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SFG extends Swerve Elevation Scholarship for Women Entrepreneurs

By: GWL Staff | Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Swerve Financial Group (SFG) requests women entrepreneurs to come forward and apply for Swerve (HER) Elevation Scholarship, which has been established to provide women-led startups with the necessary assistance they need to take the next step. This scholarship is a $10,000 sum that will cover the entire cost of the Women Elevating Women Cohort Program which is of a special nature.

Tiana Ligon, SFG CEO and founder, verbalized the company's mission to build a collaborative and empowering environment by the company motto "lifting as we climb". Ligon highlighted the importance of women business owners supporting each other through the scholarship, and she emphasized on the potential for the collective gain through such act.

Since it opened in the first month of the calendar, the Swerve (HER) Elevation Scholarship selects women entrepreneurs interested in financial literacy but facing financial difficulties, with a requisite to have a functional financial system that matches their business performance and strategic planning and periodical meetings with the group.

SWERVE Financial Group, LLC (SFG) is a consulting finance firm, which is committed to the development of profitability among small to medium enterprise owners through specialized services and end-to-end solutions. Interested applicants can find application details on Swerve Financial Group's Instagram, LinkedIn platforms, or through the link (https://bit.ly/4aJpgTogluUrl. The selection process will be completed on May 10th, and the scholarship recipient will be announced then.

Betty J. Hines, the CEO and the founder of Women Elevating Women (W.E.W.), focuses on the significance of support networks for a successful business. The W.E.W. nine-month cohort program aims to create a supportive ecosystem where female entrepreneurs can share experiences and learn to convert challenges into opportunities, guided by five pillars of success: Network, associate, communicate, showcase your bravery, and cultivate.

Ligon emphasized the reason why people should acknowledge and facilitate the prospect of women owned business for equality in the economy. For her, these businesses' uplifting is about more than just increasing the diversity. Instead, she also sees it as an avenue for encouraging economic growth as well as shaping a more prosperous future. Qualified women entrepreneurs who enthusiastically seek to develop & grow their businesses will be given the opportunity to register. This initiative also aims to bring all participating women entrepreneurs together under a supportive community.