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Grow Your Business with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

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Grow Your Business with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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4 hours to complete
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.8

1,142 reviews

4 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Develop your community and discuss the value of peer learning.

  • Discover the content and development process of your Business Growth Plan (BGP).

  • Explore a potential growth opportunity for your business and evaluate its feasibility.

  • Develop your Opportunity Statement.

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Assessments

1 assignment

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This free online course is one of 10 courses available in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women collection, designed for entrepreneurs ready to take their business to the next level.

In this course you will gain the skills that will help you to plan how to best grow your business in future. You will learn how to identify business opportunities, and select the one which is the most progressive and forward-looking, assessing its feasibility. You will also be introduced to the Business Growth Plan (BGP), a strategic tool that will help you identify your business objectives and guide your business’s growth. If you choose to take all 10 free online courses, the BGP will be your key takeaway from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women. The 10,000 Women course collection offers a truly flexible online learning experience. You have the freedom to approach the program in any way that works for you – take any course, or combination of courses, to tailor your learning journey to your individual business growth needs. If you choose to take all 10 courses, you will explore all the key elements of your business and develop a thorough plan for your business’s growth. Find out more about the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women collection in the FAQs.

In this course, you will identify one specific growth opportunity for your business and start the planning process toward identifying the feasibility of this opportunity. You will also be introduced to the Business Growth Plan (BGP) – a key takeaway from 10,000 Women – and can choose to start using this strategic and tactical implementation tool to guide your business’s growth.

What's included

6 videos13 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts5 plugins

6 videos•Total 19 minutes
  • Welcome•3 minutes
  • Identifying a good opportunity•3 minutes
  • Selecting a growth opportunity•2 minutes
  • Feasibility Checklists•4 minutes
  • Articulating your opportunity•2 minutes
  • What is the Business Growth Plan?•4 minutes
13 readings•Total 106 minutes
  • Getting started•10 minutes
  • Where are your peers located? (Exercise 1)•10 minutes
  • Maximizing your growth potential•5 minutes
  • Preparing to generate ideas for your growth opportunities•5 minutes
  • Preparing to stretch your ambitions•2 minutes
  • Assessing the feasibility of your opportunity (Exercise 5)•10 minutes
  • Introducing the Business Growth Plan•2 minutes
  • Philosophy of the Business Growth Plan•5 minutes
  • Identifying your goals (Exercise 7)•15 minutes
  • Accessing your Business Growth Plan•10 minutes
  • Recording your progress•20 minutes
  • Congratulations•10 minutes
  • Progressing to the next course in 10,000 Women•2 minutes
1 assignment•Total 20 minutes
  • End of course assessment•20 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
  • Get to know your peers•10 minutes
  • Reflecting on the feasibility of your opportunity•10 minutes
  • Reflecting on your Opportunity Statement•10 minutes
5 plugins•Total 75 minutes
  • Join the 10,000 Women Mailing List•15 minutes
  • Generating ideas for your growth opportunities (Exercise 2)•15 minutes
  • Stretching your ambitions (Exercise 3)•15 minutes
  • Which opportunity has the greatest potential? (Exercise 4)•15 minutes
  • Writing your Opportunity Statement (Exercise 6)•15 minutes

Instructors

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4.8 (389 ratings)
Goldman Sachs
58 Courses•484,357 learners

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Reviewed on Feb 25, 2023

Excellent Course! I learnt to write a BGP, which is a live document that will continuously be developed throughout the next coming weeks.

MA
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Reviewed on Mar 5, 2023

The course was very impactful. I have gone back from start to finish like twice a day for the past two days. I am not yet done. I will go through the courses

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Reviewed on Aug 26, 2020

This is a great initiative. As a business student and starting entrepreneur, I am familiar with most of the things I learned here but I didn't have the details I got here, from this initiative.

Frequently asked questions

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women is a collection of 10 core courses which provide a practical business education – strengthening your business knowledge, skills and plans for growth. This core collection is supplemented by a range of shorter elective courses. The courses are suitable for any entrepreneur looking to take their business to the next level.

There is not a certificate offered for completion of individual courses in the 10,000 Women collection. (The FAQ above is a standard Coursera message and does not apply to this course.)

No. Goldman Sachs 10,000 Womenoffers a flexible online learning experience. You can take any course, or combination of courses, to tailor your learning journey to your individual business growth needs. Participants find that completing all 10 core courses enables them to explore all the key elements of their business and develop a thorough plan for their business’s growth.

The course is entirely free for all participants.

The course has been designed with approximately five hours of engagement. You can take as long as you need to complete the course without losing access.

If you want more time to complete the course, or wish to return to it later, Coursera may prompt you to reset your deadlines. This doesn’t affect your progress, but you will need to reset so you see can the most up-to-date course content and take the quizzes. It takes seconds and is very easy.

By completing the course, you will gain skills and strategies for developing your business growth, focussed on refining your key business growth opportunity, essential for successful business growth. Once you complete the course, you will also receive additional learning materials to further support your business, including video, exercises and detailed guidance on related topics to further expand your skills and knowledge.

If you choose to complete all 10 courses, you will explore and develop all the key areas to promote and plan your business’s growth. You will also be able to fully develop your Business Growth Plan (BGP). Your BGP is a valuable output and provides a framework for your business opportunity. It encourages you to analyze yourself, your business and environment, and guides your business growth. You can develop your BGP by completing a series of exercises in the 10 courses of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women.

Eligible participants who complete all 10 courses will also be invited to join the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Alumni Community, offering a range of benefits to further your business growth including events, further training and fellowship opportunities. Visit the to find out more.

You can take the courses in 10,000 Women in any order. The elective courses are designed to complement the core collection of 10 courses and can be completed before, after or between core courses, depending on you and your business's needs.

There is not a certificate offered for completion of individual courses in the 10,000 Women collection. (The FAQ above is a standard Coursera message and does not apply to this course.)

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.

Financial aid available,