Is 2025 The Year to Start or Scale Your Business?


Is 2025 The Year to Start or Scale Your Business?

The Forest Park, IL-based Joseph Business School Is Offering Programs to Help 100,000 Entrepreneurs Scale their Business to $1 Million Over the Next Five Years

FOREST PARK, IL – Is your New Year’s resolution to start a business?

Have you launched an enterprise, and your intuition tells you that 2025 is the year to invest more time and energy into your dream? You have been mulling this decision for years, but now you have the faith to give birth to your vision and take your venture to unimaginable heights.

You just need the right environment to receive insights, training, coaching, nurturing, and exposure to a network of experts who can provide the tools to succeed.

Well, your prayers have been answered.

The accredited Joseph Business School, located at 7600 Roosevelt Road in this community five miles west of Chicago, hosts informational sessions about its upcoming four-month Entrepreneurship program, which offers access to over 30 specialized courses designed to help you achieve your New Year's resolution. The Spring session begins in February, and flexible payment plans are available to support students in pursuing their entrepreneurial goals.

On Saturday, January 25, 2025, at 10:30 AM (CT), the school is hosting a virtual session for prospective students. An in-person session will be held on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 11:15 AM (CT).

David Ramseur, dean of the Chicago campus, one of more than a dozen located on five continents, said the informational sessions will showcase the unique aspects of the Joseph Business School (JBS) that empower aspiring and current entrepreneurs to thrive in today's competitive business landscape. Attendees will learn how JBS combines practical business education with Biblical principles to help entrepreneurs succeed. The sessions will highlight JBS's world-class curriculum, covering key topics such as marketing, sales, financial management, and leveraging emerging technologies like AI. Participants will also hear about the personalized support, expert coaching, and access to invaluable resources that have helped hundreds of JBS alums succeed in their businesses.

We are always enhancing the program,” said Ramseur, “to ensure our students are aware of and take advantage of the latest changes in technologies, modern business practices, regulatory updates, and emerging marketplace opportunities

Ramseur said the school conducted a recent study of prospective students that provided some surprising information.

"We asked what is holding them back from launching or growing their existing business," Ramseur said. "I thought it would be securing capital, but they told us their biggest challenge is not knowing the right steps to take. That concern ranked even higher than access to funding. Our program is designed to bridge that gap—providing entrepreneurs with a clear roadmap, expert guidance, and proven strategies to help those just starting to build a strong foundation and those already in business take their company to the next level and scale successfully."

For 25 years, the JBS has been a pillar in faith-based, entrepreneurial education, teaching students how to do business God’s way. Under the leadership of Dr. Deloris Thomas, an MBA graduate from Harvard School of Business, this Christian institution, the brainchild of Dr. Bill Winston, a renowned evangelist, has paved the way for thousands of entrepreneurs and business owners across the globe.

According to business experts, 2025 is a promising period to launch or invest in business growth. They forecast a year like 2020, when many entrepreneurs started their businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Business owners, they said, need to be innovative, adaptable, and proactive. They must embrace AI and automation, focus on sustainability, create diverse revenue streams, and pivot during market changes.

It is also an exciting period to enroll at JBS. In commemoration of its 25th anniversary, the school launched a distinctive five-year mission to assist 100,000 entrepreneurs in scaling their businesses to a remarkable $1 million. It also kicked off a campaign to raise $25 million to help students who cannot afford the school’s tuition. JBS officials said the initiative seeks to eradicate poverty, close the wealth gap, and turn desolate communities into Gardens of Eden.

"I tell my team, we are midwives,” Dr. Thomas said. “We bring these babies and the visions these entrepreneurs have to make a difference in their communities into full term and to full birth because they do not have anyone to help them nurture and grow their ideas. The Joseph Business School believes entrepreneurialism is a key factor in any economy, and entrepreneurs' ideas are key to any economy becoming a thriving economy. When you look at particularly Black and Brown communities that are under-resourced and under-financed, you see a great divide as far as wealth, poverty, and violence. All those things can happen when a community is under-resourced. We believe we can help create those gifts into entrepreneurial ventures whereby they can close the wealth gap in communities, their families, and the world." ###

For information about the event and to register, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-joseph-business-school-spring-2025-information-sessions-tickets-1134173486429?aff=oddtdtcreator.


For information about the Joseph Business School, visit the school’s website at https://www.jbs.edu. To arrange an interview with Dr. Deloris Thomas or other JBS officials, contact Jerry Thomas at (312) 804-7999 or jerry@jerrythomaspr.com. Pictures and videos are available.

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