e-commerce business competition between high school students; collegiate track to foster professional development; e-world's fair technology convention and showcase

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14. TechKnowledge E What do we invest in? “ Sectors that seem immune to the current slowdown are education , healthcare, pharma, biotech & retail” -Anjina Vivek, Founder of Venture Bean Consulting “ Certain sectors such as IT and healthcare are still showing solid growth” -Matt Ferguson, CEO of Careerbuilder.com

15. TechKnowledge E Invest in Education $23,232 per inmate/year Illinois State Prison $17,500 per student/year North Sub. School District $11,300 per student/year Chicago Public Schools

19. TechKnowledge E Professionals/ e-solution Challenge = High School College Business/Technology Foundation Entrepreneurs

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33. Project CIO Chicago Entrepreneur Professional 2 Career Paths Project CIO

34. “ The dotcom collapse of 2000-2002, some of the best companies were created during that time.” -Brad Feld, “Feld Thoughts”, www.feld.com “ Booms are when the smart people sell. Busts are when rich people started on their path to wealth” -Mark Cuban, owner, Dallas Mavericks “ Entrepreneurs create economic growth and new wealth for reinvestment in our country.” -National Commission On Entrepreneurship Project CIO Chicago Create A Vision of What’s Possible

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