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You gotta love folks with entrepreneurial spirit. After all, billionaire Sheldon Adelson started by selling newspapers, and billionaire John Paul DeJoria of the famed Paul Mitchell hair products sold Christmas cards and lived in his car.
Glimpses into the creative side of teenage minds were on display last Wednesday evening as Cindi Koll's Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) group staged a Trade Show at Maasconi's Char and Bar in Verndale.
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Among the primary goals of the CEO program are for students to develop an appreciation for our local area, to build a resource network of local business and community contacts, and to strengthen their “soft skills,” such as communication, teamwork and problem-solving that will help them become leaders.
Thirteen of Montgomery County's high school seniors presented their first businesses during this year's CEO Marketplace event held Tuesday evening, May 8, at Lincoln Land Community College.
Vandalia officials said on Monday night that they will support an entrepreneurial program that will provide “real-life learning” for some high school students. And to show its support, the city council voted unanimously to give the Fayette County CEO program $1,000 a year for the next three years.