Small businesses are amazing. So are the people who run them. That\u2019s why we love working with entrepreneurs here at tdg<\/strong>. Many of our favorite clients are small businesses<\/a>\u00a0and startups\u00a0– or at least they began that way<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve also got a personal interest in entrepreneurship: aside from being the managing partner at tdg, I also own a historic bed-and-breakfast<\/a>\u00a0with my wife, I have a modest property management company with Monte<\/a>, and I\u2019m always on the lookout for something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes as no surprise, then, that I\u2019ve recently become a little obsessed with resources for entrepreneurs. It started when I joined the SBA\u2019s e200 Emerging Leaders Initiative five years ago. Shortly after graduating from that program, I was accepted into Dakota Rising<\/a>, a three-year regional fellowship for entrepreneurs. Both provided me with training, insight, and the chance to connect with new networks of mentors and peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of those peers led me to another opportunity. Earlier this month I was accepted into the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program<\/a>. It, too, is focused on networking and training with the goal of helping entrepreneurs grow businesses, but with more emphasis on coursework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program is run out of Babson College, widely recognized as the best entrepreneurship school in the country, and I\u2019ll be heading out to Boston a couple of times this fall for on-campus work. And I\u2019m expecting a lot of work: a report in Fortune characterizes the program as an accelerated MBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m expecting a lot of benefit for my own companies, but since I manage an advertising agency, I\u2019ll get an extra payoff: I can bring the training and resources from the Goldman Sachs program straight back to our small business clients. I can\u2019t wait to get started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Small businesses are amazing. So are the people who run them. That\u2019s why we love working with entrepreneurs here at tdg. Many of our favorite clients are small businesses\u00a0and startups\u00a0– or at least they began that way. I\u2019ve also got a personal interest in entrepreneurship: aside from being the managing partner at tdg, I also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23,11],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-awards","tag-planning-strategy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n