CARBONDALE â COVID-19 has made it hard to be a business owner, but planning a business in the midst of a pandemic can be even more challenging, as a group of Jackson County high-schoolers found out.
The Jackson County CEO program teams up high school students from around the county to take a special, year-long class offered in collaboration with AlterEgo Marketing to learn the ins and outs of entrepreneurship. The first semester is learning soft skills, things like networking and other personal skills, to plan an event that will help provide seed money for the 13 students to fund their very own businesses the next semester.