Metro Detroit Students Embark on a 30-Week Journey to Start Their Own, Real Businesses
Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce Launches the 3rd Year of a Prestigious Program for Metro Detroit Young Entrepreneurs
16 of the best and brightest middle and high school students
throughout Metro Detroit have started a 30-week journey of launching their own,
real businesses as a part of the Metro Detroit Young Entrepreneurs Academy
(YEA!), hosted by the Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the
University of Michigan-Dearborn, the DTE Energy Foundation and the Metro
Detroit Young Entrepreneurs Academy Ambassadors Club.
A competitive application process required students to complete an
essay, write responses to short answer questions, submit their school
transcripts and a reference, and participate in an in-person interview prior to
acceptance into the program.
Students accepted in the 2015-2016 Program include Ahmed Hassoun
(Dearborn), Alyeldin Shahin (Dearborn), Asia Al-Battawi (Detroit), Destinee
Humphrey (Dearborn Heights), Destyne Moss (Detroit), Eman Azrak (Bloomfield
Hills), Grant Sobczak (Livonia), Hajer Noshi (Detroit), Malak Mohsen (Dearborn
Heights), Marihon Westley (Canton), Mohamad Dabaja (Dearborn), Nolan Beaty
(Orchard Lake), Nya Kidd (Detroit), Paige Lyles (Detroit), Shelby Bradford
(Detroit), and Zeinab Al-Hachami (Detroit).
Throughout the academic year students will work in close cooperation
with local business leaders, community leaders and educators who use their
personal experiences to demonstrate how to develop business ideas and
objectives, write a business plan, pitch to investors, obtain funding, register
with governmental agencies, establish e-commerce and a web presence, and much
more.
By the end of the 30-week class, students own
and operate fully-formed and functioning businesses, which may be carried after
their graduation from the program.
The
Metro Detroit YEA! program, hosted by the Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce
receives major funding from the DTE Energy Foundation, and from the Metro
Detroit Young Entrepreneurs Academy Ambassadors Club, including Eric Nemeth of
Varnum Attorney’s at Law and Rudaina Hamade of RPMS Group, co-founders and
Premier Ambassadors, and Marlon Westley of Master’s Plumbers, Inc, Gold
Ambassador. The program is also sponsored by the University of
Michigan-Dearborn, Sean McGraw-State Farm Agency, Sun Glo Restoration, the
Dearborn Rotary Club, Active Solutions Group, the Dearborn Branch of Raymond
James, Member Focus Community Credit Union, Janet Pipkens of Citizens Bank,
ACCESS Growth Center, Eastborn Market, Al-Ameer Restaurant, Empire Realty
Group, Inc., Sam Baydoun of Century 21, Khansa Medical Center, Leader Printing
and Mailing, Little Caesars of Dearborn, Sam’s Club, John Zadikian Multimedia
Communications, Fairlane Town Center, Henry Ford Village and Biggby Coffee of
Dearborn. The University of Michigan-Dearborn is hosting this year’s program on
their main campus.
Be sure to follow the Dearborn Area Chamber
of Commerce on Facebook at facebook.com/DearbornAreaChamber,
on Twitter @DbnAreaChamber and the Chamber website for all the latest Chamber
news and events.
Crossroads Regional Chamber of Commerce Announces November 13, 2015 Reality Store TM
On Thursday, the Kentucky Chamber presented Rep. Brent Yonts of Greenville with the Chamber MVP Award. Rep. Yonts was among a select group of legislators recognized for conspicuous actions supporting Kentucky’s business community during the 2015 Kentucky General Assembly. “With so many important business issues in play during a legislative session, we feel it is important to highlight the efforts of those legislators who went out of their way to help ensure a positive business climate,” said Kentucky 11/16/2015 Kentucky Chamber honors Rep. Brent Yonts with Chamber MVP award | Bottom Line http://kychamberbottomline.com/2015/11/13/kentuckychamberhonorsrepbrentyontswithchambermvpaward/ 2/3 Chamber President and CEO Dave Adkisson. “Representative Brent Yonts is one of a select group of leaders who fought for a better business climate. As a small token of our appreciation, we are presenting him with an engraved Louisville Slugger to thank him for going to bat for business.” In addition to monitoring the progress of bills that directly relate to the strength of the Commonwealth’s business community, the Chamber tracks how each legislator votes on these bills. The Chamber’s MVP award recipients displayed more than just a businessfriendly voting record, but also went out of their way, and at times across party lines, to support or oppose an issue critical to the business climate in Kentucky. Read more: Kentucky Chamber
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4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Crossroads Regional Chamber of Commerce Announces November 13, 2015 Reality Store TM
Friday, November 13, 2015 ~ 7:00 a.m. till 2:45 p.m. Colonel Wheeler Middle School, 401 Joliet Street in Crown Point will be the site of the Crown Point Reality StoreSM.
The Reality Store is a day when 8th graders experience what it is like to be 28 years old financially! The Crossroads Regional Chamber of Commerce Education Committee hosts this event 2 times a year, once for Crown Point and once for Merrillville. This is a way for businesses to touch the lives of approximately 600 students in one day. Volunteers are seated at various stations where each student will have monthly expenses extracted from their paycheck. Students get a real dose of “REALITY” that day, which helps them better plan for their future!
The event would not be possible if were not for the nearly 100 business people who have volunteered!
The Crossroads Regional Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a special Thank you to the businesses that are sponsoring a table at this event; Bapple & Bapple, Inc. CPA's, Ben's Soft Pretzels, BMO Harris Bank, Brown Mackie College, Centier Bank, Chick-fil-A, Crown Point Christian Village, Grand Canyon University, Health Linc Community Health Center, Hilton Garden Inn & Suites, Indiana Wesleyan University, Lakeshore EMS, Liss CARSTAR Collision, NorthShore Health Centers, NWI Hypnosis Center, Oak Partners, Inc., Optimal Chiropractic, Peoples Bank, Richter Dental, Sparta Sports Dome of Crown Point, Tech Credit Union and TrueWealth Advising Group.
Contact Lee Hartsell, Office Manager, Crossroads Regional Chamber of Commerce lee@crossroadschamber.org
Kentucky Chamber honors Rep. Brent Yonts with Chamber MVP award Ocean Springs Chamber Event: 37th Annual Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival
The weekend’s inclement weather didn’t stop business from booming at the 37th annual Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival.
Scattered showers and low temperatures weren’t enough to stop shoppers from attending the Peter Anderson Festival in Ocean Springs. Sculptor Sean Corner said, “Had no issues with my sales because I have a great client base and they come back rain or shine.”
This year the festival provided more than 400 food vendors, painters, sculptors and more due to a new online application process called zapplication. Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce PR Specialist Cynthia Sutton said, “And that actually reaches artists, more than 70,000 artists throughout the United States. So, we have artists from California, Indiana, Illinois, all over.”
This year, the Peter Anderson Festival wanted to focus on incorporating more demonstrative artists, hoping to increase the interaction between those that are selling and those that are buying.
Also new to the festival is the Young and Art Market held at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art. “That is where kids age 8-18 actually get to make their own work and see it as if they’re artists as well,” said Sutton.
Sutton tells News 25 she hops new additions such as these will help increase the overall economic impact of the festival. “Well, we did an economic impact study a few years back and the impact was almost 150,000 individuals throughout the two day event. So we hope these numbers are close,” said Sutton. Read more: WXXV.com
On Thursday, the Kentucky Chamber presented Rep. Brent Yonts of Greenville with the Chamber MVP Award. Rep. Yonts was among a select group of legislators recognized for conspicuous actions supporting Kentucky’s business community during the 2015 Kentucky General Assembly. “With so many important business issues in play during a legislative session, we feel it is important to highlight the efforts of those legislators who went out of their way to help ensure a positive business climate,” said Kentucky 11/16/2015 Kentucky Chamber honors Rep. Brent Yonts with Chamber MVP award | Bottom Line http://kychamberbottomline.com/2015/11/13/kentuckychamberhonorsrepbrentyontswithchambermvpaward/ 2/3 Chamber President and CEO Dave Adkisson. “Representative Brent Yonts is one of a select group of leaders who fought for a better business climate. As a small token of our appreciation, we are presenting him with an engraved Louisville Slugger to thank him for going to bat for business.” In addition to monitoring the progress of bills that directly relate to the strength of the Commonwealth’s business community, the Chamber tracks how each legislator votes on these bills. The Chamber’s MVP award recipients displayed more than just a businessfriendly voting record, but also went out of their way, and at times across party lines, to support or oppose an issue critical to the business climate in Kentucky. Read more: Kentucky Chamber
#BestChamber Practices: Hampton Roads Chamber to welcome new CEOs to the region
The Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce will host its annual CEO Welcome Breakfast on Nov. 6 at Founders Inn.
Top regional executives in four categories - municipal, business, nonprofit and military - who are new to their positions and/or new to the area will be recognized.
The event begins with registration and networking at 7:30 a.m., followed by the program and breakfast at 8 a.m. Chamber President and CEO Bryan Stephens will welcome attendees to the event, which will be emceed by WVEC Channel 13 reporter Joe Flanagan.
Founders Inn is located at 5641 Indian River Road in Virginia Beach.
Tickets are $30 for chamber members and $40 for nonmembers. Table sponsorships also are available for $650. Read more: Inside Business
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce: Top Technology Trends for 2016
Thursday, December 10th 2015
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
ÄKTA, 205 West Wacker Drive, 21st Floor , Chicago, IL, 60606
Keeping up with rapidly changing technology has become a job in and of itself for businesses in today’s marketplace. How will tech trends impact your organization? Which trends should you invest time and resources into for 2016?
• Ted Souder, Head of Industry, Google
• Chris Taylor, General Manager, Uber
• Nicole Yeary, Founder & CEO, Ms. Tech
• MODERATOR: John Pletz, Technology Reporter, Crain's Chicago Business
Join the Conversation | #TechTrends2016 Read more: Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
Panelists:
• Drew Davidson, Vice President of Design, ÄKTA• Ted Souder, Head of Industry, Google
• Chris Taylor, General Manager, Uber
• Nicole Yeary, Founder & CEO, Ms. Tech
• MODERATOR: John Pletz, Technology Reporter, Crain's Chicago Business
Join the Conversation | #TechTrends2016 Read more: Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
WMC: Teaming up to tackle worker shortage
Three years ago, the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Foundation went to more than 50 cities in the state and met with more than 300 manufacturers. The next year the foundation visited all 16 Wisconsin technical colleges and heard from 1,200 leaders in business, government and education circles.
What has emerged from all of those sessions is a wide-ranging group of partners who are determined to address several issues Wisconsin will need to solve, some in the very near future.
Of foremost concern to WMC Foundation President Jim Morgan — who was in Chippewa Falls Thursday speaking at a meeting of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce executives — is a looming worker shortage of large proportions.
“If we don’t find ways to attract people to work in this state, nothing else matters,” he said.
Statistics paint an alarming picture. The number of people age 65 and older in Wisconsin is expected to double in the next 25 years, to 1.5 million, he said.
Meanwhile the University of Wisconsin forecasts only an additional 15,000 people of working age in that same time.
“When you match the numbers up, they don’t work,” said Mike Jordan, president of the Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce.
The problem of not having enough workers to replace those who are leaving the workforce isn’t unique to Wisconsin. In particular many other Midwestern states are staring at the same dilemma.
“There’s no doubt that (lack of) workforce is an issue,” Jordan said, noting signs from businesses in the industrial park and elsewhere looking for workers. “That tells you we have some needs for qualified people.” Read more: Chippewa Herald
Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotations: (Positive Thinking)
“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Town Square Publications parent company, Paddock Publications, with over 100 years’ experience of print product development and dedicated customer service in communities throughout the Midwest, allows Town Square Publications to offer you attractive royalty and non-dues revenue share streams, provide direct distribution of your custom designed printed publications, including digital and mobile integration, and all with the quickest turn-around times available in the industry. Town Square also offers multi-media maps in both print and online formats, both with our No-Cost guarantee. More information: Town Square Publications
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