Kauffman FastTrac® equips aspiring entrepreneurs with the business skills and insights, tools, resources, and peer networks necessary to start and grow successful businesses.

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The Program


Kauffman FastTrac® NewVenture is a flexible program with a solid framework to support you as you start a business and begin your journey to success. This program is powered by SUEGO (Affiliate) (1) for founders and teams all throughout the pre-seed stage, including aspiring founders with a full-time job, solo founders, and teams, and (2) designed to provide information, tips, exercises and tools to help you think about your business idea.

SUEGO offers the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s FastTrac program twice a year in the spring and fall. Certified Kauffman FastTrac® facilitators teach the course in an interactive environment where participants build a unique network with one another helping build their business plan.

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Note: Participants should spend 5-7 hours per week in the online course curriculum and also be prepared to ask questions of the instructor/guest speakers. Attendance and participation in all classes are required through Zoom teleconferencing. There is a vast amount of information to learn and topics will not be repeated.

The Curriculum


This course will provide a structured Cohort experience to connect and engage with other entrepreneurs to motivate, provide access to coaches and mentors, and build relationships to grow and accelerate more effectively than in a solo-course. Kauffman FastTrac was created by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a private, nonpartisan foundation that works together with communities in education and entrepreneurship to create uncommon solutions that empower people to shape their futures and be successful.

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