An application that notifies customers of discounts on food items posted by vendors.
industry:
Social Ventures
needs:
Mentors,
Market Analysis,
Finance and Accounting
ARE Sciences Foundation will sell cards, stationary, and other items based on the multi-media artwork of one of its members. The Foundation has the complete body of work of Leslie Dean Price, a World War II Veteran who became the architect of Georgetown University. The funds will be used to create an endowment to further the work of others in the areas of painting, poetry, and music, and to further the work of the Foundation. The Foundation's primary purpose is to support the teaching of four particular visionaries: Howard T. Odum, Louis O. Kelso, Buckminster Fuller, and Stafford Beer.
industry:
Social Ventures
needs:
Team Members,
Mentors,
Advisors,
Product Development,
Market Analysis,
Communication Strategy
Tutorconnect is a website that aims to connect ambitious students looking to capitalize on their abilities with peers that are seeking help in class. The website will feature a ranking system where tutors accumulate reputation points in specific subject areas determining their hourly wage. Tutors pay a small initial fee and simply post the subjects area(s) they want to work with. Students would surf an organized catalog of tutors to find the right help. The website will also feature an advanced videochatting client to help the tutor target a students needs more directly in each subject area.
industry:
Social Ventures
needs:
Team Members,
Technology,
Operations and Management
The Confluence Land Trust will take an innovative approach to resisting economic and social decline with a focus on building the capacity of individuals at the neighborhood level. As a St. Louis-based 501(c)(3), the primary goal of the Land Trust is to breathe new life into tax delinquent, abandoned, or donated properties by reclaiming them as valuable community assets that can be of private, commercial or collective use. We will accomplish this goal through strategically-located Neighborhood Resource Centers for skills training that will also function as points of community engagement.
industry:
Social Ventures,
Minority Entrepreneurs
needs:
Mentors,
Advisors,
Investors,
Market Analysis,
Finance and Accounting
The Old North Culinary Incubator will be a shared-use commercial kitchen in which small businesses can produce food in compliance with FDA safety regulation. As a 501(c)(3), the Culinary Incubator’s timeshare organizational structure will act as a catalytic force to enable entrepreneurial opportunity within the neighborhood while simultaneously increasing access to healthy food and promoting sustainable lifestyles. The overarching goal of the project is to build community through innovation brick by brick, bite by bite.
industry:
Social Ventures,
Minority Entrepreneurs
needs:
Mentors,
Advisors,
Product Development,
Investors
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