Fair will spotlight student and alumni business ventures, offer tips to future innovators
Members of Clark’s Entrepreneurship Club want students to know that starting a business is accessible to all, so they’re hosting a fair to help curious Clarkies take their first step.
Not interested in starting a business? Entrepreneurship Club President Kai Cecil ’27 encourages all to come for food and raffle prizes.
“Even if you just want to get an idea of what entrepreneurship is, this is the perfect chance,” says Cecil, who majors in business administration and minors in entrepreneurship and innovation. “There is so much opportunity for entrepreneurship at Clark and in Worcester.”
The Entrepreneurship Club fair, which will be in Tilton Hall from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, will include booths featuring student-run businesses such as SweetBerry Stationery, created by Emily Levesque ’26, Just For Fun Farms, created by Owen Chase ’26, and Hummus Cowboy’s Pita Stand, created by Cole Gushee-Nelson ’26.
“Clarkies can talk about their future with student business owners, people who are starting out just like them,” Cecil says.
Alumni businesses, including Bri’s Sweet Treats, run by Briana Azier ’05, Munq, a creative agency run by Tim Hally ’19, MBA ’20, a professor in the School of Business, and Millman Management, founded by Henry Reyes ’24, will also be present.
Student clubs, including the Clark Consulting Group, Clark Women in Business, Beta Alpha Psi, Clark’s Chapter of the American Marketing Association, and the Investments and Trading Society, will also have booths at the fair. Professors will attend and spotlight their business classes, Cecil says.
The event will include a logo competition where students can draw a logo on-site, Cecil says. A raffle will feature prizes including a speaker and a coffee mug.
“I hope students walk away knowing entrepreneurship is an option for them,” Cecil says. “Even if it’s just a side hustle at Clark, that’s still valuable experience — you can share your art with people.”
Cecil is the owner of Promethean Threads, an online clothing retailer that shares some of its proceeds with nonprofits serving people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families. The business is print-on-demand, meaning Cecil doesn’t have to maintain a large inventory of clothing, and is personal to Cecil, whose grandmother has Alzheimer’s.
“It’s something that works for me as a student, and also has meaning,” he says.
