Program on the Business Horizons

Ethan Edvenson

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                Students entering college for business degrees sometimes have little to no idea of how to get their goal running. In today’s world, starting up in business can either be surprisingly easy or exceptionally challenging with thousands of other companies competing against you, whether you plan to advise another company or run your own business.

This is why the Iowa Foundation of Business and Industry Foundation created the Business Horizons program.

                In the Business Horizons program, students will learn about the business world and prepare themselves for their future over the course of a week. Skills needed to be successful in the modern work place, ways to gain opportunities for promotions, and information about the economic system are all explained by advisors.

These advisors also act as a company boss of sorts and are in charge of leading each team in the project they are assigned. Some problems the groups have to solve include making a new product out of junk, creating a marketing plan and infomercial, delivering a presentation, and promoting material by participating in a trade show.

Not only that, but the program has expert speakers, simulations, an HR experience, and fun after hour activities.

                This year’s program lasts from June 28^th to July 2^nd at Central College in Pella.  The cost of Business Horizons is $385, but for students who apply before May 15^th, the cost is reduced to $350.