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Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (10KSB) provides business education, support services, and access to capital for growth-oriented entrepreneurs at NO COST. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to growing their business and creating jobs within their community.
Practical Business Education
Designed by Babson College, the nation’s top-ranked entrepreneurship school, the 10,000 Small Businessescurriculum focuses on practical business skills that can immediately be applied by small business owners, including negotiation, marketing and employee management.
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Access to Capital
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses partners with Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and other mission-driven lenders to expand access to capital for small businesses. Through these partnerships, loans are available to qualifying small businesses that lack access to affordable capital or may not qualify for traditional sources of credit.
Loan applications are accepted on an ongoing basis, independent of acceptance into the small business management education and training program.
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A Network of Support
Through the education program, you will have opportunities to learn from other small business owners, receive expert advice from business professionals, get one-on-one business advising, and join a national network of entrepreneurs following graduation.
TO QUALIFY: • Applicant must be an owner or co-owner of a business • Business in operation for at least one year • Business revenues of at least $75,000 in the most recent fiscal year • At least 2 employees (including the owner) Application deadline for the Fall 2023 program is MAY 15, 2023.
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