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From her studio in Albuquerque, NM, Joan Weissman designs vibrant, ornate rugs that are woven by hand with wool and fine silk. With each collection and customized design, her creations go from pencil sketches to authentic bodies of work that are crafted and shipped to the United States by artisans in Nepal. Attached to each imported rug is a little label with a traceable serial number that serves as proof that Weissman’s rugs were made by the hands of skilled craftsman, not by the tiny hands of children.
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Forus Health as the name stands for means Affordable health "For us". Our vision is to provide affordable technology solutions including new products that address India's unique health care delivery needs. Forus products and solutions are centered on the premise of enabling preventive screening even in remote villages and serviced by minimally trained field worker.
Our flagship innovation is 3nethra- An intelligent pre-screening ophthalmic solution that can identify common eye problems that is reason for 90% avoidable blindness in India.
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Go to Project: RECREATEE.
Created on 06/19/2013 by madelkm@yahoo.com
Our social enterprise is RECREATEE – we are RE-modelling Commodities in the Rural Economy through Agro-processing; with an emphasis on Tourism, Entrepreneurship and the Environment.
Our goal is to use agro-processing activities as a means of providing sustainable livelihoods in rural areas.
Organization: Youths4Change
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Awards and Recognition:
- Clinton Global Initiative University 2012
- Future Leaders Award 2012-2013
- Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance – Affiliate 2012
- Harambe Cameroon Business Plan Competition - Top ten
- One Young World 2012, Ambassador
- Oxford Pan African Conference 2012, Keynot Speaker
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Our social enterprise is RECREATEE – we are RE-modelling Commodities in the Rural Economy through Agro-processing; with an emphasis on Tourism, Entrepreneurship and the Environment.
Our goal is to use agro-processing activities as a means of providing sustainable livelihoods in rural areas.
Problem
Agriculture alone is no longer able to provide a reliable livelihood for the growing populations in developing countries. Additional income generating opportunities are needed to support the millions of poor families who can no longer support their livelihoods from the land alone.
Moreso, food security is a growing concern and is more complex than not having sufficient food to eat. It is more about having access to safe and nutritious food.
Solution
Agro-processing is a dynamic and fast growing sector and therefore has the potential to provide opportunities for income generation and employment.
It also contributes to improved nutrition indirectly through generating income to purchase a more varied and nutritious diet and directly through producing food products that contribute to a nutritious diet.
Furthermore, to enable rural farmers break a regressive cycle of poverty, we will train them on best practices, entrepreneurial solutions and business strategies.
And in partnership with organizations like the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), we will exploit ways of using the “nutrient value chain” for the benefit of the environment through domestic biogas plants.
Example
Meet Gina, a rural farmer in Cameroon.
Before RECREATEE, Gina cultivated primarily for the market and her family had to survive on her meagre income. Gina also used archaic farming methods that were time consuming and not cost effective.
With RECREATEE, Gina now has a viable source of employment and income generation. With the technical and entrepreneurial assistance provided by RECREATEE, she is able to cultivate and manage her yield effectively, allowing her to sell to the mass market at high profit margins.
And the domestic biogas plant near her home provides clean cooking energy, reduces indoor air pollution and the slurry produced by the biogas plant is a clean organic fertilizer that increases agricultural productivity.
Impact
Our model will ensure that both consumers and farmers benefit from nutrient rich foods. Farmers will be able to effectively cultivate, store and sell nutrient rich foods, with profits that enable them to re-invest and afford nutrient rich foods.
On a larger scale, agro-processing will increase income and access to food for rural farmers by establishing small-scale, appropriate and sustainable processing businesses that are flexible, require little capital investment and can be carried out in the home without the need for sophisticated or expensive equipment.
Also, it will also reduce wastage, enhance food security, improve livelihoods for low-income groups and empower women. In sub-Saharan Africa, for instance, it is estimated that 60 per cent of the labour force finds part of its work in small scale food processing, and the majority of them are women.
Marketplace
Rural producers want their farms to be sustainable and are keen to improve their production systems and diversify their activities with the ultimate goal of raising their individual living standards.
Concerns about food security, feeding the towns or export growth have often overshadowed this objective that nevertheless remains the key concern of every farmer.
This approach will support farmers in the acquisition of technical and entrepreneurial skills and tackle sustainability concerns through a myriad of income generating techniques based on an inclusive business model.
Sustainability Plan
In addition to a revenue stream from sales to the mass market, a niche market for airline companies and 3-5 star hotels will be developed with a focus on the promotion of tourism.
Another source of income rests on the medicinal value of some products such as the Oku white honey. In addition to its uses for several illnesses including malaria, some scientists have indicated that the Oku white honey could be a cure for prostate cancer.
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Healthy environments., Nutrient-rich farming, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Full nourishment foods.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
Being able to expand to include more full nourishment foods will enable us to develop a critical strategy to systematically combat a range of issues such as malnourishment and obesity.
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Created on 06/17/2013 by ajay.kapoor
Halabol is an online platform for social activism. The web portal digitally reaches out to its audience & help them in realizing the importance of health and nutrition. The website, through its engaging pledges and articles persuade the users to stay fit and develop good food habits in them.
Organization: Halabol Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
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Top 20 Social Enterprise of India at TATA Social Enterprise Challenge.
Scholarship winner at Sankalp Unconvention Summit.
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Halabol is an online platform for social activism. The web portal digitally reaches out to its audience & help them in realizing the importance of health and nutrition. The website, through its engaging pledges and articles persuade the users to stay fit and develop good food habits in them.
Problem
Youngsters and working professionals miss their meals, binge on food and are highly addicted to late night eating. They also miss on the nutrition part of their food amidst their poor work life balance.
Solution
Halabol, through its pledges and content orient the youth and Indian workforce towards good food habits, importance of nutrients in their diet and good health.
Example
Halabol endorse pledges on the web platform that motivates users to stick to a healthy diet regime and stay fit. The pledges, though very basic, helps people to care about their health.
The pledges are:
1. Grow Something & Eat it
2. Eat Green Vegetables & Fruits
3. Find Out About the Food We Eat
4. Eat Breakfast at Home
Impact
More than 250 users have taken these pledges, including the following:
1. Grow Something & Eat it -
2. Eat Green Vegetables & Fruits
3. Find Out About the Food We Eat
4. Eat Breakfast at Home
Marketplace
Currently there is no such platform in India that is addressing the importance of nutrients in people's life through innovative pledges.
Sustainability Plan
The sustainability is based in sponsorship, online ads and Halabol's other revenue streams.
Founding Story
The idea for Halabol was born out of a need to plug oneself in the social process and give back to the society. This need had no immediate answer in the online world. There was no aggregated platform that one could attach themselves to and be informed about social issues, people associated with them and NGOs endorsing them.There was a big void in the social activism networking space. People were using social media channels to connect for social causes that diluted the essence of the problems. This resulted in creation of Halabol, an online platform for social activism.
Besides its various activities, the platform emphasizes on better life quality through its content and pledges.
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Human wellness and vitality.
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Healthy environments, Human wellness and vitality.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
More the outreach, better will be message conveyed and higher will be the rate of motivation for having a good health. Further this will develop inquisitiveness in people about their food, which definitely will impact nutrients in their plates.
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Created on 06/14/2013 by DariusB
Program to assist unemployed job seekers to better understand the needs of a company and help them gain better access to employment opportunities. It will also provide hands on experience to the job seeker and assure the business that they understand the position.
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The Need for your solution: What problem or challenge are you trying to solve?
The biggest problem in my community when it comes to employment opportunities is that people have trouble finding jobs when they do not have previous experience working in that field. Job applications and experience requirements are very stringent and even though someone may be capable of performing the task the mere fact that they do not have experience doing it eliminates them from the hiring process almost immediately.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
I would like to start a program focused on week long training programs for members of my community. The training will be facilitated by employers, and they will demonstrate and train members on what the job entails. At the end of the week long training the trainee will give the member a score based on their performance. The applicant will then apply for the position with their score as well as their other employment, and educational background. The employer will then know, that despite the applicant not having experience in the field, after being scored by the trainee they are skilled and capable or in some cases not capable of doing the job.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities that are involved in your solution. Consider telling us a story about the solution in action and how it creates impact. For idea-stage pitches, consider providing a hypothetical example
For example if a shipping company that transport numerous amounts of crates overseas needed an operator that can work a forklift, the program will be opened up to recruit about 20-30 unemployed members to attend a week at a work site to have hands on supervised training. During this process the applicants will be scored on the abilities to complete the task and assignments. At the end of the week the members will get a final grade based on their performance. So for example one member who performed really well may score a 95 whereas someone who could not pick up the skills would only score a 50. The member who scored a 95 would then move on to the application process with the employer now knowing how skilled he is in operating a forklift despite him not having any experience in the past doing it.
The Marketplace: Who else is addressing the problem that you are addressing with your solution. And how does your proposed solution differ from or build on these approaches?
This model is similar to an internship, but an internship usually focuses on one area (i.e. internship to be an accountant). This program will have people focusing on different areas within a company and an opportunity to learn about different areas within a company. So, if they were in a 4 week training program, each week they could learn about a different area within the company and take tests for each area. If they would like to retest in a certain area they would be able to do so as well.
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Out of my own experience and what I have seen in the community, this has helped me craft a solution to fix the problem. This program has the potential of closing the hiring disparities in our communities that exist due to previous opportunities. It levels the playing field for members of my community with our counterparts who may have had better opportunities in the past. It also will allow the trainees, who will be representatives of the employers, to connect with members of my community. This will bridge the gap and allow them to see us as individuals rather than stereotypes, and statistics.
Impact: What is the impact of your solution to date? Also describe the projected future impact. (If your solution is an idea you can just describe projected future impact.)
This program is based on making sure every applicant is comfortable and satisfied with the job they are working at. This also will assure the employer that they have reliable employees. If needed, applicants can repeat classes when the training is introduced again, if the desired position is what the member wants. This program also gives members opportunity to learn new positions they have branched out to try before. It’s easy and effective, and can solve numerous money problems. I recommend it as a great program to strengthen my community, and every community that struggles to succeed.
Full Impact Potential: How do you plan on spreading your solution moving forward? (Please consider spread within New York City or beyond, policy reform, how you might get others to replicate/adopt your solution or other mechanisms)
Once the model is tested and proven, working with other businesses, corporations etc that are interested in investing in communities and improving the quality of life, this will be able to spread. Businesses are always in need of qualified employees and this will give them an opportunity to help someone learn about a position, get hands on experience and once the person moves to the application phase, they will know that they received pre-training. Getting business participation in this program, I believe would be the easy part because businesses seek qualified employees and want to improve the quality of life for the areas they reside in.
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$100,000‐250,000
Tell us about your partnerships. If your solution is an idea tell us about who you would partner or plan on partnering with in order to make your solution a success.
I would partner with workforce organizations, business associations, trade associations, local development and community development corporations.
We have made a wine which is less harmful and largely safe for liver and stomach. It is similar to current brands and it has no different color and odor. Only, this wine is enriched with specific herbal power in subtle quantity, to remove the harmful effect of wine.
Created on 06/4/2013 by dayamoyeeMondal
We have made an excellent nutritious food/drink to make successful the program– ‘Nutrients for All’. It is cheap and easily digestible. It is eatable and drinkable like ‘Horlicks’.
Organization: MahaAnand Holy Association
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Nutrition is the main problem in India. There the big problem is malnutrition. A recent survey exposed that anaemia rates of 51-74% in women and small children. Children under three, 47% were underweight and 45% underdeveloped by global standards. Protein deficiency is one of main causes.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
We need to provide such a food/drink which is cheap and easily digestible. To solve the problem to make successful the program– ‘Nutrients for all, we have made an excellent nutritious food/drink. The name of this nutritious food/drink is NRG.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Ingredients of this food/drink: Flour made of roasted wheat, maize, gram, soya bin, and milk powder, sugar etc. besides this foods, there is an essential thing in it that is ‘Five-Phos. 3x’ –subtle quantity of five phosphates (Ferrum Phos., Kali. Phos., Mag. Phos., Natrum Phos., Calc. Phos.), which make it very effective. Also there are a few nutritious Herbs which make it excellent!
No doubt, if one takes it regularly for three months, amazing result will be seen.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
It has a big market all over India.
Our social enterprise is RECREATEE – we are RE-modelling Commodities in the Rural Economy through Agro-processing; with an emphasis on Tourism, Entrepreneurship and the Environment.
Our goal is to use agro-processing activities as a means of providing sustainable livelihoods in rural areas.
Created on 06/3/2013 by dayamoyeeMondal
We have made an excellent nutritious food/drink to make successful the program– ‘Nutrients for All’. It is cheap and easily digestible. It is eatable and drinkable like ‘Horlicks’.
Organization: MahaAnand Holy Association
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http;//www.truehumandevelopment.webs.com
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Elevator Pitch
We have made an excellent nutritious food/drink to make successful the program– ‘Nutrients for All’. It is cheap and easily digestible. It is eatable and drinkable like ‘Horlicks’.
Problem
Nutrition is the main problem in India. There the big problem is malnutrition. A recent survey exposed that anaemia rates of 51-74% in women and small children. Children under three, 47% were underweight and 45% underdeveloped by global standards. Protein deficiency is one of main cause.
Solution
We need to provide such a food/drink which is cheap and easily digestible. To solve the problem to make successful the program– ‘Nutrients for all, we have made an excellent nutritious food/drink. The name of this nutritious food/drink is NRG.
Example
Ingredients of this food/drink: Flour made of roasted wheat, maize, gram, soya bin, milk powder, sugar etc. besides this foods, there is an essential thing in it that is ‘Five-Phos. 3x’ –subtle quantity of five phosphates (Ferrum Phos., Kali. Phos., Mag. Phos., Natrum Phos., Calc. Phos.), which make it very effective. Also there are a few nutritious Herbs which make it excellent!
No doubt, if one takes it regularly for three months, amazing result will be seen.
Impact
We have provided our product to many persons and children for free of cost and get very nice result. Still we haven’t put up for trade it as commercially.
Marketplace
It has a big market all over India.
Sustainability Plan
We need good investor, industrialist or entrepreneur to make it possible.
Founding Story
We have a great endeavor for Human Development (visit my Change shop– Worldwide Human Development Program). To make it successful also we need it.
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Full nourishment foods.
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Human wellness and vitality.
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Other barriers you have identified
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We have made an excellent nutritious food/drink to make successful the program– ‘Nutrients for All’. It is cheap and easily digestible. It is eatable and drinkable like ‘Horlicks’.
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Go to Project: Metro Credits.
Created on 05/6/2013 by franzy
MetroCredit is a category 2 micro finance institution and a for-profit organizational in Buea, Cameroon. The company is founded to be a development micro bank—making loans in small amounts widely available to people of the low class (generally perceived as unbankable).
Organization: Metro Credits
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MetroCredit is a category 2 micro finance institution and a for-profit organizational in Buea, Cameroon. The company is founded to be a development micro bank—making loans in small amounts widely available to people of the low class (generally perceived as unbankable).
Problem
I are trying bring micro credits to an under-served population of young farmers and small business entrepreneurs who want to establish their small start up businesses in the community but lack that very small venture capital to start up. In other words we want to build a strong community where financial solution to start up and small business is provided by metro credit thereby fighting poverty in the community.
Solution
Provide basis micro loans to small farming projects and entrepreneurs who need them. Introduced the "unbankable" communities to small financial loans to build and upgrade their business ideas.
Example
A small educated inspired unemployed young man or woman conceives and idea or project on how he/she can do mass production of tomatoes to sell, preserve and process into paste but does not have the capital to invest in such a profitable season project, that is where we come in to make his/her ideas come through by providing small capital or loan to help her finance the project. primary activity will providing micro loans and credits to small business idealists who natural can not afford to get funding from other major stakeholders. we help them save their profits for other future projects.
Impact
We plan to touch an extensive level of Individual small and medium size business men and women, farming groups and small cooperatives. We have carried extensive awareness through our partner NGO- Vision in Action Foundation, Cameroon. Our Community impact which will be through words-from-mouth, media, TV and radio as well as caravan publicity will touch a population of Buea of about 150,000 people. Our estimated impact is at least 5,000 in three(3) years. Our partner VIAF has been working over the years to identify farming groups with which, we will partner with when we start operations and up to date we have identified 16 groups in the Buea community and environs. Words of the mouth has always been the best bet for marketing and we also plan to use banners, flyers and brochure to reach our targeted potential clients.
Marketplace
Our peers and competitors are credit unions and government ministries providing start up capitals to small entrepreneurs. We will operate in low scale, mostly with small companies and small businesspersons. Daily movement of mobile cash collector in order for the company to come closer to its customers. Sponsor small farming projects which bigger institutions are so reluctant to finance.Operate also to provide to peasant farmers chemicals and fertilizers on subsidized rates. These players may pose to us strong market penetration skills, huge capital to attract many customers.
Sustainability Plan
We plan to issue loans to our clients on an interest rate basis ranging from 1.5-2.5% on the principal amount thereby making some profits to cover out our expenses. We will also collect savings and issue out special credit facilities. We also plan to sell shares to interested Cameroonian who wish to be part of our idea. We will carry out money transfer nationally and internationally on a commission to customers. We also assist to pay bills.
Founding Story
Metro credits story stems from the fact that we saw through our research in Vision In Action Foundation Micro Credit report that, a lot of persons in our community leave under a dollar a day and we saw that a lot of them wanted to be in a position where they could have small loans and use these monies for small business idea and initiatives to sustain their families. But the possibility of obtain such loans is not there because most micro finance institutions do always target the city centers, so it was wise enough for us to create a forum where small scale farmers and business persons to come in contact with small credit facilities and we help them to carry out small income generating activities thereby evading poverty.
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Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
We would be able to target a wide range of communities who do have their own specifications on what they can produce. We would also be able to provide a lot of resources in financing projects and of course open our own farming for cultivation thereby generating income into the establishment. We might also be able to provide funds for persons who want to go into processing and transformation of these product and also preserving for a continuous nutrient rich society. Sustaining nutrient-rich farming will be our number one priority.
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Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
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Created on 04/26/2013 by kundu
KHL is founded after innovated unique and new formulations for agriculture to replace poisonous inputs,to make agriculture profitable for farmer,provide safe food and environment to whole,creating job to rural youth,awakening cum training camps for farmers. Going on right and fast growing pathway.
Organization: Krishico Herbolic Laboratories
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Yes my organization and I recognized many times .Received about 30 awards countrywide.Set four time records.
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KHL is founded after innovated unique and new formulations for agriculture to replace poisonous inputs,to make agriculture profitable for farmer,provide safe food and environment to whole,creating job to rural youth,awakening cum training camps for farmers. Going on right and fast growing pathway.
Problem
• Today our agriculture is based on poisonous, chemically inputs, it affecting in two way, first polluting everything, farmers suffering badly, they spend a lot for his health, causes death of about 28000 farmers while using poisonous inputs in his crops, also effecting to soil, decreasing soil fertility day by day, next this therapy of farming is very costly, farmer feel farming is not profitable, farmer want to leave farming,flying to towns
Solution
• We given safe, effective products on low cost. Saving farming cost about 47% to make farming profitable, so our invented products are beneficiary many ways, saving farmers/user health, saving fertile soil, environment, also deducted farming cost. Creating jobs at villages, awakening/training programs, Hence we easily replacing harmful chemically inputs from our agriculture.we train farmers to prepare some their own formulations at his farm without any cost.Appointing rural youths at villages to train farmers,also provide our products at his door step.
Example
we proved at many platforms,at farmer's field that our technology is best,we have thousands of satisfied farmers,as example -when he do farming with chemically inputs he spend above Rs.6000 INR but when use our technology his expenses about Rs.3000 INR.It is tested by at farmer field.
Impact
Direct Impact to farmer community-Saving farming cost up to 50%,farmer earn about Rs.10,000.00 as extra per acre income.02-Improving fertility of soil,start biological activity in soil.03-Indirect benefits-Saving his health and money because poison based inputs badly effecting his health.04-Saving environment-Every one well know that poisonous inputs badly effected our water,soil,air,even milk of mother is not safe.04- When farmer apply safe inputs in his crops,he grow safe food,so our project is beneficiary to whole by providing safe food and environment.05-Rural youth who were unable high education working with us as farmer coordinator,they well know problems in farming, earning good income at his village area.
Marketplace
We are working for marginal farmers and rural youths who were unable to get high education,our aim is to make our mother earth poison free.Some others are selling products to farmers in the name of BIO,but mostly high costed,no results etc.But we proved at farmer's field that we have complete solution,We are covering more areas slowly,farmers and sellers are coming with us,We started from my village as tiny unit,today we are in many states of India,It is truth that our turnover is under Rs.1.00 Crores INR,covered about 15000 farmers direct with us,many NGO and other marketing companies joining
Sustainability Plan
We started with Rs.6000.00 in 2004,today our turn over is about one crore..after recognizing with innovation award in 2007,received .loan from NIF[www.nifindia.org],repaid,won many awards with cash,recently won grant of Rs.44.0 INR lacs from Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.We are working as small scale tiny unit,earning advance from sellers,profits from sales.so at this step we not feeling financial problem,but need more to spread work on broad way...
Founding Story
It is the story of a farmer-i born in marginal farmer family unable to get high eduucation,try to find jobs but failed,set shop at nearby city to sell agricultural inputs,after some time an insecticide effected my health,recovered hardly,suffering till now,gave up shop,start research to find solution to send away poisonous inputs from my agriculture,after five years found solution in shape of product,start awakening programs with farmers telling about my research and give up using of poisons,some companies taken it against them,they approach police,,,booked me U/S 420,but court found it was false case,so made me free.To day i have name and fame,won many awards,set 4 time records and proved that a farmer's son can do good ...www.khlagro.org
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Healthy environments., Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Healthy environments, Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
This technology is developed and innovated by me,patented technology,able to sustain to more sectors.As we have huge market so have more potential,biog market,no more competitor,thousands of farmers and sellers know me by name.Media and government officials giving help to me,Many sellers came to me from southern and other part of country to join hand with my concern.Sorry am week in English unable to tell more, how i tell?
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Created on 04/4/2013 by sujatavaidya
SHARP Ayurvedic medicaments are manufactured by Health Solutions (Prop Sujata Vaidya) and marketed by Sharp Health Care (Partnership Co, Dr Vinod Marathe;Dr Sujata Vaidya).
Dr Vinod Marathe (MBBS,DMRD,MD (Radiology) FIIM (Ayurved),DSc,PhD,) Senior Professor, MD/PhD guide; PIMS Deemed University, Loni, A’nagar, Dr Sujata Vaidya, BSc, MBA,PhD (Biofield studies) practices Mind Body med & treatment.
Organization: Health Solutions
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For‐profit
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Operating for more than 5 years
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Our marketing sister concern, Sharp Health Care has won the National Innovations award : i3 2010 (conferred by DST; Agilent Technologies & CII)
The products (Capsule SUVED and Cap REIMMUGEN) researched have won "Patanjali" award for scientific research in US.
Sujata Vaidya has won the 'Gargee Puraskar" for Integrative Health Care conferred by India International Multiversity: and the "Masas Puraskar" conferred by social organisation Manas Pariwar, Pune.
We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
Cost 30% of modern treatments; NON INVASIVE; Easily Implementable, goes well with allopathic meds, Scientific. Patients responded in few weeks with improved Functional Stability, clinical results show dissolved soft blockages (angio to angio), Cardiac functions (LVF; EF) in 3 months. Few Bed ridden patients respond functional stability in 100 days. Doctor’s themselves took SHARP medicaments.
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"SHARP" Integrative treatment for Vasculat blockages
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
SHARP (Sanjeevan Heart Attack Rehabilitation Program) is an INTEGRATIVE treatment inclusive of the verified components of Ayurveda, Lifestyle management & Patient education to gain best results in low cost, clinically verified, low technical infrastructure demanding with results in 3 months.
Medicaments are used for VASCULAR DISEASES including stroke, DVT; that are considered as Non Communicable Diseases, which are a leading cause of death worldwide. WHO estimated 33% of adult population globally suffers from Vascular Blockages related disease
SHARP includes Ayurvedic medicament (Brand name SUVED & REIMMUGEN) that addresses the root cause of Vascular Blockages: can be taken along with regular medication; effective for high risk patients including aged, menopause women and patients looking for alternate to invasive conventional treatment.
Cost is below 30% of conventional modern treatment. Technology is easy to implement; can be made available in Rural PHC: patients can be monitored by basic medically qualified professionals. SHARP is Home based treatment for 3 months after which medicament is discontinued. SHARP medicaments are well researched, FDA approved, IP compliant
The formulation is designed for health care industry.
The technology addresses the root cause and is designed as a preventive and treatment protocol in various stages of diseases. This can be safely used with Allopathic treatments. It is effective for regular Out Patient (OPD basis who are not admitted to hospitals) treatments and integrated in Intensive Care Unit protocols for better outputs.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
SHARP is Patient centric treatment. SHARP is (i) Medicament based, so easy to execute Can be taken along with regular medication; reduced/adjusted as per requirement. (ii). Results seen within 2 weeks; clinically evaluated 3 months.(iii) Few patients followed up have remained non-symptomatic for 5 years (iv). No detrimental side effects (v) is targeted at prevention of first & re-occurrence of attack of Vascular blockages leading to Heart Attack, Stroke, DVT. (vi) has been used positively for aged, re-symptomatic; high risk, prophylactic states AND acute, chronic condition, even in ICU state. (vii) Medicaments are designed to enhance potency, dosage & benefit patients at all levels of disease (viii) Other Ayurvedic therapies demand dedication to Ayurveda and few are clinically verified.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
SHARP can be implemented in Modern medical facilities as well as in Primary Health Care centres. No separate investigation is necessary. Patient criteria for symptoms can be verified by basic qualified doctors and as SHARP is also useful in prevention, it can be safely taken by any adult. There are no adverse side effects reported.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
Improving packaging, network of distribution and marketing schemes to benefit the patient are a part of the growth plan.
New products and systems of treatment that are essentially NON INVASIVE, short term, with due diligence to being natural, scientific and cost effective are under evaluation to be added to the SHARP treatment protocol. “Foodaceuticals” are being given more importance in the treatment process.
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Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Chronic care
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Intervention.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Modern medicine has not effectively solved the problems of Vascular blockages, stroke paralysis & DVT. Recurrences of symptoms are known after treatment or invasive procedures. Modern treatments include High cost infrastructure, skilled manpower, life long medication with its side effects. Modern treatments are not available everywhere. Majority population cannot afford costs for same.
Survey of 294 Patients seeking alternative to conventional treatment for reasons:
Preventive-84: Re-Symptomatic-52: Post MI-61; Post Angio/Bypass-31; NOT WILLING for Surgical treatment-54; Cases of Thrombosis/Stroke/DVT-12
More than 50% patients seek, need additional/alternate treatment. SHARP is scientifically proved, safe, economical, easily available, acceptable, accessible and simple treatment.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Scaling (growing impact on a regional or global scale)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Patient-centered design, Redesign of the public healthcare system for more efficiency (in terms of processes, structure etc.), New approaches to distribution of health products and services, Unconventional partnerships (between traditional healthcare players and players outside healthcare), New financing strategies for health, Other.
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Consultation, Others.
If other, specify here:
Implementing with Docotor's modern treatment options: MLM: More from Less for More
Please describe your solution in more detail
Sharp is developed by a patient for patients.
SHARP includes medicaments SUVED & REIMMUGEN and Global advice. SHARP is used as a standalone protocol especially in prevention of diseases arising out of vascular blockages.
Medicament is prescribed with dosage guidelines. Other medicines, if any, are reduced/discontinued as the symptoms change evaluated by the medical practitioner. Treatment spans 3 to 6 months and discontinued.
The products are successfully being used along with Modern medicine treatments for better recovery results (eg. Reduction in ICU Mortality, early recovery, reduced hospitalization days, early stabilization of patient, reduced rate of recurrence of symptoms during and after hospitalization etc) in many cases.
All patients need universal supportive treatment.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Technology is ready & commercially available. We consider up scaling this target of reaching out to 0.025 % of suffering population in India, at 100,000 patients in next two years; Budgeted over Rs.100 million (Manufacturing, Marketing and Further development) . The funds generated from sale will be reinvested for capacity building & marketing in first two years.
What is your value proposition?
The technology is currently in use catering to approximately 300 patients per month; growth predicted at 300% over the first year. Network development and manufacturing cycle is geared to take 2 times the volume as of now.
Who is your customer(s)?
As per WHO,WHF , UN data 33 % population globally, is suffering from this slowly killing / functionally disabling diseases arising out of vascular blockages. These form the basic customer / user group looking for additional /alternate treatments.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
SHARP is used as a standalone protocol especially in prevention of diseases arising out of vascular blockages. The treatment is being actively adopted in Modern Hospital environment along with conventional treatments.
Direct marketing approach is being used for persons who choose to adopting alternate or preventive treatments.
The products are successfully being used along with Modern medicine treatments for better recovery results (eg. Reduction in ICU Mortality, early recovery, reduced hospitalization days, early stabilization of patient, reduced rate of recurrence of symptoms during and after hospitalization etc) in many cases.
All patients need universal supportive treatment. Numerous ‘awareness of treatment options’ lectures, workshops are conducted.
What are your primary activities?
The Technology includes Ayurvedic and Natural medicaments that are manufactured by Health Solutions ( Proprietor Sujata Vaidya) and marketed by Sharp Health Care (Partnership company, equal partners Dr Vinod Marathe and Dr Sujata Vaidya).
Sharp is developed by a patient for patients.
Network development is thru Doctors and Direct Marketing.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Dr Vinod Marathe is an Alopathic MD doctor. Evolution of SHARP has been a personal venture to defeat a personal trauma. Self healing, other Patients, medical fraternity, Ayurvedachariya’s have been/are peers. Acute patients need High tech Hospitals with expensive ultra modern treatment options recommended by Specialist doctors dealing with vascular blockages. Integration of SHARP products with ongoing treatments gives better outputs. This technology needs to be taken to these doctors and their confidence built up.
Ayurvedic formulation with unproved claims on results and heavy misleading marketing are competitors.
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
Government policies changes with regards to Indigenous treatment systems and execution/implementation of Integrative NON INVASIVE treatment approach in orthodox conventional high tech modern treatment facilities becomes a challenge.
We are implementing SHARP in medium to small sized treatment facilities with reasonably good success where the common patient finds medical relief.
Availability of Raw material as it is Nature based is a challenge.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
Increase in number of medical facilities using SHARP; awareness to the masses to SHARP as a viable, non-invasive, cost effective treatment option and building good network for direct marketing is the current endeavor.
Up-scaling the network of distribution is the main growth strategy.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s), New regions(s), New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
Technology is ready & commercially available. We consider up scaling this target of reaching out to 0.025 % of suffering population in India, at 100,000 patients in next two years; Budgeted over Rs.100 million (Manufacturing, Marketing and Further development) . The funds generated from sale will be reinvested for capacity building & marketing in first two years.
What are your key growth objectives?
Reaching out to at least 5% needy population in India alone, in next 2 years. International alliances and develop networks to make SHARP products available in other countries as well.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
In next one year develop distribution channels to cater to 500 patients per month and in next two years be geared to upscale 5 times. Strong Marketing network is required to reach out to the millions who need this treatment option. India population is 1.3 billion. Even if we consider to reach & treat 1 % of the estimated adult 33% who are potential victims of Vascular disease, we have a target to reach more than 4,00,000 patients in one year at any given time; with active treatment for 3 to 6 months valid for each person.
This would need a proved reliable raw material supply chain & large scale manufacturing/ distribution/ marketing activity.
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Patients have a tried, tested, clinically proves treatment that is affordable, available, applicable, adoptable. It is being accepted by conventional hospitals and doctors in their treatment protocols. Patients are seeking this option and sales charts have shown 5 times increase in sales over the year.
As the treatment option is easy to follow, relatively low cost and can be taken at home, it has improved patient results.
Often, due to high cost, side effects and difficulty unavailability of facilities, continued symptoms of discomfort and increasing dosages many patients do not continue medication or treatment. This affects productivity; financial stability of the family and therefore the Nation.
Many bed ridden, totally dependent patients have become self dependent and resumed work in3 months of treatment. Most patients resume normal lives in a month. Few patients follow up not taking any medication after completing SHARP treatment are non symptomatic after 5 years.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
Increase in number of hospitals adopting SHARP and increase in sales through Direct marketing channel quantifies acceptance. Patients from all class of social, financial and disease state are adopting SHARP treatment.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
SHARP can be implemented in any geographical condition and will work in all regions
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Even if we consider to reach & treat 1 % of the estimated adult 33% who are potential victims of Vascular disease, we have a target to reach more than 4,00,000 patients in India alone in one year at any given time; with active treatment for 3 to 6 months valid for each person.
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Sales are reinvested into medicament manufacturing and basic promotional activities.
Expenses incurred are in Raw material procurement, processing and manufacturing of medicaments. Government regulations have changes and costing has to be restructured without increasing price for end user.
Currently, the medicament sale is supporting reinvestment into medicaments. We are seeking investment and network partners to take this protocol to a ready market in the coming days.
Our offices are in Pune and we have growing markets from all corners of India and numerous patients taking the treatment medicaments as personal baggage overseas.
Our financial strategies would look forward to network development, overseas regulation clearances to improve deliverability and smooth functioning.
Few doctor’s have shown interest to invest. We are seeking alliance for well established pharma network to cater for the deliverability.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
30% manufacturing: 45% distribution; 15% company management; 10% revenue.
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
40% by Direct Sales: 60% to Doctors / medical institutions
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Friends and family, Individuals, Patients, Caregivers.
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
As yet, we do not have a franchise model in place.
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Private businesses, Others.
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Private businesses, Others.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
Currently, we are reinvesting sales revenues into manufacturing and support activities. A part of the revenue is kept for market development; educational purposes and development of new products.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
Treatment options within the low income strata on whom the family is dependent and is almost on a daily wage earning mode. So far, about 3 to 5% of manufacturing volume is dedicated to this cause.
Treatment medicament are offered at manufacturing cost or less.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
Funding is regenerated from sales currently. Private self funding has made it possible to develop a small market and network.
We are targeting 12% return on investment by year end and self supporting sales to manufacturing in six months in the current circumstances.
But for the growing demands, we will need assistance for both manufacturing volume and network development.
Created on 03/31/2013 by NeshasAgenda
Despite efforts to achieve equality, women still earn less money than men; they are over looked for promotions and are not likely to carry the title of CEO or President at major corporations. Among the Fortune 500 companies, women only hold 18 CEO positions, and before 1996 all CEOs were men.
The presence of women in these positions continues to shock and awe, further solidifying women as the “other” when it comes to positions of power. There’s a cycle of normalcy and complacency that exists around these sensitive topics.
Organization: Her Agenda
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A hub of information and inspiration for millennial women
Select the stage that best applies to your solution
Start-Up (a pilot that has just begun operating)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Despite efforts to achieve equality, women still earn less money than men; they are over looked for promotions and are not likely to carry the title of CEO or President at major corporations. Among the Fortune 500 companies, women only hold 18 CEO positions, and before 1996 all CEOs were men.
The presence of women in these positions continues to shock and awe, further solidifying women as the “other” when it comes to positions of power. There’s a cycle of normalcy and complacency that exists around these sensitive topics.
Utilizing mentorship, personal empowerment, and an increase in information, women can mobilize through empowering themselves to ultimately break down the patriarchal structures of society and claim their power.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
*To build out our ambassador program increasing HerAgenda.com's reach in other cities.
*Build partnerships with corporations to identify ways to help young women lead and also to post their job opportunities for our network.
*Increase the frequency of stories posted and original in-depth features by bringing on a managing editor.
Need #1
Performance Management
Need #2
Message & Brand Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Since relaunching the website, HerAgenda.com has increased it's reach and also increased it's online and offline initiatives. With that, many have reached out to us regarding partnerships, and also to join our team. As of now, we have 20 contributing writers, a social media manager, an intern and two video production photogs. As the leader of this company, I am working on trying to find effective ways to keep the team motivated. I am looking to find ways keep them engaged and contributing new ideas, while also still having the energy to develop and produce our day to day projects. We recently started developing our offline initiatives in the form of quarterly panels. We also now host a monthly twitter chat series. Each project requires innovative thinking and top tier management. I also feel that the website could increase the resources and information we have available, but it has been difficult finding ways to motivate the team to invest in those objectives.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
The support from American Express will be focused on my organization overall. We are looking for dynamic ways to manage and engage our team while also looking for effective ways to brand and market our company. The support from the experienced executives at American Express would be beyond helpful. It would be the perfect investment we need to grow and move forward as a company.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
As the founder, I've done research in the area of managing and growing a team. I also have set up a few systems to help streamline our process and communications. However I have not been afforded the opportunity to work with outside consultants. Having the viewpoint of someone from the outside of the company would be beyond amazing because they offer a fresh perspective, and yet bring with them years of experience.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Identify effective ways to manage the team we have and stabilizing company protocols and systems.
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Increase the productivity of our team to work on developing our new intatives and strengthen the ones we have in place.
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Grow our social media presence in addition to garnering increased media coverage for our panels and projects.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We are telling the stories of women succeeding in their industries and using their story to motivate and inspire the next generation of women leaders. We have provided content to help millennial women in addition to exposing then to information about the latest job opportunities, internships, grants and conferences to help them get to their next level. We recently hosted a panel where 100 women gathered to hear the career stories of 4 dynamic women. (see that panel here: http://heragenda.com/event-recap-the-making-of-her-agenda/) We also hosted a laptop raffle contest sponsored by Microsoft. The laptop was given to a young lady who recently gave away her computer to her little sister for college. But she needed a laptop to work on starting her company. We also have 20,000 page views.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We will have a sustainable team and a strong brand strategy in place to allow us to grow our reach and inspire even more millennial women to never let anything slow heir agendas! We will strengthen our core initiatives and increase productivity in our team. We will also then have a strong foundation to launch new projects such as the Her Agenda ambassador program. We are also planning on raising a round of funding and need to strengthen our team and product before doing so.
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Margahayuland -The desire and the property has become everyone's needs, Whether it's from a person or a family of middle class economic level, middle up to the high financial ability or commonly referred to as class Elite.
Created on 03/31/2013 by SIKAT
Health is a growing concern in Canada. Obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases are approaching epidemic proportions. Food choices play a big role in our health. Like the economic costs of diabetes, which is a $17B annual drag on our economy.
Organization: SIKAT Trading Cooperative
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Health is a growing concern in Canada. Obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases are approaching epidemic proportions. Food choices play a big role in our health. Like the economic costs of diabetes, which is a $17B annual drag on our economy. Beyond the human toll of this disease, as a result of lost earnings due to lost work days, lower productivity, permanent disability, there is a strong economic argument for concrete action, especially from the food industry to help stem the growth of the disease such as the promotion of healthier food alternatives and their ultimate benefit to one’s over-all well-being. SIKAT’s business of innovatively promoting Philippine healthier food products can lead to the containment of this growing health concern and contribute to the Canadian economy.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. We need to focus on our serious staffing need for highly qualified, committed, and passionate candidates on two fronts:
a.) an articulate, aggressive sales person; and,
b.) carefully recruit members who deeply share our purpose to succeed.
2. Use innovation as our competitive weapon to progress more rapidly. We see this through 3 possible strategic imperatives: product quality, service, and price.
3. The need to articulate clearly the economic value (or cultural or any other value) that the business will bring to the Canadian society in general and to the Filipino community in particular . . . so as to provide “a common ground on how to bridge it.”
Need #1
Staffing Capabilities
Need #2
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
SIKAT Trading is a new business cooperative, composed of Filipino professionals/entrepreneurs, without ready access to outside capital, except for small infusions of cash from the founders and members.
All our people work on part-time basis due to their day jobs. To move forward, two key factors confound our present situation:
1) we are ambitious about growth and liquidity, and
2) the rapid pace of business realities endangers our modest growth unsustainable vs. competitors using capital us.
There is need for innovative ideas and the imperative to hire a full-time sales person. We rely only on available time given by members to assist in all aspects of the operations. Thus, we need funds to afford a full-time sales person to bring these ideas to the market; help in assessing our staffing requirement, like in attracting members who can contribute breakthrough ideas to our cooperative; and employer funding from government on hiring employees.
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Shares Our Values, Entrepreneurial Spirit, and Vision
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Experience and Authority in the Food Wholesale Industry
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
The support from American Express will be focused on helping the organization to become more effective and efficient to succeed.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Yes, this was our focus when we started the business and haven't worked with outside consultants before until only recently, when Vancity strongly suggested to have a consultant on-board to address our immediately establish market/consumer demand. The need for staff has always been discussed in our management and board meetings but haven’t arrived on any concrete ways of doing it as yet.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Access potential government funding on job creation.
2.
Identify staffing requirement(s) of the organization.
3.
Hire a full-time sales person.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
SIKAT was incorporated in Feb-22-12 and has now over 20 members. The Cooperators have given us a $10,000 grant to help us in our marketing activities; VanCity Credit Union is helping fund an outside consultant to help us in the demand side. We are now engaged in current talks with suppliers for coconut and organic green banana flour, cocoa, coconut virgin oil, etc. through our SIKAT-appointed Philippine coordinators, in their respective regional areas of coverage. SIKAT is also now officially a member of the Baking Association of Canada and will be participating in the Bakery Congress this coming May 5-6 2013 to meet potential buyers. By the end of the year, to increase our membership participation by 50% and have a consistent and stable purchase orders from prospective buyers/clients.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
In the early stages of the organization, we need every knowledgeable and professional help we can avail of. The professional support from American Express will be a welcome boost. Learning the ropes from American Express, allows the organization to apply the knowledge in helping achieving our goals, as well as future job creation and recruitment management.
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Alternative, Inc.
Worker Owned Media & Publishing Cooperative Corporation.
We provide research, back-office services, managing data, publishing, media and sharing of alternatives to mainstream ideas & products in the realm of Healthy sustainable ecological cooperative peaceful living.
Created on 03/29/2013 by samsteiner97
SeniorLink Consulting provides one on one technology tutoring services to the senior citizen market. These services are provided for a fixed hourly rate.
Organization: SeniorLink
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United States, FL, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County
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For‐profit
How long has your organization been operating?
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Summary: What specific issue or problem does your Venture address?
My venture addresses the problem of isolation and disconnection faced by many senior citizens. As seniors become less and less mobile based on their inability to drive and even walk extensively, their lives become very sheltered. By exposing seniors to technology, they have the ability to become more connected with friends and family and the world around them. Computers are very affordable and there is evidence that the senior community is buying technology at an increasing rate. However, I have found that many seniors become frustrated because they do not understand basic computer skills. SeniorLink addresses the ability for seniors to effectively use technology.
Misson Statement: What will your venture do?
SeniorLink provides one on one tutoring at the senior citizen's location. Our tutors are generally high school aged students that form a personal relationship with seniors. We have found that seniors enjoy interacting with teenagers and feel less intimidated than they might be when dealing with more institutional tutors. We generally provide basic tutoring and computer installation to increase enjoyment of technology for the seniors. The basic tutoring includes the use of email and Skype and these basic tools, in addition to the internet, provides a level of connection with family and friends that seniors do not typically experience. We provide an easy way for seniors to connect to the outside world via the internet. In addition, SeniorLink assists with buying computers as this can be a confusing process.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
There are numerous examples of SeniorLink's effect on the lives of its customers. An example, is a customer that resides in Florida and her entire extended family is scattered throughout the United States. SeniorLink assisted the customer in buying a basic computer and helped the customer gather email addresses for a family. We initially showed the customer how to retrieve email and view notes and pictures of family. However, the customers spirits were really raised when we setup a Skype call with her grandchildren and she spent an hour with them. She has a weekly Skype call with her grandchildren and looks forward to it where in the past she could only look forward to their annual visit to Florida . We are currently working with the same customer to show her how to retrieve her hometown newspaper on the internet so she feels even more connected. Our next steps will be to show her how to make restaurant and movie reservations and even pay her bills via the internet. Her mood and outlook has changed significantly over the past four months that we have worked with her and she has referred us to many similarly situated senior citizens.
The Community: Define your community, local or international, that you will work on behalf of. What population is affected? Are there other organizations working in this space?
The specific niche is the senior citizen community. I am located in South Florida which has a high concentration of senior citizens and this will continue to be our target market. We are not aware of other organizations that provide one on one tutoring services in the customers' location. There are services that provide classroom training but we do not believe this is as affective for the seniors. The reason is that seniors often cannot travel to classroom settings, but more importantly, seniors cannot gain the benefits of tutoring in a classroom setting.
Founding Story: What inspired your venture? Why?
My grandmother was in a rehab facility about two years ago, I really dreaded visiting my grandmother in that rehab facility. After three or four visits, I started to focus on the residents. I noticed that most were inactive and depressed. It appeared as if for several seniors their lives ultimately become watching television and waiting for the next meal and an occasional visit by a friend or family member. On my fifth visit I showed my iPad to one of the residents. She smiled and asked me to demonstrate how to use it. I eventually helped this resident to Skype with her grandson in Israel. The joy on her face was incredible. I realized that there was a business opportunity to assist others outside the rehab setting and my services were referred to by a number of people, this led to the development of SeniorLink.
What is your long-term vision for your Venture?
My long term vision is to expand SeniorLink to geographic areas beyond where we are now. This is based on adding high school and college aged tutors that are trustworthy and willing to form long term relationships with customers. Beyond that, I have started to develop a template so SeniorLink can be duplicated by high school students around the country. The senior community is growing significantly and people are living longer and longer. This is obviously a good thing; however, seniors want to feel connected and live productive lives. This connection with technology allows them to enjoy their later years and not be isolated from family and friends that are geographically far away. The beauty of technology is that it can allow people to wipe out those geographic boundaries.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences
SeniorLink Consulting provides one on one technology tutoring services to the senior citizen market. These services are provided for a fixed hourly rate.
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My first year of SeniorLink is complete. During the fist year, SeniorLink provided services to more than 75 customers and generated revenue of approximately $5,000. SeniorLink also added two tutors to its organization. Customers were generated based on a variety of sources. Most notable were customers referred by assisted living facilities where I volunteer my time. In addition, SeniorLink spent approximately $400 advertising in a local publication that targets the senior community. Most important was the word of mouth advertising from many of our customers.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Six months from this point we want to add three more tutors and service fifty more customers.
Task 2
adding and locating quality tutors
Task 3
teaming with potential referal sources
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
adding a total of six tutors and 200 more customers
Task 1
growing in other geopraphic markets
Task 2
potentially teaming with schools in other areas to add tutors
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Because SeniorLink is impacting seniors on a one on one basis, and because it is a service business, our impact is not measured on a large scale, similar to completing a project. Rather, success is based on effectively helping seniors one at a time. Our success is relatively basic- assist as many seniors as possible while still making a profit.
In the long-term (1 year?)
Our long term goal is to add additional tutors and grow SeniorLink from a small organization to one that it more mechanized in terms of scheduling. Ultimately, my goal is that SeniorLink will thrive on its own after I graduate high school and leave for college.
How will you measure success?
Success is measured is a variety of ways. Obviously, SeniorLink has been successful to date in that significant revenue has been generated by its services. Based on our current business model, I am confident that more revenue can be generated as tutors and customers are increased.
More importantly, I measure success based on the impact that SeniorLink is making with specific customers. The opportunity that seniors have to connect with their children and grandchildren and enjoy the benefits of technology is the real measure of success. The aptitude of seniors in using the computer varies greatly, but I have found that after a series of lessons, it is rare that the senior does not enjoy the experience.
Success can be measured by witnessing increasing desire of seniors to expand technology knowledge. SeniorLink has had some measure of success as it has witnessed advancement among its clients.
Additionally with new devices such as IPADs and Kindles, provided by the client, clients have become more interested in learning and some more adept at operating such devices. At one assisted living facility Seniorlink holds a group class which has turned into a technology group which meets independently of me. This is proof that exposure to technology has led to incorporation of it into daily life.
Regarding health issues, SeniorLink has introduced memory assistance software and seniors have shown improved memory. Additionally, the use of the fingers while typing helps with arthritic conditions. Seniors with Alzheimer's also benefit from tutors creating a personalized instruction manual that is left with the client. Clients who have Parkinson's disease have been able to use the IPAD with a stylist.
ultimately the question of success in the social entrepreneur setting is whether there is a benefit to society while generating revenue and profit. In the brief history of SeniorLink, I have seen the important connection that technology can make. The walls of isolation can come down.
Why?
Because I measure success based both on addressing a social issue while yielding a profit.
Created on 03/27/2013 by markhoroszowski
A Global Experteering Network: Inspiring and enabling professionals to donate their expertise to social enterprises around the world.
Think of it like a match.com meets the Peace Corps, where people can get connected directly to social enterprises overseas where then can travel to and donate their expertise (go Experteering) without having to pay.
Organization: MovingWorlds
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A Global Experteering Network
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Start-Up (a pilot that has just begun operating)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
A Global Experteering Network: Inspiring and enabling professionals to donate their expertise to social enterprises around the world.
Think of it like a match.com meets the Peace Corps, where people can get connected directly to social enterprises overseas where then can travel to and donate their expertise (go Experteering) without having to pay.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Develop the Experteering brand to motivate skilled professionals to volunteer their expertise (go Experteering) locally and abroad.
2. Find thousands more quality organizations that will benefit from donated expertise
3. Further improve a scalable way to connect Experteers to organizations (we have a web platform in alpha).
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Digital Marketing Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
As we are building a marketplace, sourcing skilled professionals and social enterprises around the world is essential so we can hit critical mass.
We need to further refine our professional market (i.e. graduate students, sabbatical ready, etc.), and then improve messaging and sales cycle to best capture this audience. We must do the same for international social enterprises.
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Commitment for the mission - accelerating the impact of social enterprises by connecting them to expertise
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Commitment to the project - finish what is started, with a focus on long-term sustainability.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
The work will be focused on the organization as a whole, working directly with the co-founders.
In addition, some of the work will trickle down directly to support messaging and launch of the core product.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Only at a high-level. Basic marketing messaging exists, however it is general and does not target specific sub-groups.
We have not worked with any other consultants.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Increase brand strength which starts an Experteering movement
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Has a measurable impact on filling the marketplace Experteers and social enterprises
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Matches are made throughout the engagement with measurable impact to social enterprises
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We've currently matched 10 people around the world to volunteer their expertise since 2012. These projects have helped an eco-research facility build new facilities in Panama, provided financial education to small business owners in Ghana, and support startups in Chile.
Our platform, launching soon, will create connections like this at scale, with more quantitative outcomes.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
This has the opportunity to be a major accelerator for MovingWorlds. In addition to press from the opportunity which will help boost uptake at launch, improved branding, and focused on product-market fit to increase customer acquisition and help get more talent donating their expertise sooner.
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Labels are for jars not for people, but if they stick then turn the negative labels and replace them with positive ones like innovator, world changer & dream maker. We will get to where we need to be by following our aspirations, causing a ruckus and never giving up, we are celebrated not tolerated and defy all odds! Experts built the titanic and it sunk, amateurs built the Ark & it floated.
Created on 03/21/2013 by changingworlds
Changing Worlds is an educational arts nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster inclusive communities through oral history, writing and art programs that improve student learning, affirm identity and enhance cross-cultural understanding.
Each year, our combined school-based, teacher professional development, traveling exhibits and community outreach programs engage more than 14,000 participants in the Chicago area; 80% of the families we serve are from low-income households and 84% are of African American and Latino backgrounds.
Organization: Changing Worlds
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United States, IL, Cook County
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United States, IL, Cook County
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Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
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Changing Worlds' Serve 2Gether
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Start-Up (a pilot that has just begun operating)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Changing Worlds is an educational arts nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster inclusive communities through oral history, writing and art programs that improve student learning, affirm identity and enhance cross-cultural understanding.
Each year, our combined school-based, teacher professional development, traveling exhibits and community outreach programs engage more than 14,000 participants in the Chicago area; 80% of the families we serve are from low-income households and 84% are of African American and Latino backgrounds.
Our innovative approach integrates culture, family and community histories with writing and the arts to help participants explore their own backgrounds, promote peace and learn about others while strengthening their academic and arts learning skills.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Changing Worlds’ top three organizational priorities in the next year are as follows:
1. Strengthen and expand our earned revenue structure.
2. Explore new strategies to incorporate technology into our school and community-based programs.
3. Design and implement new data management systems.
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
In Chicago, 54 elementary and high schools are on track to shutter their doors in the fall. Displaced students will be transferred to neighboring schools, located in the city’s most high crime areas, where youth maybe at risk of increased exposure to violence.
Changing Worlds has been preparing to address a rapidly growing demand for services that build inclusive communities. In 2012 we increased our partnerships by 100%, but had to turn away 70% of schools that requested our support because we did not have the necessary unrestricted financial resources.
Support from American Express will help bolster our ability to reach schools with the greatest need for our programs, engaging students in experiences that can impact social emotional learning, academic achievement, creativity and cultural awareness.
Your support will drive enhancements to our earned revenue structure, as we seek to learn best practices and gain experience in conducting market analysis, developing messaging strategies, creating market profiles and establishing performance measures. This will lead us to balance our dependence on grants and individual contributions and more effectively focus on our mission.
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Dedicating the necessary time and resources to ensure the collaborators can achieve its mutual goals.
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Fostering an environment where all partners are respected and valued for their contributions.
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Ensuring that all partners are committed to achieving the agreed upon goals and outcomes.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support from American Express will focus on developing strategies for new market research and customer acquisition in connection with Changing Worlds’ earned revenue products and programs. These organizational areas include our traveling exhibit, greeting cards, an activity resource guide for teachers and additional programs. The resources and expertise from American Express will be used to help develop strategies to identify new customers that are located beyond Changing Worlds’ regional network in the Chicago area.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Changing Worlds is in the start-up phase of developing our earned revenue structure. In 2012, the foundation of this area was developed and included defining staff roles, developing strategies and reviewing our fee-for-service products. The area is entirely staff-driven.
While Changing Worlds has not previously worked with a marketing consultant, we have a history of partnering with professionals on projects that include programs, strategic planning and technology planning. Recently, we worked with a communications agency, which provided design services for our annual report.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Develop a market / customer acquisition framework to help guide and train Changing Worlds’ staff.
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Develop sales, marketing and communication strategies that can be maintained by Changing Worlds.
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Learn and apply best practices in testing Changing Worlds’ products with intended audiences.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
In 2012, Changing Worlds restructured its development department to transition a team member into a new role to oversee and formalize an earned revenue structure of our programs. The focus was to create standard practices, policies and profit margin scales for programs that include traveling exhibits, in-school and after-school programs, community outreach workshops and products such as greeting cards and an activity resource guide for teachers.
With nine months into the fiscal year, this change led to a 131% increase in earned income compared to the year prior. This directly contributed to enabling us to allocate the necessary resources to support some of Chicago’s most underserved schools, and reach our goal to double our school partners by 100%.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
To build on past success, Changing Worlds will leverage support from American Express to strengthen our portfolio of fee-for-service programs and products, helping us to maximize earned revenue efforts and diversify our funding sources. We see the partnership informing our efficiency in learning about the needs and desires of potential customers and developing tailored approaches that introduce our programs and products as solutions that address their needs. We also seek to improve our efficiency in cultivating new partners around the country, while providing our staff with supportive structures that can increase productivity.
Co-creating this framework will serve as a valuable training opportunity for our team, which can be leveraged in areas such as donor relations and communications.
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Created on 03/18/2013 by Victoria Lin
Non-profit organizations are often in need of consulting services, whether it comes in the form of data collection, multivariable analysis, research, or recommendations. However, these non-profits often find themselves unable to afford big-name consulting firms to provide elaborate and expensive solutions. Our organization, the Princeton Business Volunteers (PBV), seeks to address this problem by training and developing teams of undergraduate student volunteers who assist non-profits with their consulting needs.
Organization: Princeton Business Volunteers
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United States, NJ, Princeton
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United States, NJ, Princeton, Mercer County
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Princeton Business Volunteers
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Growth (your pilot is up and running, and starting to expand)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Non-profit organizations are often in need of consulting services, whether it comes in the form of data collection, multivariable analysis, research, or recommendations. However, these non-profits often find themselves unable to afford big-name consulting firms to provide elaborate and expensive solutions. Our organization, the Princeton Business Volunteers (PBV), seeks to address this problem by training and developing teams of undergraduate student volunteers who assist non-profits with their consulting needs. What is most innovative about PBV’s approach is the way we combine the fields of community service and business. As part of PBV, students not only gain invaluable exposure to professional consulting, but they are also able to demonstrate their commitment to community service.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1) To increase the variety of our projects such that students are exposed to consulting challenges in many different contexts.
2) To further increase professional mentorship that students receive such that we are able to better serve non-profits.
3) To expand the range of our organization such that we are able to serve clients who also work on a global or international scale.
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Based on our first choice ‘Message and Brand Strategy,’ our project needs assistance with developing the image for organization. While we have had some success getting a range of clients, we are looking for ways to further diversify our client base so that we can help non-profits with a wide range of causes. However, in order to effectively reach out and appeal to clients, it is important for our organization to execute an effective brand strategy. Specifically, we are in need of assistance with regard to conveying PBV’s message and vision to potential non-profit clients. Moreover, any targeted advice on how best we can expand the scope of our organization to include more international projects would be of great use. These efforts will also help with recruitment and with catalyzing student interest in a wide range of community service initiatives through consulting.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support from American Express would best be used to support our organization overall. PBV undertakes projects from 2-3 clients during the year, but support from American Express would be most useful in the area of how to expand our client base, which would affect the organization as a whole. We hope American Express could help us develop a cohesive strategy for undergraduate recruitment, professional mentors and non-profit clients.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
We have had the opportunity to work with professional consultants in the past, and continue to maintain mentors who help us with the mechanics of specific projects and final deliverables. However, we have not had opportunity to learn about ways to expand the scope of our organization as a whole. In this regard, the support from American Express will be very valuable in helping us secure additional projects and help diversify the range of our clients.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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PBV is able to secure at least two non-profit organizations who work on an international scale.
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More non-profit organizations, from multiple locations are able to reach out to PBV for their consulting needs.
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Student interest in consulting based community service is increased, which will result in greater membership.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
PBV’s approach produces a win-win solution for our members as well as our non-profit clients: our student members get a chance to apply their classroom knowledge in a professional setting; our non-profit clients are able to receive free consulting services. Thus far, our non-profit clients work in a wide variety of causes, including but not limited to: rainforest preservation, food certification, rural-African community sports development, and learning services for the blind and dyslexic. Since 2009, we have been able to complete over 10 projects for our clients, and are looking to expand the range of our clients. In this process, we have also done well to increase student interest in our community service based consulting initiatives as our member ship has increased to over 80 members.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
After receiving support from American Express, we hope to better perform and diversify our operations, which currently include cost analysis, operational management, resource optimization and marketing for non-profits. In particular, American Express can help us learn to make better use of professional support and mentoring in developing our quantitative and qualitative analytical skills. Moreover, we can expect to diversify our client base such that we are able to serve non-profits who are working on international projects in developing countries but cannot afford expensive consulting solutions.
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Created on 03/17/2013 by seattlekaranja
We at popit4aprofit are tying to make a difference in our community in Seattle, Washington. We are teaming up with local business to try to help give resources for teens so that they can become leaders in the future.
Organization: popit4aprofit
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
We at popit4aprofit are tying to make a difference in our community in Seattle, Washington. We are teaming up with local business to try to help give resources for teens so that they can become leaders in the future.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Our next priorities in the next year is to expand our website, so that students take advantage of the resources they have when it come to organizations trying to help them. Also, we want to work with more businesses so that we can help them get more community constumers and so that they build relations with the community. Another, is to get sponsors for our website so we don't have to worry about the financing for our website.
Need #1
Staffing Capabilities
Need #2
Customer Relationships
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need help trying to access staff recruitment, we are willing to recruit computer programmers from colleges so that we can work with them.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Our website isn't really a product, it's more of a service we try to get students engaged in programs, internships, and networking events so that they can have good exposrue in the real world.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
I have worked with other entrepreneurs in my neighborhood, we have made a similar website for internet entrepreneurs, and we have expirience with the service we are providing.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Increase in Community Engagement
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We haven't started our solution, because we need American Express executives to try to help us with our venture.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We see popit4aprofit expanding to different states and continets. Who wouldn't want to learn more about internships, programs, and organizations in their community to be involved in?
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Created on 03/17/2013 by Prateek Parakh
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Organization: Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD)
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Not registered
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Idea phase
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
SCMHRD emerged as the national runners-up in cHRysalis - a national level HR case study competition at Transcend '13 - SIBM - Pune
SCMHRD declared as runners up for the flagship event - "Secret Formula - Intaglio 2013, IIM Calcutta"
SCMHRD won ShyLock at Ojas 5.0, SP Jain-Mumbai
SCMHRD won Finatics at Ignisense, SIIB-Pune
SCMHRD won Cut The Mustard at Ojas 5.0, SP Jain, Mumbai
Paper authored by final year SCMHRD students has been selected for presentation and proceedings in the 42nd IFTDO World Conference in New Delhi
Dewang Mehta and Amar Ujala B-School Excellence Awards for SCMHRD
We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
We were working on a healthcare business plan competition organized by Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. The plan was quite similar to "Enabling Global HealthCare on Cloud".
Our plan got selected for the finals and was highly appreciated. At that time we realized that this plan is practically feasible and can be implemented in long term.
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Enabling Healthcare Omnipresence through Cloud
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
In Myocardial Infarction, every minute of delay results in 11 days of loss of life of the patient, during the first 3 hours.
If Reperfusion treatment is given within the first 15-30 minutes of the heart attack, damage to the heart can be REVERSIBLE.
One-third of the patients having cardiac arrest die before getting admitted to the hospital.
Early treatment is vital in such condition and if TELEMEDICINE is implemented properly and efficiently at least 1/3rd of patients dying from heart attack can be saved.
The model, however, aims to a lot broader scope than what telemedicine can serve.
The centralization of the database of medical history of patients with its access through the Cloud provides a real time interface to the doctors, patients & Government alike helping in improving the quality of service rendered. The critical time utilized in offering the service & the ease with which this database can be handled electronically.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
Till date no service provider in Healthcare industry has tried to create a central database leave apart exploring its cloud compatibility.
Currently some companies provide Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and some others provide Tele-Medicine but none of them has never tried to integrate this technologies into a single service. We integrate these individual packages into a single product.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Government support is anticipated. So risk can be distributed.
When adequate data is available, very efficient operations management and inventory management can be carried out to do cost cutting.
R & D can be carried out effectively, when data is available in adequate amount.
Currently government support to the Telemedicine is given only for 5 years. After that the service dries up. Maintenance is necessary after that. So we do not implement cloud in rural area yet. Cloud can cover the spectrum till the district area and from there onward, rural area can be covered by the present practices of Telemedicine. The data collected by Telemedicine shall be put on cloud periodically, by sending the data to the district level and then putting it to the central database.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
Innovative ideas can be generated in order to counter the connectivity issues & cost of cloud. For example, to decrease the usage of cooling equipment and run the data centers in hot climate. Also, the efficiency of equipment should be increased so as to reduce the power consumption of the server.
There is a lot of scope for everyone, (e.g. ISRO included 100 hospitals including 22 tertiary hospitals, but there are still thousands of hospitals and a lot of area left.) but for cloud to be effective, huge data collection is necessary and for that, as large portion as possible should be affiliated.
EMR and research can take a long time before it can be utilized fully and can be converted into profitable ventures. So for short term, focus should be mainly on telemedicine & data collection.
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Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Primary healthcare services
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Detection, Intervention, Follow-up, Long-term care, Social integration.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Healthcare in India is not much efficiently managed till recent times. With the entry of corporate giants like Apollo, Max and Fortis, this trend seems to be changing but still when it comes to efficient usage of technology, Indian hospitals lag behind the other countries’.
With the law regarding mandatory storage of medical data electronically, in USA a big potential market has opened up. Rationale behind doing this is to manage the data smoothly and to keep the history available to medical fraternity as well as the patients themselves.
The role of cloud has till now been limited in either providing EMR facility or giving telemedicine. But quite a few efforts have been made in the direction of making healthcare omnipresent, i.e. integrating both.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Idea (poised to launch)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Patient-centered design, Redesign of the public healthcare system for more efficiency (in terms of processes, structure etc.), New/redefined roles for healthcare service provision, New approaches to distribution of health products and services, Unconventional partnerships (between traditional healthcare players and players outside healthcare).
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, Education/training.
Please describe your solution in more detail
Doctors can consult one another across the globe. In rare cases, life- saving advises from the best brains of the world can be obtained
A good number of patients will be treated at PHCs only, so no need for them to go to the district hospitals.
Less dependence on any specific doctor, for the patient (flexibility to continue the treatment from where it is, by the other doctor)
Transparency in the treatment and less scope of Irrational Drug Therapy
From rural population, those who want to spend on health and want a premium on services can get a chance (by connecting rural area with private sector by telemedicine). It will lead to decreased number of patients in the tertiary government Hospitals which are already overburdened, and redistribute this number to the private hospitals.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Vision: Achieving Global HealthCare Omnipresence through Cloud Computing
To develop a healthcare collaboration platform for Consumers and healthcare service providers. To enable consumers to centralize their medical history and providers for their referral communication on investigations, procedures, and medications after patient visit.
To initiate comprehensive practice management source for physicians and integrated interface to communicate with preferred labs, pharmacies, and diagnostic centers.
What is your value proposition?
To Doctors:
Reduction in paperwork
Data synchronization
Laboratories connected
Easy access to medical histories
Ease of consulting the other doctors
Platform to showcase research
Telemedicine - More number of patients
Long-run reduction in cost
Reduction in time-per-patient
To Patients:
Storage and access of clinical history
Avoidance of duplication of investigations
Technology utilization
Online follow-ups
Appointment booking
Online advice from the consulting doctor
Research and opinions of all the doctors accessible
Telemedicine - ease of access
Reliable healthcare information over internet
Who is your customer(s)?
Doctors, Patients and Hospital Chains.
We carried out a Primary Research and ran a Cluster Analysis in order to segment and target our customers. The results indicated the following target segments:
Doctors of all age groups seeking the proposition of Convenience (reduction of paperwork, diagnostic procedural smoothness) and doctors in the age group 20-30 years and seeking the proposition of Value-for-Money (cost reduction, reduction in average time spent on each patient).
Patients who are Benefit seeking (tech savvy, online appointment booking, online advise and follow ups) and Comfort seeking (avoiding duplication of their medical records and thus reducing high expenses), in Transferable jobs and living in Metropolitan cities.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
We carried out a Primary Research to identify the factors influencing the consumers. The 3 major sources of promotion (in descending order of effectiveness) are:
1. Doctor recommendations
2. Online social media
3. Posters in hospitals and health magazines
Thus we decide to adopt a 3-pronged strategy:
Doctors – Personal Selling, Direct Marketing
Patients – Recommendations by doctors, Online Social Media
Hospital Chains – Pitch-ins and Promotions
What are your primary activities?
On technological side, the primary activity shall involve setting up servers and database & developing the Cloud platform. An application for user interface shall be developed. Then accounts (unique login id and password) shall be provided to all the customers.
On operational side, at present, the telemedicine involves:
Primary health centers
Ambulances
Tertiary care centres
Here, one lab technician shall be present in such clinics who shall collect blood & prepare peripheral blood smears. He can be trained further to take the ECG. Such clinics are widely distributed in the rural area. Patient can be taken to such clinic in lesser time than to a PHC. Thus, vital time is saved; less chances of patient dying acutely; more admissions to hospital; more profit and less mortality.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Few start-ups like MDYantra have taken initiative in this field. But they should be considered more as peers than competitors because this idea is in nascent stage in India. There is enough room for multiple players to venture into this segment and develop their capabilities.
However, large IT players like Microsoft or Google pose a threat as they may venture into this segment because of their technological capabilities. Similarly healthcare giants like Fortis or Wockhardt may enter the segment because of their medical excellence.
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
Presently the mindset of population is inclined towards physical visits to the clinics. They will not like to get treated completely virtually, no matter how accurate it may be. A large portion of population is very peculiar to value-for-money and they find the value for money not only in the end-result of treatment but also in the process of getting treated.
Keeping this in mind, the invention is a supplement to the current medical practice. It aims to organize the medical practice in a drastic way. However, it would not be marketed as a replacement to the traditional doctor visits.
Many players are there who are not using cloud but providing these services in fragments.
e.g. EMR and PH storage – Siemens, Wipro GE, TCS, Vepro, etc. telemedicine – Apollo hospitals, ISRO
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
The long term growth strategy is 2-pronged.
Firstly, we aim to cover maximum number of villages of India through Telemedicine. Collaborating with the Central Government, we aim to cover government hospitals as well.
Parallel to this, we leverage the power of cloud to go Global. Promoting the service to doctors as well as hospital chains abroad shall be a part of the growth strategy.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s), New regions(s), New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
Government support is anticipated in this field in the next couple of years.
Government is preparing ‘Rural Doctors’ who, by a course of 4 years, learn basic treatments. This workforce can be utilized to treat the patients with the help from Telemedicine, which will lead to decreased incentives to be paid.
What are your key growth objectives?
The key growth objectives are:
Implementing Cloud based Healthcare system in 5 major hospital chains across India.
Connecting rural India's primary healthcare centers with these hospitals (villages within 250 km area of each hospital) through Telemedicine.
Financial break-even by the end of 3rd year in operation.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
Profit Analysis:
Profit will be Rs. 110000 per month per cluster. (considering 10 patients per week getting telemedicine treatment and 4 of them actually contributing to the hospital treatment, with 25% of the profit earned by hospital.)
Thus, at the end of 1 year, each cluster can break-even.
After that, if 10 clusters are made, almost Rs. 1.1 crore per month will be the profit.
7 colleges (100 licenses per unit)
3 research centres (50 licenses per unit)
25 hospitals (20 licenses per unit)
Average usage: 4 hours a day
Revenue generated will be approximately Rs. 3200000 per month or Rs. 38400000 per year.
Taking the loan and interest into account, and also expecting more participation from the healthcare firms, the system is expected to start generating profit from the 4th year.
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The proposed solution is to be implemented.
Meanwhile we conducted a Primary Research while working on a case study on Google Health. The results helped us understand the factors which inhibit customers from using online healthcare services. These factors (in descending order of importance) are:
1. Complicated to use
2. My doctors doesn't use it
3. Not useful at all
4. Privacy and data security concerns
Since we have already assessed the impact of Google Health and identified the reasons of its failure, we have a fair share of idea of what gaps need to be fulfilled in order to make our model impactful and sustainable.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
Social impact would be measured on the basis of 3 parameters:
1. Number of patients registered as users of the Cloud based service
2. Number of doctors registered for the service
3. Number of Multi-specialty Hospital chains integrated the platform on there IT systems
4. Geographical coverage in terms of Number of cities, towns and villages
5. Reduction in mortality rate due to lack of primary healthcare
6. Reduction in the number of doctors required in OPD
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Cloud computing is a global service.
For example: A patient in India registered for the proposed service go for treatment in a Multi-specialty hospital in USA without carrying any medical records if that hospital has implemented this service on their systems. The hospital need not conduct all the tests again as they have electronic access to the patient's medical history.
We conducted a Primary Research to determine the factors important for choosing a location. After running a factor analysis on the data, the following factors were obtained along with their relative weight-age:
Climate – 10%
Number of Population in the rural area to be covered – 15%
Per capita of first 25% of population – 35%
Distance of the the tertiary hospital from the rural area – 20%
Government Policy – 20%
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
In the first year of operation, we target 80 multi-specialty hospital chains and nearly 400 doctors.
Over the next 3 years, we aim to have our service implemented across 200 hospitals in India. We aim to have approximately 1000 doctors as our customers during this time period.
Mortality rate from emergencies such as a heart attack to reduce almost by 33%.
Almost 20% of the requirement of the doctors can be reduced in the OPDs.
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The break up of the cost of implementing the required technology is as following:
Cost of a server – Rs. 150000
Interest @5% & 3 year amortization – Rs. 157500
Infrastructure Cost (Transformers, UPS, Generators) – Rs. 18400
Power Cost – Rs. 5957
Network Cost – Rs. 4000
Total Cost per Server (Inclusive of setup and other components) – Rs. 185857
Total Cost for 600 servers: Rs. 11,16,00,000
600 servers would be required to serve 300 clusters or data centers. So the above equipment would serve our model for the first 3-4 years of operation. We seek this investment from Venture Capitalists and explore the opportunity of getting some technology from the government at subsidized rates.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Patients, Other beneficiaries.
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Private businesses.
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Regional government, National government.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
The annual cost of an account of a Multi-specialty hospital shall be Rs. 50000. This subscription fee would be paid by the hospital every year.
Similarly, the annual cost of an account for a doctor (stand-alone practitioner) shall be Rs. 5000
For the first year, subscription fees shall not be charged for patients. They shall be charged once they get acquainted with the software, start feeling that the service adds to their convenience and much of their medical records go online via hospitals and doctors.
The model once implemented at a location, can be replicated at other locations as well.
Rural India is a large untapped area where patients have a willingness to consult specialist doctors but do not have the capability to do so. So, Telemedicine would lead to sustainable revenues.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
We shall follow 5 approaches to diversify our philanthropy portfolio:
Providing immediate, unrestricted and crucial support to the nonprofit sector
Supporting needs and priorities - actively solicit proposals in our areas of interest
Building capacity for growth and sustainability - strengthen nonprofits for scale-up
Solving social problems by addressing root causes
Sharing solutions and building knowledge - partner with others to reduce redundancy and share knowledge
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
First time investment shall be obtained from Angel Investors. The start up investment would be around Rs. 1 crore which shall be used to establish one cluster of Telemedicine. Hence, seeking investment from Angel Investors is the best option.
As the business expands by the beginning of 3rd year of operation, replication of model shall be made possible by finding investors in Venture Capitalists.
Healthcare subsidies from government shall constitute a major chunk of investment
After the first year, Premium Accounts with following benefits shall be launched for the customers:
Telemedicine for rural area – Database increase, Brand image, increased Revenues, easy follow ups, quick consultation, enhanced customer satisfaction
No advertisements
Online Appointment Booking
Mobile Alerts to the patients
Improved profile visibility
Ability to know the profile-viewers
Free unlimited chat support 24*7
The premium accounts would lead to loyal customers and better profit margins
Besides, Medical Tourism is an upcoming area in which can be explored after 3 years of operation
Created on 03/15/2013 by Jonah11
Developing supplementary educational curriculum and securing local partnerships with companies working in the financial trades. The curriculum will be a graduating, age appropriate curriculum regarding money, banking, financial industry and economics for elementary school students from kindergarten through grade 5.
Created on 03/15/2013 by APeeples
Our project will be removing the invasive species water hyacinth from the Mobile Bay estuaries. We will sell the harvested hyacinth in a variety of its commercially viable forms(primarily compost)to fund further harvesting.
Created on 03/14/2013 by earthcustomdesigns
Earth Custom Designs (ECD) is a social venture business, which supports students in third world countries by acquiring products from those same third world countries and distributing them in the United States. ECD was founded and managed by high school students.
Created on 03/13/2013 by Jezaegis
Social Enterprises developed to create self sustaining business models which both fund from profits care professionals salaries and provide training opportunities for young Rwandans in the hospitality industries.
Organization: Aegis Trust
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Aegis Rwanda Trauma Counselling Project
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
Given both the high demand in Rwanda from the post 1994 Genocide surviving community for trauma services and also the low economic output that could be accessed to fund services, the Aegis Trust embarked on a progamme of self-sustaining health and social care interventions which were built on a social enterprise (SE) model. The SE would both generate income to fund trauma counselling and at the same time provide training and development opportunities for survivors and their families. Work was available in four activity areas: a cafe, a gift shop and the sale of audio-guides (all of these linked directly to the Kigali Genocide Memorial (KGM) in Gisozi, Kigali, Rwanda, which Aegis built and operated on behalf of the Kigali City Council and subsequently the National Commission against Genocide (CNLG). There was no funding available from any sources within Rwanda for either the Memorial building itself or the counselling and other social care programmes and funds had to be raised by Aegis from outside the country or from visitors, none of whomm could eb charged entry as the KGM is a national memorial and burial ground fro 280,000 victims of the genocide.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
It is self sustaining as we both generate income to fund psychologists in post who provide the trauma services AND we offer training and development opportunities in the hospitality industries that we operate. From no activity three years ago we now generate over $150,000 net income for the services and the running of the KGM national memorial.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
We operate businesses that are supported by thousands of visitors each year and provide hospitality services and hostel accommodation for young international visitors (Discover Rwanda Hostel is ranked number 2 in Trip Advisor for stays in Kigali). We have provided jobs and training opportunities for 10 young Rwandans (survivors of the genocide or orphans of victims) to learn new skills and achieve gainful employment. We maintain high standards and offer value for money and are able to tap into a network of professional advisors from across the world who give us pro-bono advice and development services.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
By constantly scanning the market environment for price and quality indicators and by using our consumers as sounding board for approaches and techniques e.g. when young international visitors come and stay at the hostel. We also harness the enthusiasm and ambition of our staff who are all in various stages of training and development. We operate a highly devolved business model where young people can pursue imaginative solutions.
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Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Other specialty care
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Intervention, Follow-up, Long-term care, Social integration.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Sustainably funded provision of trauma care to those with PTSD many years after the Rwandan Genocide but who also have a range of otter debilitating conditions such as HIV, physical disabilities and also social care needs such as housing.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
New financing strategies for health.
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Education/training, Community financing.
Please describe your solution in more detail
We are a model of sustainability. We take the income that comes from international tourists and students coming to the Kigali Genocide Memorial and who might stay at our hostel and use our cafe and gift shop and we use the proceeds of the enterprises to fund health and social care programmes for our 140 beneficiaries and yet we also use our businesses to train young Rwandans to develop skills and trades and become entrepreneurs themselves.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Our vision is to grow businesses as social enterprises which not only produce profits which fund our care programmes and educational activities but also train and develop young Rwandans to create their own businesses also. We see the staff that we develop going on to create their own profitable businesses and help them to start their businesses with loans and investment,in which we could retain a stake and thus help the continuous and sustainable cycle of investment and growth.
What is your value proposition?
Provide investment in healthcare from profits from sustainable enterprise which seeks to employ, train and develop people from that heath and social care programme to achieve greater health and independence. This creates a virtuous cycle of enterprise, investment, social and economic return. In the process young Rwandans get chance to develop their own business ideas through our "business incubator" and that then gives them a greater sense of having a stake in their own society
Who is your customer(s)?
The 70000 visitors to the Kigali Genocide Memorial (40,000 of whom are international visitors) plus the 140+ survivors and their families who we support in the health and social care programmes. Potentially anyone who visits Rwanda is a customer and this is a growing market.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
Web based marketing, CRM database management (sort of!), on-site promotions, word of mouth, reputation developed from networking of international youth visitors
What are your primary activities?
In healthcare: trauma counselling for a static population of 140 and then the thousands of Rwandan visitors who come each year who suffer trauma related distress when visiting the Memorial. But in in our social enterprises we run a hostel, a cafe, a gift shop and we hir out audio guides. We also have an interest in a coffee roasting business which we sell through our cafe.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Our competitors are related entirely to the hostel so low cost hotel competition which is growing but we are Number 2 on Trip Advisor for RWanda and offer a unique travel and stay experience for young people in a relaxed central location in Kigali
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
Raising money to invest capital in the business. We do not own any of the premises we operate from and find it hard to raise enough money for one off investment e.g. for coffee machines for our baristas or for our own coffee roaster. We could also expand the business by opening a second hostel.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
Double turnover in three years by expanding rooms at the hostel, developing our more profitable lines of gifts, changing our procurement processes, better merchandising and customer relationship management, couples with a development of "safari tents" in our grounds at the hostel.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
Strong track record over three years i.e. from zero to $450,000 turnover in that time; opportunity for physical expansion; growth of African and Eco tourism
What are your key growth objectives?
Double turnover in three years, increase margins from 50 - 65%
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
Expand camping facilities at hostel in 2013, and increase number of double rooms by investing RWFr 30,000,000; relocating kitchens in 2014 along with increased and improved washing facilities; increase the number of languages in our range of audio guides from 6 to 10 along with an increase in price from $10 - $15.
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Training of staff, treatment of beneficiaries receiving trauma care in both the static population of 140 and the thousands of Rwandan visitors and schoolchildren on our education programmed each year who come to the KGM and experience some degree of trauma related mental health issues.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
We have adopted Outcome Mapping as part of our M&E methodology and we link our business planning methodology with M&E at departmental level.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Yes - wherever there was active populations of consumers associated with programmes for the treatment of victims of conflict.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Increased profitability to feed in to the care programmes and more staff trained and assisted in developing their own businesses.
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We need $600,000 to run the memorial and associated education and care programmes of which $225,000 is contributed from the net income of SE. The remainder si made up of grants and donations.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Individuals, Private businesses, Other beneficiaries.
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
Sale of goods and services to visitors to the KGM and provision of accommodation to international youth visitors.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
We seek grants from philanthropic institutions and / or government aid programmes as well as individual visitors (30% + 30%). We use institutions with a particular interest in Africa, education and social welfare and have developed a reliable body of interested Foundations and government grant makers e.g. Annenberg Foundation and the Swedish International Development Aid Agency.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
invest in businesses, increase margins, develop membership support scheme. We have and will increasingly work with leaders of business and industry to secure advice and development support on a pro bono basis through their personal commitment to our good causes.
Created on 03/12/2013 by Victoria Lin
Princeton Business Volunteers' mission is twofold: (1) provide non-profits with consulting services, including research, analysis and solution proposals, that they may not be able to afford from big-name consulting firms, and (2) expose undergraduates to the consulting field.
Created on 03/10/2013 by Hoe Zong Huan
Hi I have started a company called Love Cruise in april last year 2012. we provide charter of yachts to people and company for dinner and dance, wedding, birthday, fishing and travel. But we want to make it better by introducing a fund raising component into it, so for every
Organization: Fun & Fund
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Hi I have started a company called Love Cruise in april last year 2012. we provide charter of yachts to people and company for dinner and dance, wedding, birthday, fishing and travel. But we want to make it better by introducing a fund raising component into it, so for every
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
My organisation's first priority is to form a core team which could manage the cold calling and emailing to companies to introduce our services with the intention that they will use our yachts for gala dinner and dance and team bonding to generate more sales from yacht chartering.
My organisation's second priority is to generate greater revenue this time round. With greater revenue we would like to donate 10 to 20% of our annual revenue to any charity organisation in the world.
My organisation's third priority is to able to send at least one charity organisation on a yacht trip one a year to let them have a good enjoyable time in the sea for free.
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Performance Management
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Message & Brand Strategy:
To clearly articulate your mission, describe programs/services, and develop a differentiated positioning from the market
With the funding, I will be able to articulte my mission to the public and public will know that my company mission is not to generare sales but also know that we will be donating 10 to 20% of our annual profit to charity orgnisation and also we will send at least a charity group to free yacht trip once a year.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Focusing on my orgnisation overall
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
I have not worked with any consultants due to financial constraint.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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More sales and more awarenss of our company
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More people will know our company has a mission to help the charity
3.
To help more people who are in need of our help
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
I have not implemented our solution/
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
A better website with datebase and more information and services will be shown in the website which will generate a higher volume of traffic which will generate more interest and awareness from the public and as such more people can aldo donate some funding to the charity benfificary in our website.
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Technovation Challenge inspires girls to become creators and innovators. Through Technovation Challenge, middle and high school girls learn to program mobile phone applications "apps" that solve problems in their lives and communities.
Created on 03/8/2013 by parthcu@hotmail.com
Project BEST (Building Excitement for Science and Technology) is a student-led, non-profit organization dedicated to providing students with education, enrichment, and a joy for learning and understanding the exciting science and technological advances happening around us. This is achieved through interactive programs, workshops, chapters and a unique entrepreneurship aspect that fosters an interest in innovation. Based on the three pillars of Knowledge, Discovery, and Experience, Project BEST creates and drives curiosity in students everywhere.
Created on 03/8/2013 by Brandon Zerbe
Uniting Fitness uses a combination of technology and personal interaction to teach clients about nutrition and exercise to achieve a healthy lifestyle.
Created on 03/7/2013 by emmeline.vu
A foundation dedicated towards providing an ongoing pool of resources connected to scholarships, internships, community involvement, resume help, and networking. Our goal is to encourage students to get involved and help prepare them to get to college and through college.
Created on 03/7/2013 by queenie1513
YOLO Pies is a youth run pilot program that grows organic fruits, vegetables, and herbs and sells value added organic products to the local Washington DC community. Our pilot product, launched in fall 2012, was our award winning sweet potato pie.
Created on 03/6/2013 by equiptgh
We consult with creators of low-resource "appropriate" medical devices and assist with the commercialization process, focusing on quality for responsible & effective development, production, and distribution.
Organization: EQUIPT Global Health
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Quality & Commercialization of Appropriate Medical Devices
Select the stage that best applies to your solution
Growth (your pilot is up and running, and starting to expand)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
We consult with creators of low-resource "appropriate" medical devices and assist with the commercialization process, focusing on quality for responsible & effective development, production, and distribution.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Obtain 3-5 paying clients
2. Become financially self-sustaining
3. Increase outreach efforts
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Message & Brand Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We always have a lot of interest, and people from our target market (social enterprises with medical devices) are usually thrilled to hear that we are experts in a major stumbling block to their development, and that we have significant experience in medical device companies.
However! This group is not known for having much money, or that much experience outside academia (there are, of course, notable exceptions). We have accidentally fallen into the role of "unpaid mentor" to several groups that cannot afford our services (and/or who are used to getting guidance for free).
This is fine, we are happy to help, but it is not good for the business! We need to develop a strategy for actual customer acquisition, converting them into paying clients. Different client categories seem to need different strategies (nonprofits vs social hybrids have different money sources, for example) and at different stages (sometimes money is not available for anything but certain functions, like, frequently, "expanding production," "clinical trials," etc)
This is why we need help in this area - the customer base is more complicated than we had expected, and a traditional strategy does not work.
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Passion for our social mission
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
The marketing strategy for the overall organization.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Yes, we have engaged several consultants but they mostly focused on branding and marketing language - not client acquisition strategy itself. We adopted their mostly very good advice, but there were no results.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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A multifaceted client acquisition strategy with all potential client groups in mind (non vs for profit, start-ups, etc)
2.
A proposal mockup for example clients of each kind, with realistic numbers
3.
Potential client groups organized and ranked, if possible, in terms of possible return
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We have assisted with the commercialization process for several groups, both through company development (we have created several quality manuals and formal processes - some related to product development life-cycle documentation, change management, feedback gathering, employee training, supplier evaluation, etc) and through product specific assistance (print review for manufacture, assembly instructions, etc).
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We aim to be financially self-sustaining this year. We can't do that without sufficient client acquisition and conversion. This is critical to the continued operation of EQUIPT, which is the only quality consultancy focused on less-resourced medical devices. Quality is a critical (if "un-sexy") part of effective global public health, and an area where we see an enormous need.
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basik 855 grew out of a chance encounter between two entrepreneurs (one American and one Cambodian) and the friendship they forged.
In three years, we have grown from a team of 6 artisans working in their own homes to a weaving center with 46 full-time employees, including a team of Cambodian textile designers. 96% of our full-time staff is Cambodian.
All of our finished products are sewn by like-minded social enterprises, which allow us to financially support Friends-International, Stop Start and other Cambodian seamstresses and tailors in Phnom Penh.
Created on 03/5/2013 by PacificCommuter
We are trying to take our product to market and find other interested charities who could be interested in engaging with a younger donor pool.
Organization: Etu App
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
We are trying to take our product to market and find other interested charities who could be interested in engaging with a younger donor pool.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1 Message & Brand Strategy: To clearly articulate your mission, describe programs/services, and develop a differentiated positioning from the market
2 Digital Marketing Strategy: To optimize digital channels (e.g., mobile, search engines, blogs, social media) and digital marketing to achieve your objectives
3 Consumer/Audience Acquisition: To develop strategies for identifying and engaging important new clients or audiences
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We want to refine who we are and what we're doing.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
I feel like we have a great product developed and created in Canada and I’d like to keep in being developed and made in Canada (not have to cheap out and outsource the development to the US or Argentina).
I believe partnering with Amex will allow us to have much strong productivity improvements as we work to measure the value and market validation of the product. It’ll be nice to have you and other validate what we’ve created. We’d really like to increase our capacity and figure ways to scale this product and figure out how to most strategically commercialize what we’ve created.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
We haven't worked with outside consultants yet.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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See more charities benefitting from the App
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See more people using the App. More jobs for Canadians to develop and promote the app.
3.
See the App raising LOADS of support and awareness for charities
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We've seen over 3,000 users engage with the gamification of charity.
We've seen over 1200 users invest financially into charity through the game
We've seen over 500 users follow up to engage with the charity directly because of the app.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We'll see 300,000 users engage with the App.
We'll see 120,000 users invest financially into various charities through the game
We'll see over 100,000 users follow up to engage with charities directly.
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Created on 03/4/2013 by jordanbober
Seedstock takes an innovative approach to the problem: "How do we keep money ciruclating in the community and build a more resilient local economy in today's highly globalised and mobile world?"
Organization: Seedstock Community Currency
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Seedstock Community Currency
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Growth (your pilot is up and running, and starting to expand)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Seedstock takes an innovative approach to the problem: "How do we keep money ciruclating in the community and build a more resilient local economy in today's highly globalised and mobile world?"
We do this by going beyond the mere exortation to "buy local", and instead give people a way to "buy community" by using community currency as partial payment for good and services at participating local businesses. Businesses then recirculate Seedstock Communty Currency into their communities as well, keeping the money going 'round and generating unprecedented customer loyalty to local, community-minded businesses.
Furthermore, because businesses kick off the cycle by making a Seedstock gift to a local cause, Seedstock helps communities fund the things that are important to them.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Grow the number and diversity of participating businesses to increase the attractiveness and usefulness of Seedstock, and to encourage trading among different kinds of businesses as well.
2. Grow the number of community members who purchase Seedstock from their favourite local causes on a regular basis.
3. Create a strong organisational structure that will enable us to sustain and enhance the services we offer to the community.
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Message & Brand Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Although the benefits (both individual and to society) of participating in and using Seedstock are demonstrably far superior to other methods that businesses typically use to acquire and retain customers (coupons, discounts, loyaly points, etc), the concept of "community currency" is still very novel to most, so there is still a high need to educate potential participants. We need effective strategies for reaching out to and educating large numbers of businesses all at once.
Similarly, we need strategies for encouraging members of the public to make a habit of buying Seedstock from local causes, then spending it at local businesses.
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Collaborative: working together to further a common goal
2.
Mutual: partners show mutual respect, reciprocity and generosity
3.
Openness: the partnership takes place in a spirit of openness and sharing with each other and the community.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
We would specifically be looking for assistance with our promotion of Seedstock Community Currency to more users (businesses and community members)
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Our promotional strategies have been an ongoing, evolving and iterative process for us, with cycles of ideas, experiments and evaluation. We have not worked with outside consultants.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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A more vibrant, resilient and interconnected local economy in communities with widespread usage of Seedstock Community Currency.
2.
The creation of a powerful new tool for community-based fundraising and even business financing.
3.
Enhanced opportunities for economic participation and right livelihood
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
6 weeks after launching our pilot, Seedstock Community Currency has the participation of 30 businesses and growing, has generated over $ 15,000 in Seedstock donations to local non-profits, and over 3000 ss$ has been exchanged for $Cdn with members of the public. Local causes have already raised money they would not have otherwise, with minimal effort on their part, and local businesses have already generated sales from Seedstock. The model has been shown to work, and now only needs to be scaled up.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We hope that the support of American Express can help us acquire a critical mass of Seedstock participants and users ("the early adopters") that will fuel further growth of the user base largely by word-of-mouth advertising and referrals. In the long term, we do not see why every independent, locally-owned business in the Lower Mainland would not want to be involved. This could one day result in Seedstock worth several hundred million dollars circulating in our communities each year, generating tens of millions in funding for local causes, projects and social enterprises. Seedstock's objective is to focus on projects that will leave a lasting impact for a more resilient local economy, including investments in our local food system and in arts and cultural infrastructure.
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Created on 03/2/2013 by atwoodsa
Ittavi (an acronym for “it takes a village”) seeks to end conflict, improve transparency and simplify the process of paying child support while saving parents time and money.
Parents can now spend less time managing child support and more time focused on raising happy, healthy children.
Organization: Ittavi
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Ending Child Support Conflict
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Growth (your pilot is up and running, and starting to expand)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Ittavi (an acronym for “it takes a village”) seeks to end conflict, improve transparency and simplify the process of paying child support while saving parents time and money.
Parents can now spend less time managing child support and more time focused on raising happy, healthy children.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Public product launch
User Acquisition
Additional funding - Angel or VC
Need #1
Digital Marketing Strategy
Need #2
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need assistance defining and executing a digital marketing strategy that will reach our unique markets (single, divorced, remarried parents) and startup / entrepreneur / funding targets. The strategy should be built to meet our goals for the year - customer acquisition & getting additional funding
3.
Collective Responsibility
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Since Ittavi only has 1 product the focus will essentially cross both the company and our product, Ittavi Child Support Manager.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
We have begun to define our strategy but due to lack of resources have been unable to effectively define and execute the strategy.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
Successful launch with increase of press / media coverage by 50%
2.
Acquire 1000 customers by the end of 2013
3.
Meet funding goal of an additional $675,000 in angel funding
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Today we have over 50 beta users that all state that our product, Ittavi Child Support Manager, has help them save time and money while dramatically reducing the conflict that occurs between themselves and the other parent. This is allowing them to focus their energy on raising happy, healthy children.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
The future impact is to acquire additional customers who can benefit from our product, untimely reducing conflict between single, divorced and remarried parents. By reducing the conflict associated with child support parents can focus their energy on raising happy, healthy children.
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Ittavi (an acronym for “it takes a village”) seeks to end conflict, improve transparency and simplify the process of paying child support while saving parents time and money.
Parents can now spend less time managing child support and more time focused on raising happy, healthy children.
Created on 03/2/2013 by Shweta Arora
"When there's nothing left to burn,
You have to set yourself on fire."
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Chair that adjusts itself timely for the benefit of your body posture....
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
You have been checking so many ideas. Isn't your spine aching? Don't you want to feel a little bit relaxed?
There's something absolutely apt for it that we have proposed.
A chair that can adjust itself according to your body moves, gestures, problems and time.
Its a hypothetical idea but the one, which is absolutely feasible.
While sitting in front of PC or laptop or video games, your body will feel so relaxed that there will be no need to utter "Ouch". It will save a lot of energy of yours and allow you to be available for many of the tasks that you omit because of lack of energy and pain.
The target population will cover all kinds of people as small kids indulged in video games specially need it. Age group including working people will be benefited if all offices have such chairs. Old people will be benefited the most as they need special care. How can I forget, the most care some age group- the teenagers, who are conscious about their flexibility.
So here's a solution. A chair that can solve multidimensional problems.
....
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
Obviously its different from others' as its proposed by a teenager. "Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches". Even while writing this idea, my own body isn't relaxed. But my heart is fully devoted to it. People may propose ideas for the awards or publicity or any other possible reason. But I know that success is best when shared, so I am proposing this idea for welfare of all.
I don't want our next generations to suffer what we suffered.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
This device can be used anywhere at home or in offices. So there's not much to ponder about the environment required to operate it. Yes, only knowledge to operate it is required, which is an essential feature of any new technology that comes in the market.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
Necessity is the mother of invention. Its a need of today's scenario. Even if people don't feel comfortable or have any regrets after buying it they can use it as a normal chair.
But I assure you of its quality and functioning. I am just 16 years old. I know how passionate I am towards business and that too ethics in business. The whole world will some day surely say "what a relief this chair gives".
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Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Primary healthcare services
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Long-term care.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
The problem of regretting. Parents keep on telling their children not to use electronics as it affects their health. Children don't listen but later regret it.
That's what I want to solve. The comfort I want to provide will be for all age groups and sectors.
Many health problems will be prevented. "Prevention is better than cure."
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Idea (poised to launch)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Redesign of the public healthcare system for more efficiency (in terms of processes, structure etc.), New/redefined roles for healthcare service provision, New approaches to distribution of health products and services, New financing strategies for health.
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, New skills.
Please describe your solution in more detail
Why not think about how big problem it will solve. Many children like me will be saved from short height problems. Spine bending is a big problem now a days.
Eyesight problems will be prevented. New ethics in children will be introduced.
Lots of sectors will be benefited including technology and health.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
The vision is to see a life where complete happiness, comfort is there. Where people smile and not complain. Where technology is a boon, not a bane.
I want to make life peaceful, enjoyable for all who want to but can't.
Life's like that only. We commit mistakes and regret. When not imagine the consequences, work on them and innovate an idea like it.
I will work! Its not my over-confidence but my confidence.
What is your value proposition?
It depends upon the investment required to turn this idea into innovation.
Its a hypothetical idea so its value can't be specified but yes, an estimated value will be only a little more than a common chair as not much is required to transform pain into relief.
Who is your customer(s)?
As already stated, it would benefit all kinds of people, age groups, communities, religions, regions, races, nations and sectors.
Its target market will be so expanded that everybody would demand it!
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Believe it and do it.
That's my policy.
Expanding your business requires advertising and marketing but the best way is sample provision.
It will benefit the people by judging it and then trusting it.
What are your primary activities?
Main activity is to design such a chair even if my idea doesn't get selected as I believe in benefit of all, not money.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
No body can make you feel low without your own consent.
When you have confidence and passion, the only competitor is LUCK!
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
May be many people will feel unsatisfied after purchasing it. But human mind is great! They can use it as a normal chair and it would not affect them much due to less difference in its cost.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
No doubt its publicity and reach to all people will take time, but an estimate says that in a few months all will be aware of this extraordinary technology in the market.
Its production will soon boom. And all will be benefited- the producers as well as consumers.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s), New regions(s), New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
Its because its needed..
Inventions are always accidental. But this one will reach higher and higher levels once established!
What are your key growth objectives?
Ethics
Honesty
Trust
Confidence
Publicity
Assure
Smile of people
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
When people's demand will increase and our production will have to be fasten, it would be a sign of accomplishment.
The moment our all feedback will be positive, that will be the moment of SUCCESS!
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It is an eco friendly product, so it will not harm any individual or environment.
It will solve many problems of humans as already mentioned in solution sector.
It will ensure sustainable development.
It provides more energy for an individual to perform multi tasks.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
It is environment friendly. It has nothing to do with any harm to environment.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
It can work in all kinds of regions and geographies. Any kind of ecosystem would be perfect for its operation.
You can use it in home, offices anywhere.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Life would be happy, diseases would be less, smile would be common, happiness would be all around and people would be pacified.
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It may be collected through revenues or establishment of an assured idea.
As I am only 16, I don't have so much funds to transform it.
We can join hands with any existing chair making company that is flop in the market. It will provide dual-benefit. Their publicity and a new idea. Our investment requirements will be fulfilled.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Friends and family, Individuals, Patients, Caregivers, Private businesses, Other beneficiaries.
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Foundations, NGOs, Private businesses, Regional government, National government, Others.
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Foundations, NGOs, Private businesses, Regional government, National government, Others.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
Revenue will be generated by the organization that will join hands with my company. Most probably an already existing chair company would be apt.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Single strategy, Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
It is a diplomatic approach as it may be changed any time in the business according to the needs requirements and financial budget turnover of the company.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
Once production booms, the loans from any source will be relieved and all we will be left with will be profit.
More ideas can be introduced with the help of the revenue generated from income.
Created on 03/2/2013 by Jeremy Aw Yong
Youths in modernized communities are becoming increasingly driven by material needs. Envisage Education (Envisage) believes that every human being has an inner good-side. However, this good-side of human beings is often clouded by the consumerism culture that we were brought up in. This resulted in most youths having a perception that only those who are wealthy are successful people, and that they should only pursue material needs to fulfill themselves.
Organization: Envisage Education Pte Ltd
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Creating sustainable changes through empathy and youth empowerment
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Growth (your pilot is up and running, and starting to expand)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Youths in modernized communities are becoming increasingly driven by material needs. Envisage Education (Envisage) believes that every human being has an inner good-side. However, this good-side of human beings is often clouded by the consumerism culture that we were brought up in. This resulted in most youths having a perception that only those who are wealthy are successful people, and that they should only pursue material needs to fulfill themselves. Envisage makes use of empathy simulation games to put the youths in situations of the less fortunate and to let them experience the side of life that they do not know. This brings out their inner empathy to the less fortunate and instill in them, the need to be active contributors and positive change-makers to the society.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Outreach to more youths (higher take up of the program by institutions)
2, Assist aspiring youths, who benefited from the program, to design and implement sustainable social projects
3. Development of more empathy tools and design-thinking frameworks to better educate the youths
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Performance Management
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Being in a growth stage, Envisage in currently restructuring the revenue model and operational efficiency. Due to the intensive manpower and cost constraints in conducting the projects, part-timers sometimes produce deficient results, which can undermine the effectiveness of the programs that Envisage teaches to the youth. Although the founders are passionate of the social cause, the inadequacy of staff productivity can become detrimental to the organization's reputation.
Envisage would like to obtain advice on developing the existing workforce to become more productive. At the same time, to advise the management on the various strategies to revise the revenue and operating model, to achieve greater efficiency and profitability.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
The support will be focused on the organization overall. As the adoption rate of the service is relatively high, Envisage believes that the key area of improvement, currently, would be to increase the efficiency of the organization, so as to be in a better position to handle a larger volume of orders.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Yes. Envisage has provided training to the existing staff and revamped the previous revenue model before. However, Envisage found that there is a delicate need to balance between the wants of the market buyers and the ability for Envisage to deliver, while maintaining the profit margin. As at date, Envisage has been making low margins out of the current services and are unable to expand the workforce to cope with the expansion.
Envisage has not worked with outside consultants before.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Improved revenue and operational model that increases productivity and profitability
2.
Greater productivity and involvement from the existing staff
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To develop future recruitment strategies to properly train and educate new recruits
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Ever since the incorporation 1 year ago, while the founders were still students, Envisage has reached out to more than 2000 students with the program. The most direct impact would be the rate of volunteerism among these students. As a progression from Envisage's curriculum, after instilling the inner empathy within participants, students were engaged in voluntary work in NGOs and VWOs. There were also several interesting entrepreneurial projects that were developed by the students, to benefit the less fortunate. For pictures of these projects, please visit www.envisageeducation,com.sg.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
With greater staff productivity and a more efficient revenue model, Envisage will be able to expand faster and take on higher volumes of requests. More youth will be exposed to the program and Envisage will be able to cultivate more social-entrepreneurial ideas from them.
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Created on 02/27/2013 by Bishal Dhakal
Health at Home (HHPL) stands for healthcare service access at home simplified and standardized by the help of compassionate, caring, customized team of people and delivered at your homely comfort with confidentiality. We are service of professional value which is governed by ethical and evidence based practice approach. Our service is flexible which is customized and designed around peoples need.
Organization: Health at Home private Limited (HHPL)
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Operating 1-5 years
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
We received Surya Nepal Social Entrepreneurship Award 2012 in Dec 2012. We were one among 5 winners. There were 85 participators from all over Nepal of different domains and capacity.
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We started health at home as a preventive healthcare delivery organization for chronic care management with fixed package cost. When we saw the demand was on direct care management at home we changed the direction towards the demand base and our negative became positive and we decided to walk where there was demand base ie taking care of patient at home.
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Health at Home Private Limited (HHPL)
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
We are out of hospital healthcare service delivery channel. We want to be innovative on service design, development and delivery for the every aspect of life and its changing issues. There were no organization/institution service need of healthcare delivery in local market. We thought there has to be continuum of care before hospital and after hospital thats what health at home was conceived.
We do have healthcare provider who do home visits like nurses, doctors and physiotherapist. What we dint had was standardization of the service and delivery of it in understandable and ethical pattern. Service like health at home makes people to contact one organization and avail cradle to grave service at their comfort zone of home.
We restrict ourself to the strict boundary of ethical practice of evidence based and fully consented service delivery model. As of innovation we can proudly say we were first of its kind n this subcontinent born indigenously with local capacity and human resources and skill.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
We dint had any such organization in our local market even not in subcontinent when we decided to create such service. We feel at times unfortunate and unlucky as we didn't get to learn for others failure. At the same time we got that opportunity to showcase we can delivery what was thought unnecessary or not very appropriate by traditional practitioners or healthcare institutions like hospitals and polyclinics. we defied the stereotype and became friends of patient even out of conventional healthcare organizations and we were able to do it consistently and constructively for last three years and more.
We take care of people who are unable to come out of their bed right at their home with more compassion and care.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
We are frugal and we think simple solution can be derived for complex issues like cancer care or palliative care. We make every one work for the shake of team and end delivery of care is managed by the care managers. We think in hierarchy and coordinating with the primary care provider will retain confidence of specialists on us and have organic relationship build up capacity. We dont encourage our employee at the end to do things which is not advised and take orders only advised it makes their service more professional and quality assured. We also make sure the service provider is qualified and have the knowledge of our operational model. This makes us easy to move as a team.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
We have already been able to create competition around us as there are some other small organizations starting up in home care front. We are simplifying our service and we are making our service more affordable. We are also making new innovative services available in different categories like we are creating nursing agency which is independent unit then we have coming up doctor on call service which is independent and so is physiotherapy and laboratory collection and reporting services. they all work in independent manner and health at home will be working for more complex cases and which needs more concentrated care and efforts.
This Entry is about (Issues)
read more↓↑ hide↑ hideThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Other specialty care
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Long-term care.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Creating access to healthcare through service delivery at home. We shave money for client as we cut short hospital stay which is tedious for family members and associated care taking party and help hospitals make more money by making hospitals more active on bed occupancy reate by leveraging faster discharge and more flow of work. We create work for people who are left unemployed in healthcare service sector like nurses, doctors and physiotherapist. We also have created extra volume of work for similar professionals who are willing to work extra hours. We bring value to the employee whose work is more demanding as they cant give time to take care of their loved ones, its gives them relief and respite of social responsibilities.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Start-up and growth (pilot is successful and starting to expand)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Patient-centered design, Redesign of the public healthcare system for more efficiency (in terms of processes, structure etc.), New/redefined roles for healthcare service provision, New approaches to distribution of health products and services.
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Education/training.
Please describe your solution in more detail
We tried something completely out of box for healthcare delivery services. There has been growing healthcare services in Nepal like hospitals, tertiary care services and super speciality centers, and everything was happening in more conventional and orthodox healthcare service delivery models. So, as gap was evidently growing, we decided to create something new and serve people who were not getting service in that area where the ACCESS was missing. the creating of formal Access to mainstream healthcare staying at home has been our one of the focus. We also wanted it to be associated with mainstream healthcare so that the continuum of care is not broken ever. This fundamental concept has helped our patient to stay connected with care
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Our objective is simple to create access of healthcare to people who need it at home at affordable cost. The service has to be self sustaining, replicable and scalable anywhere done. The service of healthcare is essential humanitarian service it has to be blend of social enterprise which evolves responsibly. We think this service is local now if done properly this service become global, specially for the societies or population in developing world like Asia and Africa.
What is your value proposition?
We approach to individual issue independently and let the solution be totally customizable and compatible to the individual’s need of care value. As we respect the individual capacity should not be limiting factor we make program as customized possible. We have some values that we follow very closely.
1. Compassion we practice the value of compassion as the foremost value of healing.
2. Care with professional value, ethical practice, evidence based knowledge and professional skill are associated with true care value of ours.
3. Confidentiality is respecting individual’s identity and dignity and we value that most.
4. Customization of service is mandatory for the service of human as every human is different.
5. Comfort as comfort of home is unmatchable for any individual.
Who is your customer(s)?
1. Sick people not improving with medical treatment and management at hospital for example in cancer care and palliative care.
2. chronic disease condition not necessarily requiring hospital care but require consistent medical vigilance and assistance for example in oxygen dependent people of respiratory illness, parkinsonism people with walking limitation, Dementia care and management etc.
3. People requiring multiple and frequent access to simple healthcare services like blood testing, medication management and physician visits in close intervals in weeks for example in old age related care.
4. Rehabilitation services like physiotherapy management at home.
5. Pharmacy deliveries, lab test and result delivery services,
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
.We have good network of our old clients who refer us to their other family members or friends.
.We have another network of good doctors who practice ethical and evidence based medicine.
.We also get walk in clients from social marketing and international base. Like Facebook and website.
.We have good relationship with good hospitals of Nepal like Norvic, OM, Medicare, Gangalal (Cardiac center), TUTH, Bir and other highly reputed and good flow hospitals.
.We have trusted office managers who ensure the link is maintained with the people who are eligible and willing to work and .we also have consistent flow of clients who maintain our work volume.
.We do marketing to that limit/extent where we can provide service. Till the record of our own existence we have not turn down any queri
What are your primary activities?
#People significantly not improving with medical treatment and management or not responding to management protocol of treatment at hospital for example in cancer care and palliative care.
#chronic disease but not necessarily need hospital care but require consistent medical vigilance and assistance for example in oxygen dependent people of respiratory illness, parkinsonism people with walking limitation, Dementia care and management etc.
# People requiring multiple and frequent access to simple healthcare services like blood testing, medication management and physician visits in close intervals in weeks for example in old age related care.
# People requiring rehabilitation services like physiotherapy management and care who not necessarily need hospital stay etc.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
We don't have market competition as of now in our service category. We are pioneer and have been able to create price tag according to our service design, which is considered as benchmark and revolves around the same value all the time. Where as there are group of nurses or physiotherapist who do pretend to present them self as a service provider, which have either had breakaway or had to shut down due to other reasons, which we don't get to know always.
There is none existing service provider in exact our value of integrated service provider in our market. There had been some nursing agencies and some physiotherapy services, which has evolved or inspired in our model. We don't think that is exact competitive model but they do take away some market share.
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
1. Personal (Non acceptance by family as a doable thing and rediculing process of quiting cardiac surgery residency to persue social enterprise and solution for service gap.)
2. Professional (Non support by senior practitioners as a service for needy one going out of hospital specially from the field of neurology, orthopedics and oncology. Humiliation of doing networking and asking for cases where as there were no one providing solution at the patients service.)
3. Financial (Non availability of fund for the start up both from personal front and banking sector)
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
1. Stabilize institutional development (Infrastructure, Training)
2. Marketing (Networking, Branding, MOU, Advertisements)
3. Verticals creations and spinoffs like nursing agency, physiotherapist-agency, equipment buy/sell/rent, doctor on call etc
4. IT integration for branding and e-commerce.
5. Starting training institution for home caregivers in local centre(HR development)
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s), New regions(s), New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
We have tested our product idea, solution concept design and service delivery to the level from where we can say it has worked well for the existing service gap in healthcare delivery. We have been able to make it responsible service both inside organizational value and outside in society (Award, Media and word of mouth referral). We have future plan to expand, stabilize and globalize the service.
What are your key growth objectives?
We want to make it a concept/brand of service which is needed in every society.
No one has to think that the service of healthcare is only confined to the boundaries of hospital or individual.
The process of the service of home healthcare has to be affordable, sustainable, and suitable according to the social structure and values. Home healthcare has to be complimenting service.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
Short term: We have plans to open new centers in other cities of Nepal or subcontinent.
We have been training in-house staff to run service centres independently.
We have two new independent services arm likely nursing agency and a physician service coming independently as spin off.
We are trying to sign an agreement with hospitals and healthcare organizations for referral base creation.
We are networking with independent specialist for specialist based services development.
Long term: Health at home has to be model of service for the any societies in world be it replicate or partner with our organization. health at home has to be complete institution with training modules, service mechanisms and success stories.
read more↓↑ hide↑ hideWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
Social impacts
1. Patients/clients
Saving patients money as they don't have to stay in hospital for extended stay.People recover fast and enjoy recuperating in home (clients satisfaction),personalized care and attention which is sense of exclusivity.
2. Healthcare institutions like hospitals/polyclinics/Insurance
Increased patient rollover, which improves turnover for bed occupancy ratio, which is marker of increased performance of institution. If hospital are efficient with smaller capacity the overhead of the institution is lesser.Gives access to healthcare solution of beyond hospitals and infrastructure based services. Improves income if partnered with such organization and patient is rolled from hospital there can be resources sharing model that can be net income.
3. Healthcare professionals and individuals
It is relief for professionals as such service gives them service expansion option to home. They will have better monitoring access and services like orthopedics specialist giving solution of physiotherapy, OB/GYN giving service of neonatal and infant sick baby care and neurologist giving service for dementia care and management etc.
4. Caretaking family and friends
Reduces logistics support for caretaking of patient like duties in hospital (Attendants), food deliveries and freight and transportation cost. People of family are assured and are more productive as they will be able to do their daily work and duties/jobs. Saves money for all the cost and direct expense at hospital and treatment management.
There are other impacts in social and environment too.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
1. Our growth (numbers, retention)
2. Our sustainbility.
3. Social respect and impact.
4. Happiness of consumer and client including refferal from clients.
5. Award that we received as social enterprise recently.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
When we started there was no service of such kind in our society so are many societies in global context such service is non existent. We did struggle and get it right to the extent its been praised and appreciated by both end user/society and service deliver agents/healthcare service providers etc. We think its fundamentally based in universal principal of healthcare where ever there is people and population base we can work.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
We would like to become healthcare option at home for the people who need it. We will be more flexible with people capacity of both end on consumer end as affordability and technicality of handling complex and difficult cases on institutional capacity. We would like to have training integrated in the service and access to grassroots people for creating alternate job solution and service available for poor people too which will make it inclusive. We would like to be still self-sustaining, organically growing and replicable model of healthcare. We would like to partner with global leaders to learn, explore and exchange. We would like to be more universal and technologically driven which has to bring more value in care.
read more↓↑ hide↑ hideElaborate on your current financing strategy
We are service oriented so our revenue is maintained in few streams, like of nursing care service, doctors call and services, physiotherapy services and equipment sales and rental, lab services, transportation services etc. We collect all revenue in one pool and disburse our service providers and other liability at the start of the month for previous month. We dont operate on advance payment. We always bill our clients after providing service at the end of the month. We are growing at the pace of 100% each year since inception. I started with the cash of 500K NPR in end of 2009 and we have revenue of 5000K for the last year balance sheet 2011-2012. Our financial values at the end of the year 2012-‐13 should look as mentioned below, this with similar work flow and growth pattern.
Total revenue: 70-‐100 Lacks NPR
Expenditure: 50-‐70 lacks NPR
Net: 20-‐30 Lacks NPR
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Individuals, Patients.
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
We generate revenue by placement in per-dime basis and in term contract basis. We have pool of flexible numbers as the number of client is changing all the time. We want to add more services and we also want to diversify service modality like integrating more nursing and physiotherapy agency format and outsourcing agency. Integrating equipment and rehabilitation store services.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
We have adopted organization like old age home who are run in charity and specially looks after old aged people who are left in street for unknown reasons. We call it adoption as the service we will provide will be more valuable to more destitute people. Currently we are looking after 50 old people at old age home. Its managed by us completely by our resource and person.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
We are making some profit and always been on positive balance side since we started our service. We have small growth all the time from the resources we generate. We have two scope of growth one is organic and another inorganic. In organic we will invest around 10-20% of our resource all the time for the development of organization capacity, promotion and networking. In inorganic we will invest from external source by dissolving some equity or seeking loan (currently seeking with external party, investor and individuals) to invest in physical capacity of institution and make it more productive. The service will come up in many verticals simultaneously and service will be more dynamic. We will invest in hardware and generate more revenue by the enhanced service delivery capacity. Basically we will sustain and grow by creating service and delivering it in balanced and frugal way.
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