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We had a fabulous panel of bankers listen to our business plans and encourage our ideas today! They all took time out of their morning to support Illini Prairie CEO, and for that, we ...

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Banker Day was a success! Thank you to the bankers who took time out of their busy week to listen and critique our business proposals! - Billie Bernius, State Bank of Arthur (Hometown ...

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Banker Day is tomorrow! We're finalizing our business plans and practicing our pitches. Thank you to our mentors Kevin Monahan (Monahan Partners)& Jared Blaudow, (Dimond Bros. ...

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Banker Day for CEO students is next Wednesday! What is Banker Day? Think "Shark Tank", but not quite as scary. On Banker Day, students will present their business proposals and ...

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Wow! Our first Mentor Coffee exceeded our expectations! We met at Broomtown Cafe in Arcola this morning, hoping to have at least a few of our mentors join us for coffee and at least ...

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Upcoming MENTOR COFFEES Mentors, we hope you can join us at least once a month! (But we would love to have you even more often!) Part of the CEO program is providing area business ...

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"The way the story goes, Grandpa Abe started selling farm wagons under the tree in his front yard." - Dan Krieder, Kuhns Equipment, talking about the origins of the family ...

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"My husband always said, 'I want something of my own.' It's [been] worth it." - Sandra Saldivar, Panadería Saldivar Thursday, we visited one of the sweetest smelling shops in Arcola - ...

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"Passion breeds all of it." - Sarah Thomas, Limelife This morning we had a coffee talk with Sarah Thomas, who told us about her work-from-home business. Thomas introduced us to ...

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"The worst time to come to me is January and February and say, 'Chris, this is what I did'..." - Chris Brown, accountant Yesterday, Chris Brown of Brown & Associates Accounting and ...