B2SB Solutions
NXST Learning
Knowledge is power. NXST Learning is an innovative, digital learning experience that empowers and educates, built in collaboration with small businesses, for small businesses.
NXST Learning is designed for institutional clients who support small businesses with a suite of digital-ready solutions anchored around engaging curriculum content for every business stage . NXST Learning can deliver a turn-key solution or can be a supplemental partner –helping meet your resource, bandwidth, and knowledge constraints. Let NXST Learning support or enhance your accelerator or supplier diversity programs, or help you build up your new economy suppliers.
NXST Learning Difference
A combination of tailor-made and off-the-shelf solutions built in partnership with small businesses, for small businesses
Inclusive learning experiences with diverse instructors representative of the community
Variety of delivery formats and experiences including live and on-demand options that can also integrate coaching and community, and optional train-the-trainer component
Curriculum designed to meet small businesses at any stage of their journey from launch to growth, coupled with instructional materials
Flexible solution that allows you to utilize our LMS platform or host our learning experience on your channels
Expansive curriculum topics for any business need
NXST Learning features a range of curriculum offerings that speak to various small business challenges, from financial and legal to operations and marketing. We’ve built and can create customized courses across a spectrum of business needs depending on your objectives . Additionally, we’ve created off-the-shelf content that can include lite customization such as branding for clients looking for cost-efficient and plug and play opportunities.
AI • Business Development • Change Management • Digital Proficiency • Financial Management • Legal • Marketing • Operations Management • People Development • Strategic Planning • Supplier Readiness
Want a sample? Check out these curriculum content examples.
Case Studies
DoorDash Accelerator for Local Goods: Next Street partnered with DoorDash to launch the DoorDash Accelerator for Local Goods – an educational program designed to uplift local consumer packaged goods businesses owned by entrepreneurs in underrepresented communities.
WE NYC: Building off research on key business needs, Next Street developed the core program curriculum for WE NYC to provide training that addressed the unique needs of women entrepreneurs.
Verizon Small Business Digital Ready: As part of Verizon’s commitment to provide one million small businesses with digital tools and resources by 2030, Next Street partnered to design, develop, and deploy a curated digital training and development program.
Work with a trusted and mission-oriented partner
Next Street is a mission-driven, B Corp firm that partners with corporations, investors, governments, financial institutions, and small business providers to deliver solutions that help small businesses especially those in underrepresented communities realize their potential. We help institutional clients conceive, develop, and implement solutions that enable small businesses to start, thrive and grow delivering a more inclusive US economy.
Next Street has a long track record of delivering solutions at scale to entrepreneurs of color:
- Connected more than 100,000 small businesses to $4.5 billion of capital (>75% of which were owned by people of color)
- Worked with more than 1,000 culturally competent business consultants in 27 cities across the country to reach 4 million small businesses