Key Dates

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an initiative to unlock the economic growth and job-creation potential of 10,000 small businesses across the United States through greater access to business education, financial capital, and business support services. The Community College of Philadelphia has partnered with the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative to help small businesses in the Greater Philadelphia region grow and create jobs.

Value to Business Owners

• A scholarship covering tuition and program materials through the support of the Goldman Sachs Foundation.
• A practical 100-hour business entrepreneurship training program that examines business fundamentals through the lens of your actual business experiences.
• Comprehensive one-on-one business advisory services to help you develop and implement a business growth plan.
• Development of a personalized growth plan tailored to your business.
• Access to technical assistance and coaching.

Time Commitment

Your obligation includes out-of-class activities each week. These assignments are an integral part of the program, and are designed to help you improve your business while enabling you to fully develop business growth plans. The additional time commitment outside of class will include:

• Business support services such as technical assistance;
• Customized, one-on-one business advice; and
• Time spent completing assignments in advance of each class.

During and after the program you are expected to fill in your diagnostics in our Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Monitoring and Evaluation system (M&E) at the start of the program, graduation and then six, 18 and 30 months after you finished the program.

Cohort: Setting Scholar Expectations

Your growth group starts on Thursday, September 16, 2021. You will be assigned a regular Thursday weekly time slot (8:30-9:30 a.m., 10-11 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) to meet with your growth group.

You will have weekly Zoom meetings with your business advisor.

Optional faculty office hours give you time to receive extra support and ask questions about content, brainsharks, exercises and LivePlan.

Cohort 26, Spring 2022 Schedule 

ClassTime Commitment

Classes will begin on Thursday, January 20, 2022, with orientation to provide you with support and guidance on how to successfully engage and get the most out of your 10KSB experience. You will have classes every week, and are required to be present at all sessions). If you have scheduling emergencies, immediately email Franne McNeal, Education Services Director, FMcNeal@ccp.edu.

LivePlan check-ins:  10 a.m., Mon., Jan. 31, 2022 through Mod 2, 10 a.m., Mon. Feb. 21, 2022, through Mod 3 + fin forecast (year 1, existing biz) 10 a.m., Mon., March 14, 2022, through Mod 6 + 5 year fin forecast (existing biz + growth opp) 10 a.m., Mon., March 28, 2022, through Mod 7 + 5 year fin forecast (existing biz + growth opp) 10 a.m., Mon., Apr. 11, 2022 – entire plan + exec summary + 5 year fin forecast (existing biz + growth opp); post-growth opportunity, 10 a.m., Mon, Feb. 7, 2022 (initial), 10 a.m., Mon., Feb. 21, 2022 (final)
 
Graduation requirements include submission by 10 a.m., Monday, April 11, 2022, of the following:

• Final growth plan with five year financial forecasts (growth opportunity and existing business)
• Graduation M&E (diagnostic and confidence checklist)
• Final 3-slide powerpoint

For more information, please call 215-516-3700.

Cohort 27 - Summer 2022 Schedule

ClassTime Commitment 

Classes will begin on Thursday, May 11, 2022, with orientation to provide you with support and guidance on how to successfully engage and get the most out of your 10KSB experience. You will have classes every week, and are required to be present at all sessions). If you have scheduling emergencies, immediately email Franne McNeal, Education Services Director, FMcNeal@ccp.edu.

 
LivePlan check-ins:  10 a.m., Mon, May 23, 2022, through Mod 2, 10 a.m., Mon., June 13, 2022; through Mod 3 + fin forecast (year 1, existing biz) 10 a.m., Thurs., July 5, 2022, through Mod 6 + 5 year fin forecast (existing biz + growth opp) 10 a.m., Mon., July 25, 2022,  through Mod 7 + 5 year fin forecast (existing biz + growth opp) 10 a.m., Mon, Aug. 8, 2022—entire plan + exec summary + 5 year fin forecast (existing biz + growth opp); post-growth opportunity—10 a.m., Tues., May 31, 2022 (initial) and Mon., June 6, 2022 (final).
 
Graduation requirements include submission by 10 a.m., Monday, August 8, 2022, of the following:

• Final growth plan with five year financial forecasts (growth opportunity and existing business)
• Graduation M&E (diagnostic and confidence checklist)
• Final 3-slide PowerPoint.  

For more information, please call 215-516-3700.