Help for Small Businesses Available through Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program at Salt Lake Community College

Utah’s small businesses have another opportunity to take advantage of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at Salt Lake Community College to help create jobs and economic opportunity in Utah. The College is currently seeking small business owners to participate in the second training cohort, which will begin on August 16. Applications are being accepted now through June 3.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an education program for business owners who have survived the start-up phase and are poised for growth. Accepted participants will receive a full scholarship to the program, which includes comprehensive business management education curriculum, a suite of business support services such as one-on-one business advising and networking clinics, and opportunities to access capital.

Interested business owners are invited to attend an information session to learn more about the program and the application process. To learn more about program eligibility requirements visit www.slcc.edu/10ksb

The following information sessions will be held at:

Salt Lake Community College at the Miller Campus, 9750 South 300 West, in Sandy.
March 14, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Miller Free Enterprise Center, Room 203
April 12, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., Miller Professional Development Center 220
May 23, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., Miller Professional Development Center 220

To register for an information session, learn more about Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, or to start an application visit www.slcc.edu/10ksb

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