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Students set up stands and sell items during Eastern Illinois small business fest at South Quad Saturday afternoon.

There’s no business like a small business

Jacob Adcock, Reporter September 25, 2023

Starting a business can be a struggle, especially for some people new to the competitive world of small businesses. Sometimes, people treat their small business like their life because it is. It pays...

Shavon Edmond, a sophomore sociology major, helps out a customer at the Back to Business: Small Business Expo Saturday afternoon at 7th Street Underground. Edmond started her business earlier in the summer. Edmond said she just started meddling with things and just got interested in seeing inspiration on apps like Tik Tok. “I started to just make it on my own, and like just branched off from there.”

Student entrepreneurs share their skills, services

Kyara Morales-Rodriguez, Associate News Editor November 14, 2021

Eastern’s 7th Street Underground temporarily became a space for small business owners at Eastern to gather, showing the community their talents and the services they provide Saturday afternoon. The...

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