Prospective online entrepreneurs from underserved communities in the city will receive instruction on how they can successfully build an online business at a Dallas Public Library next month.
The library, in conjunction with Dallas’ Office of Economic Development and Etsy, will be offering the Craft Entrepreneurship Program in July for a limited number of interested individuals.
The program, which will be held at J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, is aimed at people not already doing business with e-commerce company Etsy, but who are already creating handmade crafted goods ready to sell. They will take part in classes dealing with marketing, business finance, and similar topics. The program is limited to 20 Dallas residents in the low-to-middle income range.
Ideally, the Craft Entrepreneurship Program will provide artistically inclined, underemployed, low-income adults with the skills to enter the online marketplace. The classes will provide them with the necessary knowledge to present their homemade products to a larger pool of potential customers and increase their sales. Local libraries are a font of information, often using brochure printing services to provide free information on a wide range of subjects.
The Sammons Small Business Center will open at the Central Library on July 8 and the program’s classes will commence July 12 and continue through August. Ours is one of only three cities chosen for the second round of this pilot program and the only public library selected to take part.
