FastTrac® is a comprehensive entrepreneurship educational program that provides entrepreneurs with business insights, leadership skills and professional networking connections so they are prepared to create a new business or expand an existing enterprise. The FastTrac® program, name, and logo are owned by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, MO.

In this practical, hands-on business development program designed to help entrepreneurs hone the skills needed to create, manage and grow successful businesses, FastTrac participants work on their own business ideas or ventures throughout the course, moving their ventures to reality or new levels of growth.  More than 165,000 aspiring and existing entrepreneurs have been reached through FastTrac programs in the United States since 1993.

FastTrac NewVenture™ assists the start-up entrepreneur in developing their business concept and evaluating it through each step of the business planning process.

FastTrac GrowthVenture™ assists entrepreneurs in evaluating their current business framework and determining the changes needed to improve performance and grow the business.

FastTrac TechVenture™ offers technology and life science entrepreneurs the tools needed to start or refine their business venture, including the business concept itself, learn to access capital, and advance their venture to the next business stage.

FirstStep FastTrac™ assists the low- to moderate-income person define personal vision and goals and determine whether their business concept is a feasible business opportunity. FirstStep FastTrac™ is provided by the Women's Business Center of California.

Listening to Your Busines™ A half day workshop designed to assist the existing entrepreneur develop and evaluate a strategic, three-year vision for their business.

For more information on the FastTrac program, contact Rob Fuller, rfuller@beysterinstitute.ucsd.edu.