The Goldman Sachs Foundation has launched online education programme for 10,000 women, providing them with a digitised curriculum and interactive platform of women business owners. In partnership with Coursera, the world’s largest online platform for higher education, these women will provide greater access to its proven curriculum, providing female entrepreneurs with a world-class business education and a global peer-to-peer network. The course is free and open to all learners.
The women will provide focused and tailored exercises in an introductory module where participants will assess the strengths and weaknesses of their business and themselves as business leaders. The additional modules will review strategies to identify, optimise, and execute growth opportunities.
learners at the end of the course will have a Business Growth Plan to follow as they continue to grow and evolve their businesses.
Importantly, participants in the course will be supported by a network of fellow students and alumni that will provide real-time support, mentoring and group learning across a number of technologies and channels.
This is specifically designed to support quality outcomes by driving personal growth and fostering an online community, allowing the participants to create meaningful connections that will last beyond the completion of the programme itself.
John FW Rogers, chairman of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, said: “This is a question of opportunity, not capability, and this partnership with Coursera allows us to expand 10,000 women to reach those entrepreneurs we haven’t been able to before. Helping businesses grow is at the core of what we do as a company, and increasing access to business education to support smart, driven, and talented women is good for their businesses, their communities, and the world.”
Women with at least three employees and 50,000 dollars in annual revenue are eligible to receive a certificate upon completion.
The course can be found at https://www.coursera.org/ launch/10000women.