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TEC announces Startup Bootcamp for 8-11 September 2009

deg — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:05:27 +0000

Illinois’s Technology Entrepreneur Center announces a Startup Bootcamp 8-11 September (here). For more information email Stephanie Larson (here).

‘09 UIUC commencement: “Join the army of entrepreneurs”

thyago — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:51:33 +0000

University of Illinois graduates were encouraged to become entrepreneurs during Carl Schramm’s 2009 commencement address. Schramm is president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing entrepreneurship and improving education to cultivate the next generation of entrepreneurs.

“America needs entrepreneurs right now. We need an army of the smartest, most passionate young people to try their hand at building a business—people who will take their heads and their hearts into the market, founding companies that will bring forth new products and services that will help humankind.”

You can read the full transcript or watch the video below:

Fluor University

thyago — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:22:45 +0000

Fluor University is an initiative to unify and integrate training programs into one effective general program.

For more information about Fluor please visit Fluor Website.

Fluor Management Institute

thyago — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:19:18 +0000

FMI is the first line of leadership training. It introduces the first steps towards a global view of the business and towards an understanding of what means to be a leader.

For more information about Fluor please visit Fluor Website.

Fluor Executive Business Challenge

thyago — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:14:39 +0000

The Executive Business Challenge is an interactive simulation experience where directors and senior managers from across the company assume responsibilities of CEO of a company for an entire year, providing an overall view of the business and of how the pieces fit together.

For more information about Fluor or The Executive Business Challenge program please visit Fluor Website.