Gov. Spencer Cox chats with Asahi Pompey of Goldman Sachs during the recent graduation program for the most recent cohort of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. Started in Utah in 2013, the program now has 1,000 graduates in the state. (Courtesy of Goldman Sachs)

Brice Wallace
Salt Lake Business Journal 

Shannon Baird had been an entrepreneur for two years when referrals and sales began to slip at her Orem-based custom ring company, Shannon.

The company has rebounded, with more revenue in the first four months of 2025 than the entirety of 2024. All it took was a boost of confidence and community, in the form of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses education program at Please log in to see the rest of this story.