reSET, a non-profit business support organization based in Parkville, has accepted 16 Connecticut-based startups into the 2021 Impact Accelerator. We talk to the organizer and some of the entrepreneurs about what their businesses do.
Impact Accelerator Helps More Black Entrepreneurs Scale in Connecticut
Image: 2020 Alumni (Instagram/resetco)
The 2021 Impact Accelerator, organized by reSET, has selected 16 promising entrepreneurs to participate in a program to advance socially conscious startups in Connecticut. Many of the businesses in the program are led by women and people of color.
The Impact Accelerator will help startups to identify strategic goals, pitch their business, develop financial projections and create strategic sales processes. Participants will also receive accountability from their cohort and build a community with other entrepreneurs.
Pivoting during a pandemic
This 10-week Impact Accelerator will be a boost for many entrepreneurs who were impacted by the pandemic. Many businesses, especially brick and mortar retailers, had to shut down operations.
reopening May 15, 2020
Inside her unusually empty ice-cream shop, Laura Beckham has a lot of time to think. “I don’t think I do anything but reflect on it,” said Beckham, the owner of Berry’s Ice Cream in New London. “It has been two months of working by myself every single day. I do see my customers when I take them the food.