DATE: Tuesday, April 26, 2005

LOCATION: Thaddeus Clapp House, Pittsfield (see directions)

TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.

COST: $5

FOOD: Snacks

Hidden-Tech, the business networking organization for virtual company
owners based in the Pioneer Valley, is scheduling its first Berkshire
meeting from 5 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 26 at the Thaddeus Clapp House in
Pittsfield on Wendell Avenue. The price is $5 at the door.

The "Meet and Greet" is designed to introduce small, home or office-based
entrepreneurs to the resources and benefits of the
organization. Membership in Hidden-Tech is free. (see www.hidden-tech.net)
for more information.

Amy Zuckerman, Hidden-Tech founder and co-chair, will be available to
explain how Hidden-Tech's online resources and live events have helped
entrepreneurs of all stripes -- not just techies -- beat isolation and
build their businesses. An award-winning author and consultant, she is the
2005 recipient of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Home-Based
Business Champion award for Massachusetts and New England.

"I left New York City on 9/11 convinced that virtual company entrepreneurs
like myself needed a network so we could survive, and even thrive, in the
tough years to come. From that time we've grown to almost 1,000 members
throughout the Rt. 91 Knowledge Corridor, and beyond, who provide each
other assistance in every fashion from locating health insurance to
business leads," she explains.

"Hidden-Tech is not restricted to techies. Imagine what one can do in a
home or small office setting and there is a member doing it, from
architecture and law, to designing medical devices, writing plays or
animation. There seems to be no limit. What connects us is the fashion in
which we work and the fact that we all must use technology to drive our
companies," she adds.

Zuckerman says Hidden-Tech already has some Berkshire members, but would
like to attract far more to the group. "The more members, the more business
opportunity," she explains. "And the Berkshires are our neighbors in the
Pioneer Valley. It's a natural to expand the group to the west."

Adds Peter Bergman, one of Hidden-Tech's two Berkshire coordinators, "The
Berkshires has been undergoing a major change in the last decade, big
industrial businesses giving way to small, hidden, often home-based
organizations of one, two or five people. Mine is one, or two, of them. I
know how important technology and the ability to interface locally,
regionally, nationally and internationally has become to any sort of
success for us, and this is something that is being addressed, right now,
by Hidden-Tech. Having a greater fluidity within the region, developed by
membership and participation in Hidden-Tech, is going to really give me and
others like me a boost."

Susanna Opper, co-founder of BEN (Berkshire Entrepreneurs Network), has been
a member of Hidden-Tech since its inception. "Like BEN, Hidden-Tech is a
great resource for small and home-based businesses. I always enjoy their
events and find the on-line network a port in any storm. I'm delighted
Hidden-Tech is reaching out to the Berkshires," she says.

Contact Amy Zuckerman at az@a-zinternational.com or at 413-253-4124 for
more information on the event. See www.hidden-tech.net for event details.

Directions to the Thaddeus Clapp House, 74 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA
01201

From: Massachusetts Turnpike - Route 90

* Exit 2 - Lee (Route 20)

* Follow Route 20 towards Pittsfield.

* In Pittsfield, turn right at the traffic light on East Housatonic
Street.

* Turn left on Wendell Avenue (1 block).

74 Wendell Avenue is the second house on the left.

From: The Pioneer Valley on Routes 8 & 9:

Pass the Crane Mills (on your left) and Berkshire Crossing Mall (on your
left) at the traffic light, continue straight through one more traffic
light and get in the left turn lane (there are two of them) for the next
light. This is Merrill Road. Make the left onto Merrill Road.

Stay on Merrill Road as far as it goes. It turns into a highway for 3/4 of
a mile, then merges with East Street. Proceed west on East Street into the
city. You will pass Pittsfield High School (on your left). Get into the
left lane and proceed into Park Square. You want to go completely around
the park (a traffic circle) and get back onto East Street heading east (the
way you came in. Make an immediate right onto Wendell Avenue. The Court
House will be on your right and the Athenaeum (a 1960's style building)
will be on your left. The Clapp House is the next to last house on the
right on this first block of Wendell Avenue.