Land of Lincoln CEO Information

Land of Lincoln CEO Program CEO – Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities: Is a year-long course designed to utilize partnerships that provide an overview of business development and process. Local business community partners with area schools, help create project-based experiences for students by providing funding, expertise, meeting space, business tours, and one-on-one mentoring. Students visit area businesses, learn from guest speakers, participate in a class business, write business plans, and start/operate their own business. Business concepts learned through the experiential CEO class are critical; the 21st century skills of problem-solving, teamwork, self-motivation, responsibility, higher-order thinking, communication, and inquiry are at the heart of student development throughout the course. The goal of CEO is to promote an entrepreneurial spirit to continuously build local communities.