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Berkshire Enterprises Offering Free Entrepeneurial Training Program

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Enterprises announced that it will offer a free 20-week entrepreneurial training program for displaced workers.

The new training program will begin April 16. Classes will be held Monday through Thursday,  from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
 
The program aims to help people learn and conduct market research to test out their business ideas. The program is being revised to cover all areas of writing a plan to delveloping the idea and marketing strategy. The training includes basic financial projections.
 
Interested unemployed workers can contact Steve Fogel, program director of Berkshire Enterprises, at sfogel@berkshireenterprises.com or 413-441-3688 to get an application. Class size is limited to 12 people and participants will be chosen based on the strength of their idea, application and interview.
     

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