Maatiam

Overview:
Maatiam (formerly FreePledge) is a young for-profit social venture that aims to become the leading social retail channel that enables consumers to support their causes while shopping online.

Maatiam has developed solutions that bring together socially conscious consumers, socially responsible corporations, online retailers, and nonprofit organizations. Maatiam has created a win-win-win-win situation by introducing consumption based philanthropy to the average online consumers.

Graduate Student Role:
We are seeking a graduate student to work with the funding team to develop a business plan to address our target strategic partners in the retail space (market analysis including industry trends, competition, market size, barriers to entry; business model; value proposition).

Contact information:
Caroline Bernadi
Co-founder
Caroline@maatiam.com
650 283 7265
www.maatiam.com

Agricola International

SEEKING MILLENNIUM PROMISE BUILDERS

Background

According to the revised poverty reduction strategy paper of 2006, 57% of Senegal’s 11.3 million inhabitants is poor and lives off less than U$1 per day. Women and youths below 30 constitute 80% of the population and 90% of the impoverished and income strapped segment. Of these, more than 3 million intelligent, and ambitious able-bodied youths are struggling to find jobs and business opportunities but are constrained by the lack of opportunity.

AGROCLA’S PROMISE

Agricola International positions itself as a land developer, a leasing company, an investment broker, a franchisor, a savings and loans provider and a marketing service provider. We franchise agricultural condominiums to enable poor youths to own highly productive business enterprises on a pay-as-you-earn basis. We use marketing and branding to create the term Esperanto as our trademark, which describes a new generation of dynamic young change makers and social activists groomed to stimulate Africa’s Green Revolution and to fulfill the millennium promise on the African continent by:

- Converting small owner-managed agricultural production systems into mega industries composed of a critical mass of youth entrepreneurs motivated to pool together their resources, talents and energies for profitable production designed to maximize returns per unit of irrigated space to competitive levels with other natural resources like, phosphate and gold currently mined in Senegal.

We strive to keep several windows simultaneously open on a promising future by inventing the (B.F.O.T) Build, Franchise, Operate and Transfer system with emphasis on:

• Build and develop land and turnkey business opportunities to produce high value crops for local markets, import substitution and exports.
• Franchise through training and coaching to establish profitable life-long joint venture partnerships with bank-unworthy poor.
• Operate and manage systems that transform and empower the poor
• Transfer infrastructural and technological packages to those who show readiness, diligence and willingness to consolidate success.

OPPORTUNITY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Are you a graduate student with an interest in Africa?

Are you proficient in computer-modeling production and supply chain systems?

Do you have the acumen to play a key role in developing foreign markets for exporting high quality ordinary and organic products?

Are you determined to model your career path from volunteer to CEO in 5 years.

CONTACT

If you think the above profile describes you, send a ONE PAGE letter of interest to Francis Nuwame (Director)- francagricola@yahoo.fr

Maatiam

Maatiam (formerly FreePledge) is a young for-profit social venture that aims to become the leading social retail channel that enables consumers to support their causes while shopping online.

Maatiam has developed solutions that bring together socially conscious consumers, socially responsible corporations, online retailers, and nonprofit organizations. Maatiam has created a win-win-win-win situation by introducing consumption based philanthropy to the average online consumers.

Graduate Student Role:
We are seeking a graduate student to work with the funding team to develop a business plan to address our target strategic partners in the retail space (market analysis including industry trends, competition, market size, barriers to entry; business model; value proposition).

Contact information:
Caroline Bernadi
Co-founder
Caroline@maatiam.com
650 283 7265
www.maatiam.com

MOMS Incorporated

Thriving Moms. Thriving Communities. Thriving Economy

MOMS Incorporated is social venture committed to providing high quality services and products while following a unique and innovative family-friendly business model. MOMS Incorporated will provide outsourcing services and specialty products by utilizing the skills, talents and expertise of stay-home moms or working moms who wish to spend more time caring for their small children.

MOMS Incorporated business strategy embodies two key elements:

1. Family-friendly business model:

• The unique and innovative family-friendly business model will be the first of its kind in the Bay Area.
• Apprenticeship opportunities will effectively increase wide-area workforce productivity and career development among employees.
• The family-friendly policies will increase productivity by decreasing turnover, absenteeism, tardiness, low morale and illnesses.
• Opportunities will be available for moms to learn how to develop a business and will help moms attain the skills to grow as entrepreneurs.

2. Services and products:

• Outsourcing services will vary in order to accommodate business and market needs.
• High quality products will be produced according to business and market needs.
• Only services and products of the highest quality will be offered and they will be delivered to customers with a “personal touch”.

Strategic Objectives

• To provide high quality services and products to meet the changing needs of local individuals, small businesses, nonprofit and public organizations and corporations.
• To promote and create business networks of local moms with similar skills, interest and expertise.
• To promote and increase quality family time.
• To create and foster business partnerships among communities and increase awareness of importance of family-friendly business models.
• To strengthen local economies by supporting the economic needs of local families and the business community.

Business Needs:
We are interested in finding a graduate student who can help us further develop our current business plan. In particular, we are looking for a student who has or would like to acquire more experience in developing a solid marketing, operational, management and organizational plan. It would be helpful for the graduate student to understand the current economic status of young families with small children in California. The student will be working with a group of moms who have a great vision but lack the skills to develop a sustainable social entrepreneurship. The family-friendly business model that MOMS Incorporated is hoping to create will be the first of its kind in California.

MOMS Incorporated
Making Entrepreneurial Connections for Moms
(510) 917-0181
(707) 299-0856 fax
Email: normalisenko@comcast.net