According to the Midland website, CEO is a year-long course designed to utilize partnerships that provide an overview of business development and processes. Local businesses would partner with area schools to create project-based experiences for students by providing funding, expertise, meeting space, business tours and one-on-one mentoring.
“The goal is to teach kids how to build their own companies. They don’t have to leave town to do it,” said Vaile, president of Vaile Financial Group and chairman of the Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities program in Chicago.
In an office at 131 S. Morgan in Shelbyville this week, a class of high school students made final preparations for their sold-out fundraiser.
STERLING – The Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities Program at the Whiteside Area Career Center is adding a second class to better accommodate students in Lee and Ogle counties.
Before he came to College Hill, Bierman established a non-profit organization, Eagle for Life, in Newton. The organization will provide a permanent source of funding for future school improvements at Newton Community High School.