Founders First Community Development Corporation Inc
Innovation empowers small business expansion.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Founders First Challenge.
Challenge is for entrepreneurs with established businesses, earning between $50K and $250K in annual revenue, who want to achieve growth. 60-day Mini-Accelerator Program consists of four (4) workshops where you will learn how to work ON your business, not just IN your business! The program completes with a Pitch and Graduation Event with the opportunity to compete for up to $5000 cash and service prizes. Includes 18-months of post-program support coaching and support.
Founders First Bootcamp
Bootcamp is for entrepreneurs with established businesses, earning a minimum of $250K in annual revenue who want to achieve rapid growth. 90 Day, 12-weekly online group sessions. Culminates with onsite Pitch and Graduation Event with the opportunity to compete for up to $7500 cash and service prizes. Includes 9 months of post-program support coaching and support.
Founders First FastPath
FastPath is for B2B, service-based companies with annual revenues in excess of $1 million. The program focuses on the role of a diverse Founder/Owner, President, and CEO leading a business that has progressed beyond the startup phase. The cohort-based program consists of five (5) modules over 4-weeks that focuses on business growth. The FastPath program draws upon the expertise of its founders, facilitators, and industry research to provide a hands-on learning experience. FastPath is designed to provide skills, tools and perspectives that support large-scale growth, as well as preparation and application to potential funding sources in support of business growth. It is designed to help you define the DNA of the growth behaviors and evaluate how these behaviors are facilitating or inhibiting a sustainable growth system within your organization.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Founders First Community Development Corporation Inc
Board of directorsas of 05/31/2022
Kim Folsom
Founders First Capital Partners
Beverly Cole
Cole Renwick, LLC
Sharon Payne
Retired
Maurice Wilson
National Veterans Transition Services, Inc. aka REBOOT
Yadira Esqueda
San Diego County Credit Union
Alicia Quinn
United Way of San Diego County
Sulaiman Rahman
DiverseForce
Kurtis Trevan
Nclude Capital
Eli Velasquez
Angel Capital Association
Janet Pullen
Army & Navy Academy
Organizational demographics
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