Entrepeneurs

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    From the SBA: 5 Tips for Finding and Working with a Business Mentor

    by Caron Beesley A mentor is someone who has been there before (think about entrepreneurs and TV personalities like Gordon Ramsay or Donald Trump). They are experienced, successful, and can provide advice and guidance’ for no real personal gain. But how do you find a...

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    NEW Chairman Announces 863 Grants and $22.543 Million in Funding

    NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman announces 863 grants and $22.543 million in funding Grants include Art Works and creative writing fellowships Rapid City, South Dakota—At a public panel discussion in Rapid City, South Dakota, today, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman announced that the agency...

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    Creative Opportunities + Grants

    Find other creative opportunities and grants at Artsake, Berkshire Art Start, Massachusetts Cultural Council, New England Foundation for the Arts, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and the New York Foundation for the Arts. November  Open Call: Art on a Stick Deadline: November 28, 2011 Art on a Stick is back and is asking...

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    Online For-Profit & Non-Profit Funding, Product Development and Sales Platforms

    arthomeonline.org Fee for use: No ArtHome’s mission is to help artists build assets and equity through financial literacy, home-ownership, self-sufficiency and the responsible use of credit. Its programs help low to moderate-income artist and independent workers get access to non-traditional loans for homes and business...

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    BE A PART OF THE BECREATIVE BARCAMP OCT 26TH

    The BeCreative BarCamp is a FREE night of Berkshire Creatives like you sharing their ideas, projects, resources, and innovations! Be a part of the conversation. Share your story. Share your passion. Share your expertise. Wednesday, October 26, 2011 5:30-8:30pm Hancock Shaker Village Pittsfield, MA Free...

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    40 Days Until MassChallenge Awards Ceremony

    As the MassChallenge Startup Showcase and Awards Ceremony 2011 quickly approach, you can feel the sense of urgency throughout the hallways. 2011 Finalists are working through the night and weekend in order to close deals and develop product.   How can you get involved? With our two...

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    From Rural Intelligence: LOCAL’s Economy Buoyed By Chocolate Trickle Down

    O’Hana, a potter who lives in Spencertown with her husband, the photographer John Dolan, and their three children, opened LOCAL last December in the Lenox Commons shopping center on Route 7 “on a whim.”   For the four years previous, she had maintained a 2nd-floor...

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    From iberkshires: Wilco Finds Berkshires Home Away From Home

    NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshires is considered a second home to the band Wilco. “A tentacle of our global operations has planted itself firmly in the Berkshires. Our management, our longtime manager, made a home here in Northampton so a lot of things have...

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    Creativity Lives Here Channel

    Watch videos from Berkshire Creative events, partners, and community. Do you have a video that highlights where your Creativity Lives/Works/Thrives? Email us the link at info@berkshirecreative.org! Click here to visit Berkshire Creative on YouTube. Rocco Landesman TitleRocco Landesman Runtime13:53 Descriptionocco Landesman addresses the Creative Communities...

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    Come SPARK! with us in Adams!

    Berkshire Creative is committed to creating opportunity for strategic partnerships.  At SPARK!, we work hard to ensure that you are meeting new people and SPARKing the connections you need to do better business in the Berkshires. This June the town of Adams will host it’s...

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