Selected entrepreneurs receive individualized mentoring, training, and resources – dedicated to helping founders hit a critical business goal – all at no cost. 

Milestone Makers

At the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, we’re committed to investing in the individuals taking big risks to solve problems in new ways. That's why we created Milestone Makers, a way to help mid-stage entrepreneurs set, hit, and celebrate milestones critical to company growth.  

Through our expertise and prestigious business network, we’ll work with a small cohort of entrepreneurs one-on-one to define a critical business goal and accelerate their path to achieving it. Participants will be individually matched with mentors who are leaders in your industry, will offer instant feedback, and will take a personal interest in helping you grow.  

Upon acceptance, 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 Time Square Tower.  

The Center, in partnership with our corporate sponsors, is proud to make this a free program with a pay-it-forward philosophy. As a distinguished part of our community, Milestone Makers will return to teach, share, and nominate the next cohort of great leaders. 

Thematic Cohorts in 2021/2022

Since 2020 the Center's Milestone Makers cohorts have been focusing on supporting early-to-mid stage founders working on the specific UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). The program remains virtual and aims to help founders across the globe solve some of the world’s biggest problems. The Center will work with these entrepreneurs to define critical business goals and help accelerate their path to achieving them. 

The Winter 2022 Milestone Makers program will support companies that are working towards the UN’s SDG #3 and #5:

• SDG #3 Good Health and Wellbeing – Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
• SDG #5 Gender Equality – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
  

Applications for the Winter 2022 are OPEN, Apply here today!

Deadline for Applications is November 16th at 11:59pm PST.

Not an entrepreneur but know one you would like to nominate? Nominate them here.

Key Program Dates:

If accepted, mandatory virtual sessions are below, please block your calendars ahead of time:
Onboarding - December 7th, 8th, and 9th (all day PST)
Graduation - March 8th, 2022 

Questions?

We highly encourage you to attend an information session.

Who should participate?

Early-to-mid-stage entrepreneurs looking to set and hit a critical business milestone in the next quarter. You’re committed to accomplishing this goal because it will have an important, positive effect for your company’s development. What is a milestone? Here’s the definition we’re using.

What is a milestone? Here’s the definition we’re using. 

Milestone noun /ˈmīlˌstōn/ 

1. An important goal you’ve set for your business that takes time, tenacity, and more than a little creative thinking to attain. 

2. An achievement that signals your business is on its way to the next stage of growth (and that deserves celebration). 

A Milestone is your next important business goal that can be achieved in 12 weeks. If this goal is met, it should have an important positive effect on your business. 

Today, you might be stuck, at a point of stagnation, or going through a period of high-growth and opportunity but need to be prescriptive about staying focused on achieving results.