Intro:
As a student in our program you will receive the experience of a lifetime. Through our proven systems you will learn the skills you need to successfully develop and run your own small business. The skills that you learn as a manager for Collegiate Entrepreneurs are second to none and will put a successful manager far ahead of his or her peers. Potential employees will look at your resumè and see that you ran a professional and profitable business while still in college. What employer wouldn’t want you on their team?!
As you read through these next couple pages, imagine that you are doing these things. Don’t allow yourself to be nervous, thousands of students have made it!

Our Mission Statement:
Through proven systems, Collegiate Entrepreneurs teaches above average college students how to create and operate their own successful small business.


Skills:
Sales:
Your business needs one thing as the driving force behind all of it’s potential: sales! Through our fun and interactive sales training we will show you how to best present yourself and your product.

Marketing:
As a Collegiate Entrepreneurs Branch Manager, you will be responsible for creating and implementing a marketing strategy that will be effective in drawing customers into your business. With systems in place to start from, you are guaranteed start-up leads and can then get the experience of marketing your business in your own way.

Management:
As a Collegiate Entrepreneurs Branch Manager, you will be responsible for hiring and managing your own team of employees. You will learn how to coach and motivate people and learn fundamental management principles, how your behavior affects your employees and how to be effective as a manager, having low employee turnover.

Human Resources/Recruiting:
Since you will be managing your own employees, it only makes sense that you should hire them as well. You are the human resources department in your small business, sourcing potential employees, screening and interviewing as many people as possible so you can hire a team of the best people available.
Budgeting/Profitability Analysis:
Creating a business plan to outline the future of your business is necessary in any company. You will get the experience of developing budgets in marketing, sales and production as well as presenting your plan to your executive. We will also teach you how to manage your profit margins and read your financial year-to-date reports so you know how your business is doing at every stage of the game.What we do…
We will be here behind you 100% of the way. We provide you with training seminars on sales, production and product technology as well as manuals that you can have with you at all times for reference. Each manager will also be assigned an executive that will provide on-going advice and direction during the school year and especially during the summer months. We will show you all you need to know to run a successful business such as:
• Recruiting Strategies
• Interview Skills
• Employee Motivation
• Marketing Strategies
• Professional Selling Skills
• Costing and Pricing
• Time Management
We as a team and as an office staff will be behind you and your business pushing for success 100% of the time. We offer many types of support, from moral and emotional support, to administrative, business consultation and financial support.

Advising and Direction
All of our first year branch managers are assigned an executive to work with. There will be an expectations meeting in the beginning of the season to discuss each persons plans for the business and they will work together towards goals that they set, both as a team and an individual. The executive is someone who was an overachiever in the manager program and has some experience in dealing with the issues that will come up. They will also provide ongoing advice and direction and generally be available at all times when they are needed.

Marketing Support
Through our experience in the business, we have figured out what works and what doesn’t in terms of marketing. We have pre-printed materials for the manager to utilize that include our logo. The manager is encouraged to create his or her own strategy as well. Some of the materials that we provide are:
• Lawn Signs
• Pole Signs
• Flyers
• Business Cards
• Logo T-shirts
• Space at every major homeshow across New England
• The use of the logo to design your own marketing strategies

Administrative Support
There are many aspects of running a business. One that sometimes gets forgotten is organization. In order for your business to run more efficiently, we have an office staff trained to help you keep things straight. Some of the things that we do:
• Computerized payroll service
• Profit statements
• Toll free answering service
• Accounts payable
• Customer service
In Addition...
We provide the following to enhance your learning experience and make your business professional, profitable and completely successful:
• Credit lines with major paint suppliers such as Sherwin Williams and Glidden paints
• $1 Million in Liability Insurance
• Full Workers Compensation
• 1-2 Year Warranty on all work produced
• Business kit with all forms and resources needed