While many Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship investors begin by giving money to their local CEO program, they often see that the investment of time also makes a huge impact on the students their money supports and the community in which they live.
For many, the acronym “CEO” automatically triggers thoughts of business. But for Effingham CEO Alumni Mikayla Winters, entering Effingham County CEO program just meant she wanted to learn how to become a better person.
As most children in the Steamboat Springs School District head for their classrooms on the first day of school Tuesday, one group of students will pilot a new course meeting outside a traditional classroom.
The Union County CEO program began its second year with an orientation event hosted by Anna-Jonesboro National Bank at its Anna facility on Leigh Avenue.
Twenty Alton and Marquette high school students will have a chance to rub elbows with local business leaders and try their own hands at starting businesses through the new Riverbend CEO program.