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Fair will spotlight student and alumni business ventures, offer tips to future innovators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Members of Clark\u2019s Entrepreneurship Club<\/a> want students to know that starting a business is accessible to all, so they\u2019re hosting a fair to help curious Clarkies take their first step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not interested in starting a business? Entrepreneurship Club President Kai Cecil \u201927 encourages all to come for food and raffle prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven if you just want to get an idea of what entrepreneurship is, this is the perfect chance,\u201d says Cecil, who majors in business administration<\/a> and minors in entrepreneurship and innovation<\/a>. \u201cThere is so much opportunity for entrepreneurship at Clark and in Worcester.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Entrepreneurship Club fair<\/a>, 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<\/a>, created by Emily Levesque \u201926, Just For Fun Farms<\/a>, created by Owen Chase<\/a> \u201926, and Hummus Cowboy’s Pita Stand<\/a>, created by Cole Gushee-Nelson \u201926.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClarkies can talk about their future with student business owners, people who are starting out just like them,\u201d Cecil says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni businesses, including Bri\u2019s Sweet Treats<\/a>, run by Briana Azier \u201905, Munq<\/a>, a creative agency run by Tim Hally<\/a> \u201919, MBA \u201920, a professor in the School of Business<\/a>, and Millman Management, founded by Henry Reyes \u201924, will also be present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Briana Azier \u201905, the owner of Bri\u2019s Sweet Treats, talks to students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tim Hally \u201919, MBA \u201920, who runs the creative agency Munq, with students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Student clubs, including the Clark Consulting Group<\/a>, Clark Women in Business<\/a>, Beta Alpha Psi<\/a>, Clark\u2019s Chapter of the American Marketing Association<\/a>, and the Investments and Trading Society<\/a>, will also have booths at the fair. Professors will attend and spotlight their business classes, Cecil says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope students walk away knowing entrepreneurship is an option for them,\u201d Cecil says. \u201cEven if it\u2019s just a side hustle at Clark, that\u2019s still valuable experience \u2014 you can share your art with people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cecil is the owner of Promethean Threads<\/a>, an online clothing retailer that shares some of its proceeds with nonprofits serving people with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and their families. The business is print-on-demand, meaning Cecil doesn\u2019t have to maintain a large inventory of clothing, and is personal to Cecil, whose grandmother has Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s something that works for me as a student, and also has meaning,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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