Immigrant entrepreneurs are vital to the US economy, accounting for 25% of new ventures in 2017. In Worcester, 36% of business owners are foreign-born. Albanian entrepreneurs have a longstanding economic influence in Worcester that deserves recognition due to their contribution to the city’s vitality. In cooperation with the Worcester Albanian Business Network, we conducted in-depth interviews with 11 Albanian entrepreneurs in Worcester who represent a wide range of industries and enterprises. These interviews are the foundation of a digital exhibition highlighting their journeys into and through entrepreneurship. These stories are designed to inspire, mentor, and support other entrepreneurs, while bolstering a sense of appreciation for immigrant entrepreneurship.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Piccione, Isabella M.
• Kadarabad, Vignesh V.
• Musser, Emily H.
• Moore, Alyssa B.

Subject

• Community
• Innovation
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 5031
• E-project-121120-144014

Keyword

• Albanian
• Entrepreneur
• Digital
• Exhibition
• Worcester
• Journey

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Dodson, Leslie Lynn

Year

• 2020

Center

• Tirana, Albania Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Worcester Albanian Business Network
• WABN
• Aridan Preci

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2020-12-11

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved

Last modified

• 2021-03-09