Entrepreneurship

Develop a business plan to solve the problem of urban waste management

Conduct market research, test your solutions and prepare a scalable business plan to solve the problem of urban waste management.

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Role

Waste Management Specialist

Industry

Impact Investment

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Level

Intermediate

Time Commitment

Duration

30 days

Tools you’ll learn

Here’s What You Work On

About the Company

Village Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in ideas that can bring a positive change to the world. Considered one of the best-networked impact investing firm in the world, Village Capital has supported the entrepreneurial journey of several business leaders in the field of education, healthcare solutions and agriculture! VillCap prefers to invest in solving problems instead of choosing industries. In this menternship co-designed by Village Capital, you will work on a problem that is global in its scale. You will work on the issue of urban waste management and design a business plan that solves for one or several of the elements of urban waste management.

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the following work techniques

Business model canvas

4Ps of marketing

Business pitch deck

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Bridging the gap

70% of our global population is headed to live in urban areas. As people move from rural to urban areas, they unlock diversity, opportunities and growth. Unfortunately, they also generate a lot more waste! An urban lifestyle is prone to waste generation as abundance of resources often leads to overconsumption and unsustainable processing of whatever is ‘thrown away’. Urban waste management is both a B2B as well as B2C industry - there are several companies that are selling their services of composting and waste collection products to other businesses, similarly there is an equal number of public and private bodies that focus on servicing individuals and households. It is up to you to decide which customers will you choose to service!

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the following skills

Competitive value proposition

Idea generation for business

Prototyping (Business)

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Expected output

Design a business plan in the field of urban waste management.

Create

the following deliverables

A scalable business model

A detailed business plan in the field of urban waste management

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What you’ll need before starting

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Develop a business plan to solve the problem of urban waste management

Conduct market research, test your solutions and prepare a scalable business plan to solve the problem of urban waste management.

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Get Guidance in One-on-One Mentor Hours

Ask Questions in our Biweekly AMA

Resolve all doubts on Mentor Support Chatbox

Get Actionable Mentor Feedback on your work

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