Now presenting: The Businesses of the Class of 2025! We're excited to unveil our businesses, as we start to prepare for our first scheduled trade show for The Arcola Foundation, at ...
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"When I started this [gym], to me I had nothing to lose. I was already rock bottom." - Gunnar Edwards, Rally Point Fitness Gunnar Edwards is an open book, and we appreciate his candor ...
Innovation & change, starting from the bottom and working your way up, efficiency... These speakers gave us a lot to think about. And we have been thinking about what they said, and ...
This week's Mentor Coffee in Arcola was full of surprises! In addition to Daniel Krieder (Broomtown Cafe) and Dale Boyer (Peoples Bank & Trust), we had 3 new mentors join us: Alan ...
It's real! We have our funding checks! Time to get these businesses started! Thank you, Jennifer Shafer, for cutting the checks, and Dale Boyer for actually signing them. 🤣
Even now, in February, we're thinking back to and connecting with messages from our speakers back in the fall. The themes are universal and repetitive, and we're keeping them in mind ...
When everything hits just right, we see clear connections between speakers. What does an international manufacturing plant of cleaning products have in common with a pumpkin patch? ...
It's been awhile, but we've still been listening! Check out our latest installment of "We Are Listening"! #EntrepreneurMindset #entrepreneurship
"As an entrepreneur, you can't get comfortable." - Sarah Thomas Sarah Thomas joined us at CHI Nucor to discuss her experiences in sales and marketing as an entrepreneur. We considered ...
"Who are my followers, and what are we trying to tell them? Tell your story." - Beth Wiley, The Great Pumpkin Patch In addition to hosting Mentor Coffees, at Illini Prairie CEO we are ...
Our next Mentor Coffee will be Wednesday, 2/26, 7:30-9:00am at Broomtown Cafe in Arcola! We hope to see some of our Arcola-area mentors! Let us buy you a coffee!
Mentors are a vital tool for any entrepreneur. At Illini Prairie CEO, we are blessed with some of the best! We utilize a panel of mentors to help our entrepreneurs think through the ...