Milestone Makers
Milestone Makers selects a small cohort of impact entrepreneurs to receive individualized business mentoring, executive coaching, customized training, and resources all at no cost. The goal is to help entrepreneurs set, hit, and celebrate milestones critical to their company’s growth. Our 295 graduates have raised over $822 million in capital. 54% our graduates are women, 72% underrepresented and under-resourced founders, and 40% are international founders.
Interested in learning more about Milestone Makers? Please reach out to Colin Mahin, Program Director.
We offer customized resources to meet your needs and learning style. This three-month program will also elevate and amplify your brand through media and PR opportunities, culminating with a celebration that widely shares your success by hosting you and your company on Nasdaq’s MarketSite Tower in Times Square, NYC.
The program is open to early-to-mid-stage entrepreneurs working on projects related to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each cohort focuses on select SDG themes – and we select entrepreneurs with a passion for the problem they are solving but with non-competing offerings. If you’re focused on addressing one or more of these global challenges, Milestone Makers can support you in achieving critical milestones to advance your business.
Spring 2025: Supporting entrepreneurs building businesses focused on Clean and Affordable Energy (UN SDG #7), Innovation, Industry, and Infrastructure (UN SDG #9), Responsible Consumption and Production (UN SDG #12), and Climate Action (UN SDG #13)
- Express interest now! Once we receive your expression of interest, we will send you the application.
- Applications are now open and due by January 27th, 2025 @ 11:59pm PST
- Applicants will receive notices of acceptance by February 21st, 2025
- Accepted participants will onboard the week of March 11th-March 13th
- Cohort graduation will happen on June 11th
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We empower every entrepreneur to shape their own path. We’re advancing a future where entrepreneurship fuels prosperity for everyone, no matter where their journey begins. Since 2015, the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center has led the acceleration of resilient growth for under-resourced founders worldwide.
Our mission as a nonprofit is to improve access and knowledge in entrepreneurship to advance economic progress for all.
By honoring the lived experiences of those dedicated to building a better world, the Center delivers world-class education, global networks, and cutting-edge research—fueled by the largest real-time intelligence on entrepreneurship worldwide.
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