SEATTLE:-Amazon has unveiled an array of Amazon Small Business Academy programs to assist small businesses to gain benefits from the power of the internet to cater to the needs of clients, expand their brand, and enhance sales. The efforts consist of in-person seminars, community college courses, and webinars.
“Small businesses make up 99.9% of U.S. businesses, employ almost 60 million people, and are the backbone of our economy. We’ve heard from many of them that they want help and guidance to take advantage of the power of the internet and digital business, particularly in rural areas,” observed Nicholas Denissen, Amazon Vice President of Small Business. “Amazon Small Business Academy is focused on accelerating small business’ digital capabilities, whether they are a brand new company or one that has been in business for generations.”
Presently in Southaven, Mississippi close to Memphis, Tenn., Amazon is hosting its first Amazon Small Business Academy program, including exclusive guest speaker U.S. Senator Roger F. Wicker. The free seminar will furnish over 100 attendees with insights, best techniques and how-to skills to commence and expand a business online, or widen a prevailing business on the internet. The company’s subsequent Amazon Small Business Academy seminar will be organised in December, with numerous events planned for 2020.
“Small business owners and entrepreneurs are the driving force behind economic growth in Mississippi and across America,” observed Senator Wicker. “The Amazon Small Business Academy will empower more small businesses to succeed, particularly in rural states, through digital tools and broadband access.”
The Amazon Small Business Academy program also consists of funds to the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) to assist fund curriculum and guidelines of digital business courses in community college classrooms throughout the nation. The classes will include basics of online business tactics, marketing, merchandising, inventory management, and more. The curriculum will furnish sixteen hours of beginner, intermediate and advanced content, formed in association with NACCE and the program’s key schools: Lorain County Community College in Elyria near Cleveland, Ohio and North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Classes will begin in February 2020 at the key schools, as well as Bunker Hill Community College in Boston, Mass.; State Center Community College District in association with Fresno City College, in Fresno, Calif.; Houston Community College in Houston, Texas; and Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, Colo.
“We’re thrilled to embark on this innovative program with Amazon,” noted Rebecca Corbin, Ed.D., president and CEO of NACCE, the country's top organization concentrated on promoting entrepreneurship through community colleges, representing over 325 community and technical colleges and 2,000 faculty, staff, administrators and presidents who cater to the requirements of over three million students. “Community colleges provide valuable content and programming for both aspiring and current small business owners. This Amazon grant will help NACCE and the schools foster the next generation of businesses to power the U.S. economy.”
The Amazon Small Business Academy program also provides webinars to assist present and aspiring small business owners all over the nation obtain digital skills. The online seminars will furnish best techniques for fruitful selling in Amazon stores and include live Q&A with experts.
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