MSBDC Berkshire Regional Office

MA Small Business Development Center Network

About Us

The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network's Berkshire Regional Office provides free and confidential one-to-one business assistance to prospective and existing small businesses.

Services are available to Massachusetts start-ups and existing businesses located in Berkshire County. Areas of assistance include business plan development, preventure feasibility, conventional and non-conventional financing, cash flow analysis, organizational and personnel issues and marketing.

Services are delivered by skilled professional staff with extensive business experience and excellent educational backgrounds. Their work is augmented by college and university faculty, qualified students and private consultants.

Our mission is accomplished through regional director and business advisor Keith Girouard [bio] who has a broad range of business knowledge. In addition, Keith specializes in areas of expertise such as: business and financial plan development, marketing and sales counseling, financial analysis and business retention. Our office is also staffed by an administrative assistant, Andrea Morris [bio].

Training programs are offered for a nominal fee on a wide variety of management issues. Many programs are cosponsored with chambers of commerce, banks, local colleges and universities, community development organizations and trade associations. Please visit our training page for further information.

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Mission

The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network provides high-quality, in-depth business advising, training and capital access which contributes to the entrepreneurial growth of small businesses throughout Massachusetts. Our services are delivered through a network of skilled professional staff supported by a federal, state, and higher education consortium as well as several partnerships.

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