Finance expert Mike Periu on Opportunities for Small Businesses: receive mentoring and advice from larger companies.
The Boston Beer Company, a $600 million brewer, has instituted a program where small businesses can receive mentoring and advice from employees to help them improve their chances of success. Staff from the company assist with marketing, financing, operations and other areas by providing one-on-one support tackling the problems that small-business owners face. In conjunction with microlender Accion, they also offer financial support through the Brewing the American Dream program.
The CEO of the Boston Beer Company believes that larger companies have a responsibility to help smaller business succeed, and this joint success ultimately will benefit larger companies and create Opportunities for Small Businesses.
About small business finance expert Mike Periu
Mike Periu has experience in small business finance. He founded Proximo, LLC a company that offers consumer and small business training services focused on technology and money.
Mike Periu teaches individual empowerment through entrepreneurship and financial literacy. He has appeared 500+ times on television and radio. Visit the Reach and Media pages of his website to learn more about where he has appeared.
You can read more of Mike’s articles on his blog or at American Express OpenForum, Yahoo! Finanzas and the Huffington Post.
Mike has a degree in International Business and Finance which he received at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He received a Fellowship from the Kauffman Foundation for the Labs for Enterprise Creation program in Kansas City.
