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Welcome to E CITY! |
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E
CITY: Entrepreneurship: Connecting, Inspiring & Teaching Youth |
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The 7th Annual E CITY Breakfast
Monday May 5, 2008 ...it's working
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Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make the 7th Annual the biggest and best breakfast yet.
Greater Clevelanders thanks for continuing to be such stronger supporters of E CITY.
At E CITY we often hear, Is E CITY working? Well, once again we can confirm
...it's working
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E CITY Volunteers |
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Our Spring 2008 are up and running. We need Business Plan Coaches and Judges.
Click here for more information.
Or
contact Jessica Koppen at
jessica.koppen@ecitycleveland.com or 216-456-2098 |
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Over 130 guests attended our
second E CITYwide Competition on Tuesday, December 18th,
2007! |
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Thank you
to Dr. Eugene Sanders, CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan
School District, who was our featured speaker. And thank you to
John Hay High School for hosting the event in the
school’s beautifully renovated auditorium.
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congratulate these hard-working young entrepreneurs who were
finalists in the business plan competition:
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1st
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Michael
McCaleb
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Max Hayes High School
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$1,000
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2nd
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Derrick Pender
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Warrensville Heights High School
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$ 750
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3rd
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Devon
Rodgers
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Warrensville Heights High School
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$ 500
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4th
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Raquel
Fuentes
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SuccessTech Academy
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$ 250
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Winners, Judges Dr. Sanders, and John Zitzner at E Citywide
competition
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And,
congrats to these additional students who participated in the
preliminary rounds: |
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Jamaal Bledsoe |
Max Hayes High School
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Carmen Edmonds
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John F. Kennedy High School
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Danielle
Flemister
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SuccessTech Academy
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ShaQuanta Hadley |
South High School
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DeShaun
Hardrick |
New Day Academy
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Courtney James |
John F. Kennedy High School
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All of
these students completed one of the seven E CITY youth
entrepreneurship programs offered in Cleveland schools this
fall. Each was named the winner in the competition held within
his/her class, and thereby qualified to compete for business
start-up capital prizes at the E CITYwide Competition.
In addition
to the many volunteers and Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers
who helped these students get this far, we thank our
volunteer judges who reviewed student business plans,
listened to the presentations, and gave thoughtful feedback:
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Greg
Ferrazza
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Kelly
Schaefer
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Erin
Koeblitz |
Carl Walter
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Scott
Mueller |
Andre Bryan
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Joan Schaefer |
Marie Kuban
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Tye Stephens |
Tiffany
Henderson
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Dwayne
Dawson |
Dannette
Render
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Chris
Keller |
Marc
Harrison
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Rex Mason |
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Founder, John Zitzner with one the E CITYwide finalist |
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Focus Group Gives Insights About
Program Benefits |
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E CITY thanks
Shilpa Kedar and Desikan Gandarvakottai of Cleveland Social Venture
Partners, for investigating the benefits of the E CITY program
through a focus group study of E CITY alumni. The nine participants
in the study have completed E CITY’s basic program, and are
currently in an E CITY pilot program to gain further assistance in
making their businesses successful. During the focus group, the
students identified these benefits of the E CITY program:
- Learning
to make PowerPoint presentations
- Learning
many aspects of running a business
- Learning
to write a business plan
- Learning
to manage personal finances
- Learning
to manage time
- The E CITY
experience will be helpful when applying to college
For the full
report, click here.
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Make an Online Donation |
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E
CITY now offers the opportunity to donate online. Your
contribution is critical to helping E CITY grow and reach more kids!
Click here to make a donation.
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