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iEntrepreneur Challenge

The Business Solutions Center at Eastern Illinois University (BSC) and the East Central Illinois Development Corporation (ECIDC) are sponsoring the  iEntrepreneur Challenge, a YouTube video contest to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week that will be held November 14-20, 2011. The purpose of the contest is to promote entrepreneurship among junior high, high school, and college students in the following Illinois counties: Coles, Clark, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Moultrie, and Shelby. To participate in the contest you would need to talk to an entrepreneur and record a video response to the following question: “What is the best advice you would give to an aspiring entrepreneur?”

pictured from left: Brian Moody, EDIDC Vice-President; Annette Lynch, 1st place challenge winner; Jeanne Dau, Business Solutions Center Director.

View the winning videos

1st Place: Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneur: by Annette Lynch

2nd Place: Meeting with the Mayor: by Tommy Nierman