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Seminar Sessions: 4/11 Strategic Staffing Solutions

Join us for an enlightening seminar where we delve into the multitude of opportunities that MassHire Lowell Career Center has in store for our local employers.

🗓️ Date: April 11th, 2024

🕒 Time: 10:00AM- 12:00PM

📍 Where: iHub, 110 Canal Street, Lowell, MA

Register now to secure your spot (Limited Seating Available): https://StrategicStaffingSolutions.eventbrite.com

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Introducing the QuickBooks Program

Get ready for the launch of the QuickBooks Program, a collaboration between the Entrepreneurship Center at CTI and MassHire Lowell Career Center as part of our Urban Agenda program.

What the QuickBooks Program offers:

  • Comprehensive 5-week training
  • Personalized one-on-one sessions
  • Proficient navigation of QuickBooks software

Eligibility:

  • Business must be located in Lowell
  • Business should be operating for at least one year
  • Business must meet SBA’s definition of a small business
  • Equipment capable of running technology programs is required

Secure your spot now by registering here: https://www.tfaforms.com/504526.

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Seminar Sessions: 4/3 Business Planning Basics Webinar

Are you looking to start a new business or take your existing one to new heights? Then this webinar is for you!

Learn the essentials of creating business plans that resonate with your audience and drive success.

🗓️ Date: April 3rd, 2024

🕒 Time: 12:00PM – 1:00PM

📍 Where: Zoom

Register now to secure your spot:

ECenterBusinessPlanning.eventbrite.com

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CTI Gets $125K Grant for Acre Small Businesses

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$1.6M For Small Business Support

The Entrepreneurship Center AWARDED $125,000 grant from MassDevelopment’s Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) Local program. 

This funding will empower CTI, particularly its Entrepreneurship Center, to conduct a comprehensive assessment of local businesses in Lowell’s Acre neighborhood. The aim is to identify action-based recommendations for increased profitability and utilize the grant to implement these measures, fostering local business growth. 

Stay tuned for more information!

Government Contracting Seminar
Government Contracting Seminar

Exploring Certification & Government Contracting

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Starting in 2024 Seminar Sessions: 1/26 Let’s Get Social: An Entrepreneur’s View on Using Social Media

Get ready to supercharge your online presence!

Join us on January 26th from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. Unleash the secrets to mastering social media strategies, dive deep into the world of digital engagement and discover innovative tactics to captivate your audience featuring guest speakers from Rise Social Relations!  

Mark your calendars and gear up for an immersive workshop that will transform the way you conquer the digital realm. Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity to learn from the experts!

Reserve your spot today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-get-social-an-entrepreneurs-view-on-using-social-media-tickets-759772920257?aff=oddtdtcreator

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The Entrepreneurship Center at Community Teamwork has been awarded the highly competitive SBA PRIME Grant

The Entrepreneurship Center at CTI has been awarded the highly competitive SBA Prime Grant, allowing them to become one of just two organizations chosen in the entire New England region. PRIME funds will be utilized on aiding small businesses to spread the knowledge of the 5 essential functions of the business rubric: Managment, Marketing, Finance & Accounting, Info Technology, and Operations.

The E-Center will establish partnerships with community organizations and will offer curriculum in the many different languages spoken in Lowell in their respective communities. Together with our partners we will identify and assist where needed. Ani Vong will be leading this initiative and partnering alongside LatinX Center, Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association (CMAA), The African Community Center of Lowell (ACCL), Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS), THRIVE, and MassHire Lowell Career Center with Seminars to commence in 2024.

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U.S. Small Business Administration to Fund Entrepreneurship Center

The SBA has awarded Community Teamwork Inc. with $200K through the PRIME Grant

Lowell, MA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently awarded Community Teamwork Inc. $200K for the sake of funding its Entrepreneurship Center. The funding will allow staff of the Entrepreneurship Center to work with entrepreneurs on developing their financial capacity to increase their business viability by hosting trainings, seminars, and peer-to-peer learning. Staff will also use the funding to offer expanded opportunities to constituents of the center to access technical assistance services in a linguistically accessible and culturally competent design.

The Entrepreneurship Center, formerly known as the Merrimack Valley Small Business Center, was founded in 1998 to provide technical assistance for low and very low-income entrepreneurs to help them create, sustain and grow micro-enterprises. Since its rebranding into the Entrepreneurship Center in 2019, its services have expanded through out Middlesex and Essex County, and refocused its program offerings and service model to better serve the diverse needs of its disadvantaged micro-enterprise clients.

The Prime Grant was created as part of the Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999, also known as the PRIME Act. This act authorized the SBA to establish a program for the purposes of providing training and technical assistance to disadvantaged entrepreneurs, providing training and capacity building assistance to microenterprise development organizations (MDOs) and programs, aiding in research and development of best practices for microenterprise and technical assistance programs for disadvantaged entrepreneurs, and for other activities as determined by the SBA.

“We are thrilled to receive this SBA Prime grant. It will enable us to expand our work to help our local small businesses, especially those who are low income and disadvantaged, thrive in our community”, stated Charles Smith, Director of the Entrepreneurship Center.

The SBA was founded back in 1953 under the administration of President Eisenhower alongside the signing of the Small Business Act. It offers programs that cover federal contracting and business development, entrepreneurial development, and lending services, all for the sake of supporting small businesses across the country.

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About Community Teamwork

Established in 1965, Community Teamwork is a non-profit Community Action Agency (CAA) serving more than 55,000 individuals and families in the City of Lowell and the seven surrounding towns of Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, and Westford. Community Teamwork also serves as a Community Development Corporation and as the Regional Housing Agency for the Merrimack Valley and the rest of the Northeastern Massachusetts, including 71 cities and towns inclusive of the North Shore and Cape Ann. Community Teamwork is a catalyst for social change. We strengthen communities and reduce poverty by delivering vital services and collaborating with key stakeholders to create housing, education and economic opportunities. Our vision is a community whose institutions, systems, and people support everyone’s opportunity to thrive. www.commteam.org

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Announcing MGCC’s Independent Movie Theater Grant

Ends April 28th

For more info, email: business@commteam.org