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L. Brian Jenkins, the Founder and President of Entrenuity, NFP,and StartingUp Business Solutions, Inc., has successfully provided entrepreneurship education training and small business development for over 20 years in Chicago, nationally, and abroad. Under Brian’s leadership, both organizations have successfully launched businesses with a combined gross revenue of over $3 million, and helped countless entrepreneurs with their business plan development.Brian has led entrepreneurship training workshops for teachers and youth workers and is directly responsible for training thousands of urban young people in the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and financial literacy, in addition to teaching character/integrity based business operations.

Brian has served as adjunct faculty at Moody Bible Institute, Illinois State University’s College of Business, The Urban Ministry Institutein Wichita, KS and currently at North Park University’s School of Adult Learning, focusing on entrepreneurship education. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa with dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Religion; additionally, he earned his Masters of Arts in Theology from Wheaton College Graduate School and is the author of StartingUp Now: 24 Steps to Launch Your Own Business. Brian has been married for 22 years to Dr. Jenai Jenkins and they’ve been blessed with 3 children Bria (20), Braxton (17),and Brooke (9). Brian and his family live in the Austin Communityon Chicago’s West Side.

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L. Brian JenkinsFounder and President of Entrenuity, NFPand StartingUp Business Solutions, Inc.

OVERVIEW

Last year Entrenuity made the leap in expanding it’s initial youth-based entrepreneurship focus to a broader, adult-based entrepreneurial construct. The core thrust remains to teach entrepreneurship to future business owners using StartingUp Now (SUN), a curriculum designed to teach business plan development and business ownership fundamentals to future entrepreneurs. It’s also used to train individuals to teach the art of entrepreneurship through youth business camps and adult courses. By “training the trainer” Entrenuity extends it’s reach, increasing entrepreneurial participation and success while positively impacting communities, schools, churches and prisons.

In 2016, Entrenuity launched mox.E, the first co-work sharing space in Chicago’s South Loop and The Duncan Legacy Fund, a capital investment arm to help launch or grow existing businesses. The aim, to provide professional development for African-American and Latino entrepreneurial business owners. mox.E is the next step past Starting Up Now, providing access to top business owners to coach entrepreneurs through business challenges while connecting entrepreneurs to share experiences and successes. As a result, Entrenuity has:

• Launched Skillcenter 2.0 on Box.com platformwith Business Plan Template and Financial Tools

• Launched mox.E, Entrenuity's new co-sharing work space, offering coaching connecting and capitalizing for minority entrepreneurs

• Trained 10 new facilitators to teach entrepreneurship in communities, churches, and prison outreach throughLead to Change Facilitator Training

• Launched new Entrenuity website

• Launched Duncan Legacy Fund to capitalizeAfrican-American and Latino businesses

• Filmed new series of SUN Talks videos

• Hosted pitch event for The Gathering

• Hosted Financial Investments class with Tom Sosnoff of tastytrade

• Hosted Plan to Launch class in partnership with North Park University and StartingUp Now

• Welcomed Goodcity as mox.E Member

• Hosted mox.E Launch Party and Business Plan Competition

• Filmed and released new mox.E Overview video

• Launched mox.E Speaker Series

• Welcomed Black Tech Mecca as mox.E Member

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• StartingUp Now launches Lead To Change facilitator training for ministers, churches and community leaders.

• StartingUp Now Launches SUN Talks

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• Soderquist foundation provides the first Major Gift to Entrenuity

• Met Bill Pollard, Stephen Fraser, Don& JoAnne Soderquist

• First funds for Entrenuity Youth Business Camps received from Soderquist Foundation.

• Wheaton College hosts Entrenuity Youth Business Camps

• Entrenuity Summer Business Camp featured on PBS special, “These Kids Mean Business”

• 29-youth owned businesses generated over $550,000 in gross revenue

• Established over 1,100 youth savings accounts with local banking/financial institutions

• Increased youth entrepreneurial test scores by 63%

• Increased financial literacy test scores by 39%

• Added Skill Building Entrepreneurship Training for App Development, Woodworking, Videography, Mosaics, Jewelry, School Stores, Vending, Etc.

• Connected youth with Mentors & Business Coaches in their industry

• 2001-2012: 4,500+ youth participate in Entrenuity programming

• 2001-2016: Trained over 800 educators in experiential entrepreneurship instruction.

• Over 5,000 SUN books sold

• Brian receives Social Enterprise Alliance Educator Award

• mox.E welcomes BlackTech Mecca

• Brian works bi-vocationally for Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education (IIEE) and Entrenuity. Funds from IIEE help undergird Entrenuity’s operational revenue.

• The business plan development platform, Skillcenter launches.

• Entrenuity gets a new website

• Entrenuity launches mox.E

• mox.E Speaker series launches

• mox.E welcomes Goodcity

• Entrenuity offers investment class with tastytrade

• Duncan Legacy Fundis born

• Brian writes StartingUp Now curriculum

• Brian starts StartingUp Now as an “S Corp” to help fund Entrenuity

• StartingUp Now receives it’s first funds from The Soderquist Foundation

• Entrenuity hosts first class for adult entrepreneurs

• Westlawn Youth Net writes the first check ever to Entrenuity and hosts first Entrenuity Class

• June 2004 Brian leaves IIEE to focus solely on Entrenuity

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Angelique offers the following tips to other entrepreneurs from her experience:

“Follow through...Be flexible“

Through hard work, determination, follow-through and flexibility, Angelique is seeing her dreams for Nurse ‘N Go become reality. To learn more about Angelique and her journey visit www.entrenuity.com/news.

Angelique Warner: Nurse ‘N Go

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Dream“Everyone has a dream. Everyone has ideas.”—Brian Jenkins, founder and president of Entrenuity“Everyone has a dream. Everyone has ideas.”—Brian Jenkins, founder and president of Entrenuity

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Entrenuity is privileged to collaborate with other successful organizations in offering education and resources to entrepreneurs.

HOW WE DO ITNot only do we rely on a network of highly skilled professionalsto provide workshops and coaching for our entrepreneurs, butthe mox.E co-work experience itself can be a powerful tool towards higher achievement and increased productivity. The opportunityto collaborate, commiserate and celebrate with other entrepreneurs through the growing pains of launching a business can significantly boost groups’ aspirations, motivational investment, morale, and resilience to challenges. Donate to ENTRENUITY. Text 1.312.380.6662

Tom Sosnoff of tasytrade leads a 4-week course designed to make finance relevant to things outside of classic investments.WHAT WE DO

Goodcity is committed to identifying, starting and growing social entrepreneurs who are making a difference in under-resourced communities in the Chicago area.

Black Tech Mecca seeks to build a thriving tech ecosystem that unites and empowers the Black tech community and improve the Black tech ecosystem.

mox.E, Entrenuity’s co-work sharing space, provides extensive professional development for entrepreneurial business owners.The mission is to build a strong business-focused community that supports ethnic diversity and fosters the spirit of entrepreneurial collaboration for success.

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Stephen H. Fraser, Founder and Managing Partner Barrington Capital Partners, LLC speaks on his lessons from failures and experience.mox.E operates using three tenants, Coaching, Connecting and

Capitalizing. Coaching allows entrepreneurs access to top business owners to guide them through the more challenging aspects of owning a business. Connecting brings entrepreneurs together through networking events and seminars to share experiences and gain new perspectives. Capitalizing provides seed money to help launch or grow businesses, specifically aimed at African-American and Latino entrepreneurs.

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In 2016, DFL awarded the first recipients with capital to help expand their business through Business Plan Evaluations. It’s our way to determine strong entrepreneurial candidates poised to take their business to the next level.

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2016 Recipients

The Duncan Legacy Fund (DLF) is a privately funded loan fund intentionally designed to provide access to capital, products, and services for qualified African-American and Latino small business activity.

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Written and directed by Myron Davis, One Last Prayeris a 90-minute feature film starring Broadway actor and musician Niles Rivers, about a hot-tempered father with a sordid past who learns that his daughter has a rare illness. Davis’ vision is to “use the arts as a vehicle to reach the hopeless and give them Hope.”

Davis and his team, Cinematographer, Jim Zunt, and Producer, Shay Hawkins, received Seed Capital from the Duncan Legacy Fund to help with post-production costs and to begin marketing to film festivals and distributors nationwide. To learn more about Myron and his journey visit www.entrenuity.com/news.

Myron Davis: One Last Prayer

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Inspire“Anyone can be an entrepreneur.”—Brian Jenkins, Founder and President, Entrenuity

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Lyman Howell introduces the finalists of the BusinessPlan Competition held in September, 2016.

In October 2016 Entrenuity launched Chicago south loop’s first co-work sharing space. We look forward to furthering the entrepreneurial dreams of many more minority business owners who normally would not have access to opportunities.

the firstMark Soderquist

During the celebration, one of Entrenuity’s long-standing supporters, Mark Soderquist, was honored for being the first person to believe in the concept behind not only Entrenuity,but in what Entrenuity would evolve into being.

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EVENTSEntrenuity hosts numerous online and speaker events throughout the year, focusing on entrepreneurial advancement, business plan development and facilitator training.

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1-Day ExposuresTrain up to 30 youth/adults per exposure to move from the idea phase to launch in a 6-hour workshop. Using SUN Curriculum and the SUN Business Simulation Game, participants will be exposed to the basics of business operation and fundamentals in a very hands-on,experiential workshop. –$1,500 pr. Exposure

Facilitator TrainingTrain and resource 15 Facilitators to teach 10-12 week entrepreneurship classes using SUN Curriculum, with the goal of impacting 300+ students in 30 different communities with entrepreneurship fundamentals.–$30,000 ($2,000 pr. Facilitator)

mox.EShared professional space with access to expert business leaders, classes, seminars and launch events. Seeking to recruit, guide and launch 5-6 Entrepreneurs annually. –$25,000 pr. Entrepreneur

Entrenuity STEM Summer Business Camp1-week intensive boot camp for 50 African-American and Latino youth, focused on entrepreneurial opportunities in the Drone industry. –$110,000 ($2,200 pr. Student)

Duncan Legacy FundPrivately funded loan fund designed to provide access to capital, products, and services for qualified African-American and Hispanic small business activity.–goal $1,000,000 by 2020

Entrenuity’s past accomplishments and future opportunities are made possible through the financial support of investors likeyou. Your donation will enable Entrenuity to continue it’s missionto supply both youth and adults with valuable entrepreneurship training and resources. Please consider investing in one or moreof the following opportunities:

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Lead“...in many cases people spend too much energy complaining that the playing field is not completely level instead of spending that energy playing on the field and leveraging the opportunities.” —Dr. Paul Judge, Chief Research Officer, Barracuda Networks

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Soderquist Family Foundation

Lawrence and Madelyn Jenkins

Walter and Darlene Hansen

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John Fawcett – Accord Enterprises, Inc.

Stephen Fraser – Barrington Capital LLC

Barney II Foundation

Tom Sosnoff – tastytrade

The Ozinga Foundation

Code Family Foundation

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OUR SUPPORTERS

Entrenuity gratefully acknowledges the following individualsand organizations for their significant financial support and commitment to our mission and vision.

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FINANCIALS January – December 2016*

OVERVIEW

Income Expenses Net Income

Income $ 210,000Expense $ 153,310Net Income $ 56,690

INCOME BREAKDOWN

64%17%

19% Foundations

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General Operating Support

Foundations $ 135,000Private Donors $ 35,000General Operating $ 40,000Support

TOTAL INCOME $ 210,000

EXPENSE BREAKDOWN

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General Administrative Rent

Salaries & Payroll $ 39,100Travel $ 3,000Programs $ 33,500Professional Fees $ 15,000General Admin. $ 29,000Rent $ 33,750

TOTAL EXPENSES $ 153,350

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AWARDSSEA/Chicago is actively building the field of social enterprise through networking opportunities, educational forums, strategic partnerships, and impact legislation

Each year, SEA/Chicago selects a recipient for the Social Enterprise Educator Award. The 2016 honor was awarded to Brian Jenkins for his care and diligence in teaching best practices to and being committed to social enterprises. Brian accepted his award at the SEA/ Chicago’s Fall event, showcasing the efforts of leadersin the Chicago social enterprise community—funders, doers and educators.

Thank YouENTREPRENEURS

Thank you for graciously supporting Entrenuity through your prayers and financial gifts. Entrenuity has been blessed with many opportunities and accomplishments in the past and the future looks bright with even more to come. Your ongoing prayers and financial support will make it possible for Entrenuity to coach, connect and capitalize on current and future entrepreneurs. Together, business leaders who impact communities withcreativity and integrity will be created. For this, the Entrenuitystaff is grateful.