Dr. Matt Seaton for covering class on Friday. Dr. Seaton opened up the Incubator and spent time discussing with participants the importance of building capital. ...

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Another class day today at the Incubator. We spent most of our time breaking down our business plan in smaller groups. Participants were happy that they were able to dress down. They ...

Class day today. We used our time at the Incubator to discuss our past 3 speakers, write Thank You cards, and to solidify some dates and ideas for our February event. Tomorrow we will ...

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Another motivating talk today from Mr. Ben Hiltabrand, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. Ben did a wonderful job of sharing his career path, discussing managing employees, and ...

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What an awesome morning today! Mrs. Jamie Gahm, a previous Director of Continuing Education & Business Services at Illinois Valley Community College visited us at the Streator ...

Participants are at Woodland High School this morning. They are taking part in a virtual workshop being provided by Illinois State University.

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We were once again honored in having Mr. Ken Beutke come in today. Mr. Beutke picked up where we left off last time by having participants provide examples of an “Elevator Speech.” Mr. ...

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A typical classroom environment is not our norm, but today we came into SHS to use technology and go through our CEO Business Model Canvas. Participants watched a few videos on this ...

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We had a business visit for today re-scheduled, so we used our class time continuing discussions on our class business. A special shout out to Braxton and Josh for stepping up and ...

Class day today-Friday, November 6. Participants once again brainstormed ideas on their class business. We also started to develop a listing of our key partners, customer segments, and ...

Why did you invest in the Streator Area CEO program? "There is no better investment we can make than helping our younger citizens better understand and be able to apply the principals ...

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Mr. Mark Panno, Retired School Administrator visited us this morning at Park Place. Mr. Panno shared his path to education and did an awesome job discussing career choices. No matter ...

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This morning we were able to have in Mr. Mark Brockman, Plant Manager at Vactor Manufacturing. Mark did an incredible job of describing Vactor's product line, careers within, their ...

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We are still in the ideation stage of our class business, but participants are working well together. Today we spent some time in small groups and then discussed their ideas and ...