Immigrants are more likely to become entrepreneurs, however, they lack support in the early stages of their entrepreneurial journey. Entrepreneurial training programs allow for teaching both the technical and social aspects of entrepreneurship. This project developed and implemented a five-week training program. This training program taught aspiring immigrant entrepreneurs about the journey of an entrepreneur, including topics such as ideation, customers, and business structure. A mock business assisted the evolution of the participants’ skills. The program cultivated a pitch presentation by the participants to a panel of judges. Based on the participant feedback and our experience, the team provided WABN with recommendations for future renditions of this program to assist aspiring entrepreneurs in the Worcester community.

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Creator

• Zheng, Howard
• Davidson, Bryan B.
• Gandhi, Jay N.
• Ripa, Anxhelo

Subject

• Learning
• Innovation

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 24281
• E-project-051321-105759

Keyword

• Social Competence
• Entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurial Training
• Albanian
• Immigrants

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Foo, Katherine

Year

• 2021

Center

• London, England Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Worcester Albanian Business Network

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not Specified

Date created

• 2021-05-13

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright