Very impactful visit with Sara Yemm at the Yemm Dealership in Galesburg. Sara shared her extremely heartfelt story about Hope, Gratitude and Resilience and how those life lessons have ...


Very impactful visit with Sara Yemm at the Yemm Dealership in Galesburg. Sara shared her extremely heartfelt story about Hope, Gratitude and Resilience and how those life lessons have ...


Always an enlightening visit to Blick Art Materials to see the enormity of their worldwide business originating in Galesburg. Tony Querciagrossa, supply chain manager, takes us on a ...


Jim Purlee of Purlee Farms shared his entrepreneurial journey with the CEOs. At the age of 33, Jim bought his first 11 acres. He now farms over 11,000 acres. He has also ...


The CEOs had the pleasure of hearing from Brad Bizjack, a High Performance Success Coach and Shark from our Pitch Day Competition. Brad shared concrete ideas on how market your ...


Ron Koehler and Andrew Thomas of Charterpoint Wealth Strategies shared their entrepreneurial journeys with the CEOs. Many valuable lessons were learned of how to best work with ...


CEO Students competed in the Regional Pitch Competition today and took the Second, Third and honorable mention spots! The only program to have all three students place! Congratulations ...

CEO Students competed in the Regional Pitch Competition today and took the Second, Third and honorable mention spots! The only program to have all three students place! Congratulations ...


The CEOs met with Scott Erickson, the Knox County Clerk & Recorder, to learn about business licenses and DBAs (Doing Business As) and the importance of customer service. Scott worked ...


The CEOs were invited to share in a leadership/management discussion with Dr. Pete Kehoe at Kehoe Eye Care, along with his employees and Kelly Poyner, who is partners with Dr. Kehoe in ...


Ben Forney, State Farm Agency Owner, shared with the CEOs about his business and how a Franchise operates compared to his wife, Heather’s business that was developed solely by her and ...


C.L. Cummings, President of Tompkins State Bank, shared with the CEOs everything they will need to know for their Banker’s Day which will be coming up in a few weeks. C.L. gave a brief ...


Students spent the morning handwriting investor letters for our 2024-2025 investors. We are so thankful for the support of our community. These investors make it so that this ...