The growth, success and prosperity of a business is not by the bottom line, but by the community activism, civic participation, mentorship, and volunteering nature of its employees.

E3 Business Group has made significant steps to assist teens and young adults by opening its collective arms and working in the community. Members can be found in southern Florida, North Carolina, Maryland and even in Texas.

E3 is spearheading the way with involvement beyond just the business of doing business, but sharing its business knowledge and resources with young adults that are future entrepreneurs from all walks of life. Young business minded women and men that have a business mindset, but also want to contribute to their communities by “giving back” as mentors, role models and serving as a support system to boost self confidence and self esteem for their peers.

Theme to: Educate, Encourage and Empower
E3 Business Group social hosted by the Beaver Street Enterprise Center of Jacksonville, Florida. The semimonthly meeting attended by E3 members in addition to their invited guests. To the delight of those in attendance, it was pointed out where would you find such a diverse group that welcomed each other like family, engaged in positive and productive dialogue that focused on civic duty, civic precedence and growth in programs and activities that touched the lives of young people.

The energy of the meetings besieged thoughts of economic down fall, educational deficiency, unemployment statistics, or racial tension. Respect, cordiality, honor, friendship and ethics where displayed by African Americans, Caucasians, Hispanics, Latinos, Asians, and the list goes on.

In these economic challenges, most businesses are slinking back from community involvement, but E3 Business Group and its members have a mindset for community development and supporting entrepreneurial growth are forging ahead to do more. They are the forces of ethical and civic responsibility that coincides with E3 and its mission.

The meetings will be presided by William Jackson teacher with Duval County Public Schools and teachology/technology instructor with Community Education; Business, corporation, entrepreneur and individual are invited to talk briefly about what they do, how they do it and its collective impact on the community. There was no need to discuss bottom lines, line items, budgets, HR challenges, this was a time to forge ahead to support each other and the growth of E3 as a collective body; as the body of E3 grows this allow all businesses to grow by its collective strengths. Each business shared a desire to support more mentoring, internships, their responsibility for civic accountability, ethics in business, role modeling and sharing resources.

Anthony Butler, Sr. Executive Director of E3 enthusiastically shares the achievements in the growing involvement with middle and high school with the powerful “Accuse Yourself of Success” presentation. This presentation is geared toward youth to show they have choices in their lives and not to give into social and economic challenges that try to keep them from being academically and socially successful. Using his example of growing up in the roughest areas of Baltimore, Maryland and showing the transformation from his tough inner city life to developing into the successful business person he is today with a mindset on business relationships, business development and civic responsibility.

“The Accuse Yourself of Success” presentation is a tool for schools to use to help achieve goals of ownership in education. It targets youth between the ages of 11 and 18 who need to take ownership of their educational success and social responsibility. ”Accuse Yourself of Success” has already been performed at several middle and high schools in Duval County. Recognition of additional business and community awards and honors were shared with everyone present. These community awards justify and solidify the positive work that E3 is doing in the community, the recognition that it is receiving and continued growth potential.

E3 Is It In You???? Come out and talk to E3 members in the community.

E3 – Educate, Encourage and Empower.. Mission - To enhance entrepreneurs with the mindsets, skills, and processes which allow them to become leaders of successful businesses and support their efforts to affect change within their communities and lives.

“Real Talk… Real Change II – Are YOU Living COLOR” This event will look at the mindsets and the issues which surround racism and prejudice in NE Florida and how it affects our ability to do business as entrepreneurs and as advocates in NE Florida. The event will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2011. Vendor opportunities and sponsorships are available for this event. Attendance is expected to be 500.

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Phone: 888-525-2299 x119
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