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Alumni students at the first alumni retreat

If you can't feed
a hundred people,
then feed just one.

-  Mother Teresa

 

Alumni Programs

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At E CITY alumni events and in the hallways of Cleveland schools, we often hear about E CITY students who are still running their businesses.  We are thrilled by that news, and so are our volunteers!  Lately, we have heard from:

Anntwinette Martin, graduate of Summer 06 BizCamp, was E CITY's fourth Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winner.

Erica Maines, graduate of the E CITY program at Success Tech Academy, is making and selling custom gift baskets.  Known as "AmErica's Givings", she sees her business as a way of giving her creativity to the community at an affordable price.  Her grandmother taught her to create the baskets, and she has turned the hobby into a business by making baskets in keepsake containers and designing them to suit the buyer's tastes.  Thanks to Erica's mom, who displays the baskets in her workplace, Erica has a relatively steady business, but she’d love to have more customers!  To reach Erica, contact Nicole Lawrence at E CITY.

Blaine Mickens, graduate of E CITY program at Whitney Young School, is operating "Lawngroomers" : "We make your lawn look as good as you do."  He reports that his business is growing and that he needs a computer and database.  You’ll also remember Blaine from E CITY's Awareness Breakfast- he and his business partner, Derric Studamire, were our "comic emcees" for the raffle ticket sales.

Chris Carter, E CITY's 2005 NFTE National Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winner and founder of a small business known as TUBA Group LLC (a MEMS technology business that surpassed even our understanding!) wrote to us from Ohio State University:

Hey E CITY!

I just wanted you guys to know I haven't forgotten about you. It's just been really busy down here. I'm currently concentrating on Journalism as my major and I intend to start up some small business plan consulting in the near future. I work at Blockbuster right now and I enjoy the teamwork atmosphere here. Not much else is going on but that's a handful as it is. How's the new Entrepreneur Academy going?

Yours,

Chris Carter

Ariana Smith-Bland won second place in one of this year's summer BizCamps, then won first place in our Intermediate BizCamp, and that gained her a spot in the NFTE/Smith Barney national business plan competition, which will be held in late October.  She’ll travel to New York City for the competition with her mom and E CITY Director of Programs, Nicole Lawrence.  In the meantime, she’s getting business plan coaching from Smith Barney’s Brad Boeckman, here in Cleveland.  Ariana makes and sells fabric covers for tissues through her business, "Monai Enterprise".  Currently, they are being sold at "Fabulous Boutique", a store near E. 131st Street and Miles.  Thanks to her E CITY coach, Greg Ferrazza and our Intermediate BizCamp instructor, Katerina Zacharia (NFTE), she is expanding her product line to include covers for other common items such as i-pods and baby wipe containers.

Fantashia Stevens polished up her E CITY business plan and submitted it to the "Plan for the Future" youth business planning competition for high school and college students.  The competition was sponsored by BizFilings and the National Federation of Independent Business.  Fantashia was one of eight students to win a $1,000 prize.  That's quite a return on investment!  Congratulations, Fantashia!

For more information call Nicole Lawrence 216-373-7802 or email her

         

Alumni students at Business Etiquette Luncheon hosted by Executive Caterers at Landerhaven

If you have a skill, lesson idea, or meeting location that you are willing to share with our alumni program, please contact Nicole Lawrence at 216-373-7802 or nicole.lawrence@ecitycleveland.com

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