LBAN Scaling Program
One program with two tracks for your next stage of growth.
The LBAN Scaling Program is designed to help U.S. based company leaders navigate the challenges of growth through research-informed curriculum, peer learning, and access to LBAN’s powerful, mutually supportive national network. Participants strengthen their leadership, work through the decisions that shape how their organizations scale, and build relationships across LBAN’s national ecosystem.
The program includes two tracks:
- LBAN Business Scaling Track
- LBAN Startup Scaling Track
Both tracks welcome participants of all backgrounds and industries. Each combines a shared program experience with content and capital connections relevant to business owners and founders. Learn more below.
Upcoming Cohort: February – May, 2027.
The LBAN Scaling Program is designed to help U.S. based company leaders navigate the challenges of growth through research-informed curriculum, peer learning, and access to LBAN’s powerful, mutually supportive national network. Participants strengthen their leadership, work through the decisions that shape how their organizations scale, and build relationships across LBAN’s national ecosystem.
The program includes two tracks:
- LBAN Business Scaling Track
- LBAN Startup Scaling Track
Both tracks welcome participants of all backgrounds and industries. Each combines a shared program experience with content and capital connections relevant to business owners and founders. Learn more below.
Upcoming Cohort: February – May, 2027.
LBAN Scaling Program Tracks
LBAN Business Scaling Track
LBAN Startup Scaling Track
Program Format
Hybrid
Duration
9 Weeks: A three-day in-person kickoff, a two-day in-person graduation program, and weekly live webinars.
Location
Online and in the Bay Area
Key Dates
Offered twice annually (Spring & Fall) Upcoming Cohort: February–May 2027
Tracks Overview
LBAN Business Scaling Track
Scaling an established organization means navigating greater complexity as your team, operations, and responsibilities grow. The Business Scaling Track of the LBAN Scaling Program helps leaders step back from daily operations to work on the organization itself, supported by practical frameworks, mentorship, and peers facing similar growth challenges. Leaders become part of a mutually supportive ecosystem of entrepreneurs who share their experience, make introductions, and help one another move forward. Leaders learn from Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty and experienced practitioners, with a curriculum focused on strengthening operations, developing leadership, managing organizational complexity, and building a capital strategy that supports growth. Introductions to financial institutions help participants build relationships and explore financing options suited to their goals. The relationships extend well beyond the program. Participants join LBAN’s national ecosystem of alumni, mentors, capital providers, and industry leaders, a lifelong network built around sharing knowledge, opening doors, creating opportunities, and contributing to one another’s success.
LBAN Startup Scaling Track
Scaling a startup means making high-stakes decisions quickly, often with incomplete information. The Startup Scaling Track of the LBAN Scaling Program helps founders make those decisions with confidence, supported by practical frameworks, dedicated mentorship, and peers facing the same challenges. Founders become part of a mutually supportive ecosystem of entrepreneurs who have been there, share their experience, make introductions, and help one another move forward. Founders learn from Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty and industry experts, with a curriculum built around the realities of high-growth companies: startup financials, fundamentals of scaling, raising capital in today’s venture landscape, and leadership for scaling startups. They also hear directly from investors in a venture capital panel and from legal experts in a startup law webinar on term sheets and valuations. Introductions to venture capital investors help founders build relationships for their next round. The relationships extend well beyond the program. Founders join LBAN’s national ecosystem of alumni, mentors, capital providers, and industry leaders, a lifelong network built around sharing knowledge, opening doors, creating opportunities, and contributing to one another’s success.
Commitment &
Qualifications
| LBAN Startup Scaling Track-Cohort 23
SST-C23 |
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We welcome startup founders of all backgrounds and industries based in the U.S. who:
Open to founders from any industry or U.S. state. Designed for founders who are ready to engage deeply, challenge their assumptions, and commit to building a scalable business while contributing to a stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem. |
| LBAN Business Scaling Track-Cohort 23
BST-C23 |
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We welcome entrepreneurs of all backgrounds and industries based in the U.S. who:
Open to founders from any industry or U.S. state. Designed for founders who are ready to examine their business honestly, commit to growth, and contribute to building a stronger ecosystem. |
Participants engage in a 9-week hybrid experience designed to fit alongside running a business:
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Two immersive in-person weekends in the Bay Area
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Weekly live, expert-led Wednesday webinars
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1:1 mentorship with experienced industry leaders
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Peer learning within a curated cohort of growth-stage entrepreneurs
Each week focuses on practical scaling challenges—from operations and hiring to culture, leadership, and long-term strategy—culminating in a clear, actionable scaling plan.
Graduates continue engaging with LBAN’s national ecosystem long after the program concludes..
The program features faculty who bring deep expertise in leadership, operations, organizational behavior, and growth strategy.
Participants are supported by:
- LBAN team, mentors, and industry leaders
- A peer cohort of entrepreneurs who understand your journey
- Access to a mutually supportive ecosystem of 1,600+ LBAN alumni, mentors, and capital providers nationwide
This network is built on LBAN’s guiding principle:
“Do business with each other. Get business for each other.”
9-week hybrid program
Two immersive in-person weekends in the Bay Area
8-10 hours per week of online program engagement, including weekly live webinars and mentor calls
Structured to allow participants to continue running their businesses
Program tuition is offered on a sliding scale based on company revenue from the previous year.
| Company Revenue (Previous Year) | Tuition |
| <$2,000,000 | $3,000 |
| $2,100,000 – $4,000,000 | $3,500 |
| $4,100,000 – $8,000,000 | $4,000 |
| $8,100,000 – $20,000,000 | $4,500 |
| $20,100,000+ | $5,000 |
Program tuition and attendance at the in-person program kickoff and graduation weekends are required.
Participants are responsible for travel and lodging for in-person sessions
At the core of every LBAN program is a shared commitment to collaboration, reflected in LBAN’s guiding principle:
“Do business with each other. Get business for each other.”®
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At the core of every LBAN program is a shared commitment to collaboration, reflected in LBAN’s guiding principle:
“Do business with each other. Get business for each other.”®
What Makes the LBAN Scaling
Program Stand Out
The LBAN Scaling Program, with a Business Scaling & Startup Scaling track, is differentiated by a model that goes beyond traditional entrepreneurship education:
A lifelong entrepreneurial ecosystem
The relationships continue beyond the nine weeks. All participants become LBAN alumni and gain lifelong access to LBAN’s national ecosystem of alumni, mentors, capital providers, and industry leaders. LBAN alumni share knowledge, make introductions, create business opportunities, and contribute to one another’s success.
LBAN’s guiding principle expresses that reciprocal commitment: “Do business with each other. Get business for each other.”®
A powerful alumni network
Join a national community of 1,600+ LBAN alumni across industries, states, and stages of growth who understand your journey and are there to support you.
Access to a broader ecosystem
Connect with mentors, capital providers, corporate leaders, policymakers, and ecosystem builders committed to expanding opportunity.
Research-backed approach
Grounded in over a decade of research on the State of Latino Entrepreneurship
A powerful alumni network
Join a national community of 1,600+ LBAN alumni across industries, states, and stages of growth who understand your journey and are there to support you.
Access to a broader ecosystem
Connect with mentors, capital providers, corporate leaders, policymakers, and ecosystem builders committed to expanding opportunity.
Research-backed approach
Grounded in over a decade of research on the State of Latino Entrepreneurship
Hear from
our LBAN Alumni!
It’s the only program I’ve joined where you’re encouraged not just to learn from other founders’ stories, but to actually collaborate and do business with each other. The sense of community is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced.
