About the Program


Delgado Community College, in partnership with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, is offering Greater New Orleans small business owners access to a practical business education. Through the support of Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation, each business owner who is selected to participate in the program at Delgado Community College will receive a scholarship to cover program tuition and materials.

Participants in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at the Delgado Community College will benefit from a highly practical, business entrepreneurship education that was created with Babson College, a 10,000 Small Businesses partner recognized internationally for its leadership in entrepreneurial business education.

  • Practical Business Education: You will receive a practical business and management education delivered through a partnership between Delgado Community College and leading business schools. While enrolled in the program you will develop a customized growth plan for your business.

  • Access to Capital: You will be given the opportunity and tools to position your businesses to access loans.

  • Business Support Services: You will receive one-on-one business advising from dedicated professionals to help develop a strategic and tailored plan for growth. Additional support services are offered to participants through partnerships with national and local business organizations, professional services firms and the people of Goldman Sachs.

The curriculum focuses on developing skills that you can apply immediately to address the issues most critical to growing your businesses, including:

  • Identifying and evaluating business opportunities

  • Understanding and managing the competitive business environment

  • Analyzing financial statements and using them to make management decisions

  • Accessing financial capital

  • Leading a growing business

Peer learning is critical to the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses classroom experience and, as a result, coursework is highly collaborative and draws upon the real-world experiences of participating small business owners.  In addition to the classroom experience, the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program:

  • Provides one-on-one advisory services to help you develop and implement your tailored plan for growth

  • Helps you create growth by preparing your business to apply for financing

  • Provides networks and mentors to help you focus on your most critical business issues and increase business capacity

HOW TO APPLY: Click the Download Application button, complete the brief information form, download the full application, and submit the completed application and required supplemental documents to 10,000 Small Businesses at Delgado Community College. NOTE: The online information form is NOT the full application


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