Al Enchill, President & Owner of Elegant Stitches Inc., located in Pittsfield, MA shares the impact of the advisory services his family business has received through the COVID-19 Response Support Team.

October 2020 Personal Message by Al Enchill, President & Owner of Elegant Stitches Inc.

I want to extend my sincerest gratitude.  Our business is incredibly thankful for the opportunities that have arisen from our relationship. Elegant Stitches has made the necessary pivots to address the losses incurred by the COVID-19 outbreak. This includes:

• Securing our Minority-Owned Certification and 8a Certification for the government sector.
• Meeting the demands of our existing and potential customer base by acquiring new equipment.
• Analyzing with the assistance of our advisors (David Roache, Response Team Advisor and Kara Shurmantine, The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, MBA Student ) our cost, pricing and margins, and developing an outbound business development program and the tools to enable us to target the corporate, small business and government sectors. In the process, we have been minimizing financial losses, and beginning again to increase our revenues.   

We are sincerely grateful for the funds and most importantly the support that David, our Response Team Advisor, has extended to us since we received the loan through the Business Equity COVID-19 Emergency Fund (BECEF). David’s contribution is indeed immeasurable. We wouldn’t be where we are without that support.

Thank you for your help. It means a lot to me and our company. Stay healthy. 

Sincerely, Al Enchill