The Keynote Speaker at the First Annual Belleville Professional Day was Performance Coach, Ben Newman. Mr. Newman talked about standards over feelings and not being seduced by ...
After lunch at the First Annual Belleville Professional Day, the group did a zoom chat with the Founder, Chairman, and CEO Jim Allsup. Mr. Allsup shared how he started his business in ...
The First Annual Belleville Professional Day was a big hit! Belleville CEO along with some FBLA students from Belleville East High School attended Belleville Professional Day at ...
“Do not go into a job that you hate so much that you would lose a limb.” These words spoken by Dave Padgett jumped out at me. I couldn't agree more with this statement. My whole life I ...
Going to Fletcher’s on Wednesday to listen to owner Derek Betz speak about the restaurant business was very interesting to myself. Fletcher's is one of my favorite restaurants. They ...
A business we visited this week was Fletcher’s. We listened to one of the co-owners Derek Betz. He taught us the definitions of the words sales and profits. Many people think sales is ...
Fletcher's has been around for nearly 16 years and just opened their second location in the metro area. Despite this and the fact that restaurants are some of the hardest businesses ...
This week in CEO we had Mr. Kevin Pesko and Mrs. Geri Boyer come in to hear our ideas about our class businesses. I believe this was very helpful because I think we definitely needed ...
On Friday we met with Tom Farquhar at Allsup. Mr. Farquhar is a very successful, retired manufacturer rep. He lives in Belleville and so far he has been the first person we met with ...
We had another great week of CEO! We met with Dave Padgett at Padgett Building and Remodeling. Mr. Padgett talked about his business and also gave us some great advice that will be ...
A BIG THANK YOU to the following sponsors who made the badge and jacket project possible: Badge and Jacket Sponsorship: Ray LaFore Truck Service, Inc. and Casino Queen. Badge ...
Personal Investor and Board Member Tom Farquhar visited the CEO Students on Friday. Mr. Farquhar shared how one failed business venture turned into a 31-year successful career as a ...