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"Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in India"

"India’s 63 million micro, small, and medium enterprises are the backbone of the country’s economy, yet women-owned businesses face hurdles that hinder their growth. To unlock the potential of women entrepreneurs, Goldman Sachs’&nbsp;10,000 Women&nbsp;provides business education, mentor networks, and access to external capital. This investment has a significant impact across India: on average, within a year and a half of graduating from the program, participants quadruple their revenue, double their staff, and create five additional jobs.&nbsp;<a href=\"/content/dam/gs/gscom/pdfs/citizenship/10000women/news-and-program-information/pages/10kw-india-report-2023-f/report.pdf\">Read the Full Report</a>\r\nLearn more about our&nbsp;<a href=\"/content/gs/gscom/community-impact/10000-women\">10,000 Women</a>&nbsp;business education programme which is available in&nbsp;<a href=\"/content/gs/gscom/community-impact/10000-women/online-courses\">English</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.coursera.org/collections/goldman-sachs-10000-women-hindi\">Hindi</a>.\r\n"

India’s 63 million micro, small, and medium enterprises are the backbone of the country’s economy, yet women-owned businesses face hurdles that hinder their growth. To unlock the potential of women entrepreneurs, Goldman Sachs’&nbsp;10,000 Women&nbsp;provides business education, mentor networks, and access to external capital. This investment has a significant impact across India: on average, within a year and a half of graduating from the program, participants quadruple their revenue, double their staff, and create five additional jobs.&nbsp;<a href="/pdfs/citizenship/10000women/news-and-program-information/pages/10kw-india-report-2023-f/report.pdf">Read the Full Report</a>
Learn more about our&nbsp;<a href="/community-impact/10000-women">10,000 Women</a>&nbsp;business education programme which is available in&nbsp;<a href="/community-impact/10000-women/online-courses">English</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.coursera.org/collections/goldman-sachs-10000-women-hindi">Hindi</a>.

"<a href=\"/content/dam/gs/gscom/pdfs/citizenship/10000women/news-and-program-information/pages/10kw-india-report-2023-f/accessible-doc.pdf\">Click here</a>&nbsp;for accessible PDF\r\nThis infographic was created based on the program’s Monitoring and Evaluation database, which includes data collected from Goldman Sachs&nbsp;10,000 Women&nbsp;alumni between 2008 and 2022, as well as data collected from a supplemental survey issued in 2022 that was completed by 619 Goldman Sachs&nbsp;10,000 Women&nbsp;alumni and a control group of 334 women entrepreneurs in India who have not participated in the program.\r\n"

<a href="/pdfs/citizenship/10000women/news-and-program-information/pages/10kw-india-report-2023-f/accessible-doc.pdf">Click here</a>&nbsp;for accessible PDF
This infographic was created based on the program’s Monitoring and Evaluation database, which includes data collected from Goldman Sachs&nbsp;10,000 Women&nbsp;alumni between 2008 and 2022, as well as data collected from a supplemental survey issued in 2022 that was completed by 619 Goldman Sachs&nbsp;10,000 Women&nbsp;alumni and a control group of 334 women entrepreneurs in India who have not participated in the program.

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