Entrepreneurship month is a chance to share with high school students

Posted on November 12, 2016
Junior Achievement
A recent survey shows teens are thinking a lot about being their own bosses. (Logo courtesy Junior Achievement)

By Terry James

BLOOMINGTON – November is National Entrepreneurship Month and Junior Achievement of Central Illinois is encouraging adult entrepreneurs to speak at high schools in the area.

Junior Achievement of Central Illinois Director Mary Pille said it could change a child’s life.

“We are inviting entrepreneurs to spend just one hour this month in a high school classroom doing our JA launch lesson with a high school teacher so they can come in and kind of share their stories with high school students and perhaps inspire them to become an entrepreneur themselves,” said Pille.

Pille sais students need to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly about starting their own business so they know all sides.

Terry James can be reached at [email protected].

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