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 ...
"You can do too much." - Jill Hohlbauch, Jill's Design Studio And Jill does a lot. She is a true entrepreneur, starting as Jill's Vinyl Designs out of her home about 7 years ago, and ...
"There's a sense for me that the coffee and food are a vehicle for the relationships." - Dan Kreider, Broomtown Cafe Relationships: one of the most important business concepts ...
Our Banker Day was yesterday! And it was excellent! We cannot thank our volunteer bankers enough for taking time out of their hectic lives to spend a morning with us evaluating our ...
Mentors... It's time! The Illini Prairie CEO Class of 2025 has successfully finished the fall semester and hosted an entertaining and fruitful Trivia Night a few weekends ago. At this ...