Amy Shapiro is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing at MA College of Liberal Arts, where responsibility includes teaching various marketing and financial management courses. Previously an adjunct for the Business Department, Amy leverages years of experience with small business owners to enhance student learning. As the Business Assistance Director at FCCDC since 2001, Amy administers business technical assistance programs and designs entrepreneurial training initiatives for small business owners. From 1984 to 2005, Amy co-owned Marsters Pottery Inc., managing wholesale distribution and retail operations alongside financial management and tradeshow activities. Amy holds an MBA from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst.
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Franklin County Community Development Corporation
The FCCDC has been growing sustainable businesses and communities since 1979 by providing professional guidance and support with business development programs through business training and counseling, business lending, commercial properties, and the Western MA Food Processing Center. The FCCDC can: •assist with business planning for pre-venture and existing business owners. •connect business owners with information and referrals •provide financial support for working capital, new equipment, general business needs. •provide commercial space for office or light manufacturing businesses •arrange for commercial kitchen space for value added food production.