Small Business Development Center Network helps Western Mass. business grow: Viewpoint
As the regional director of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Western Office, my dual role as a manager and adviser allows me to coach business owners, share lessons learned and my experience to help them avoid costly mistakes. Our specialty, though, is to help our clients secure capital to buy, start or grow a business. We do this by helping them build what we refer to as “loan packages” (business plans with two or three-year proforma) to be presented to a bank or an investor. However, we could not be highly effective at our job without the support network we have created here in the Pioneer Valley.