Needs From: Berkshire United Way

Teach Entrepreneurs /Class Speaker Specialists are highly knowledgeable in a particular field and lead a workshop-style session in the Accelerator Program guided by EforAll’s curriculum. Sessions are conducted on site with the Accelerator Cohort and EforAll staff and are between 1-2 hours.

Skills may include:  marketing/branding, finance, new business start-up experience, etc. 

Interviewer Community leaders and business professionals participate in interviews to help EforAll decide which applicants will be a good fit for the Accelerator Program. Interviewers and staff will meet with applicants for 30 minutes each to ask questions and provide feedback to the applicant. Interviewers can commit to a 2 hour time block or more if available!

Mentor Entrepreneurs Accelerator Mentors come from a variety of backgrounds and use their business and leadership experience to guide new entrepreneurs through the process of turning their idea into a growing business. Mentors work in teams of three and are matched with an entrepreneur based on schedule availability and desire to work together. The team meets as a group to help reaffirm topics and themes raised during classes, while also strategizing with the entrepreneur on how to reach their specific goals during the program. This is a high-touch year-long commitment. Mentor teams have 90-minute in-person meetings for 3 months and then meet once a month for the following 9 months.