Women who graduated in October from the first Project CEO, talk to Small Business Columnist Jim Kendall.
Irma Bates sought “affirmation, to make sure I was doing everything correctly.” Vice president at Montenegro Inc., a Roselle supplier of paper, printing, packaging and facilities supplies, Bates and her partner “were for a longtime working out of our homes. He was sales. I was the office.”
Five years ago, however, growth brought the need for staff, office space and somewhat greater sophistication. Among Bates’ reasons for joining Project CEO: “I wanted to make sure I can read the financials. And contracts.” … She can now.
Offered by the Small Business Development Center at College of DuPage facilities in Lisle, the four-module seminar was created by SBDC manager Martha Carney to, as promotional material said, “address a training gap that is fundamentally holding women back when growing a business and creating jobs.”
*Source: Daily Heral – “Seminar helps women develop CEO skills” by Jim Kendall