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Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund

The Paragon Foundation of Palm Beach County understands that gaining knowledge or training can be the key to success. Paragon strives to provide access to educational opportunities and resources for small business and black and minority entrepreneurs.

Scholarships will be awarded to candidates that best exhibit the potential for organizational growth and demonstrated need for executive/entrepreneurial training to reach the next level of success.

This Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund limits scholarships to no more than $750 per applicant and can only be awarded once each calendar year. The applicant should provide a personal statement (1 – 2 pages) indicating why you are applying for a business education scholarship and what you hope to gain from this opportunity. This statement should clearly support why the Paragon Foundation should make a scholarship investment and how it will help with your business, provide gainful employment to individuals in Palm Beach County, stimulate economic growth, expand local business opportunities or aid in urban redevelopment.

Educational opportunities include classes, workshops, conferences and seminars. Business topics may include:

How to start a business, business plan development
Securing loans and other debt and equity financing sources
Procurement assistance
QuickBooks
Courses relating to the emerging biotech industry
 

Scholarships will be awarded to candidates that best exhibit the potential for organizational growth and demonstrated need for executive/entrepreneurial training to reach the next level of success.
This Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund limits scholarships to no more than $750 per applicant and can only be awarded once each calendar year. The applicant should provide a personal statement (1 – 2 pages) indicating why you are applying for a business education scholarship and what you hope to gain from this opportunity. This statement should clearly support why the Paragon Foundation should make a scholarship investment and how it will help with your business, provide gainful employment to individuals in Palm Beach County, stimulate economic growth, expand local business opportunities or aid in urban redevelopment.
 

Entrepreneurs must submit completed applications to the Paragon Foundation, 2101 Vista Parkway, Suite 133, West Palm Beach, FL 33411 or directly to pmorrison@paragonpbc.org. Paragon will consider all completed applications that meet the conditions for funding as outlined.
 

Click here for a downloadable Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund PDF
Click here for the downloadable Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund Application

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