Edwardsville CEO News

3/17/2026 News Article

17Mar
Get ready to ๐‘พ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ช๐‘ฏ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘ด ๐‘ท๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ช๐‘ฏ! Our 26 young entrepreneurs have been hard at work developing their individual business ventures throughout the school year. These ...Get ready to ๐‘พ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ช๐‘ฏ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘ด ๐‘ท๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ช๐‘ฏ! Our 26 young entrepreneurs have been hard at work developing their individual business ventures throughout the school year. These ...Get ready to ๐‘พ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ช๐‘ฏ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘ด ๐‘ท๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ช๐‘ฏ! Our 26 young entrepreneurs have been hard at work developing their individual business ventures throughout the school year. These ...

Get ready to ๐‘พ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ช๐‘ฏ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘ด ๐‘ท๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ช๐‘ฏ!

Our 26 young entrepreneurs have been hard at work developing their individual business ventures throughout the school year. These businesses will be launched by our annual Trade Show on Sunday, May 3rd (stay tuned for more on that soon...)!
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To help prepare them for their business launch, students have crafted pitch decks to present to our talented panel of local judges for review!
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๐ŸŸ 2026 ๐„๐ƒ๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’๐•๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐„ ๐‚๐„๐Ž ๐…๐ˆ๐’๐‡ ๐“๐€๐๐Š ๐ŸŸ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: Thursday, March 26th 2026
โฐ ๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐„: 7:00am โ€“ 11:00am
๐Ÿ“ ๐‹๐Ž๐‚๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐: The Ink House
โœ… ๐‘๐’๐•๐ ๐‡๐„๐‘๐„: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNGgCJQyCM7gdI0qopGvg7KrFc-DIsPUYsr4rE_rs-qEedig/viewform?usp=publish-editor
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๐Ÿ‘ ๐€ ๐‡๐”๐†๐„ ๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐”๐ƒ๐†๐„๐’ ๐Ÿ‘:
โ€ข Adam Walters โ€“ President, Bloxbyte Games & CEO ALUMNI (Class of 2019)
โ€ข Dr. Mario Hayek - Dean, SIUE School of Business
โ€ข Megan Pashea - Co-owner, 1818 Chophouse
โ€ข Matt McSparin โ€“ President/CEO/Owner of Edisonโ€™s Entertainment
โ€ข Matt Pfund - Owner Pfund Construction
โ€ข Senator Jason Plummer โ€“ IL State Senator and VP of R.P. Lumber
โ€ข Stephen Cooper โ€“ Division President โ€“ First Mid Bank & Trust
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๐Ÿ“ฃ A special SHOUTOUT to Doug Villhard, Academic Director for Entrepreneurship at the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, for guiding our students throughout the year and teaching them the art of discovering a customer problem, developing a loveable solution, how to differentiate from the competition, learn to seek out feedback and so much more! His expertise on developing their business venture and learning how to create a pitch is incredibly generous and impactful.๐Ÿ“ฃ
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This event will be open to the public, however, space is limited. If you would like to attend, please submit the RSVP form listed above.
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All questions can be directed to Program Director, Hannah Allison (facilitator@edwardsvilleceo.com | 618.610.9714).