“It was the skill and passion of 100 volunteers that brought us from idea to feasible concept in a year.” www.TheOceanCleanup.com Offering A way to remove trillions of pieces of plastic polluting Earth’s oceans, in 5 years rather than 79,000 years. Long, specially designed floating barriers let the ocean currents divert the plastic. Value Proposed
Every Cure
everycure.org A nonprofit enterprise devoted to discovering the existing drugs that can treat rare diseases that otherwise have no treatment. Now includes use of Artificial Intelligence. Search online and read the amazing story of Every Cure’s founder, David Fajgenbaum, who “chased his own cure” for a rare disease when he was a medical student and
Teach for America
www.TFA.org Offering For Graduating College Seniors: Two-year paid opportunity to teach in high-poverty public schools, as member of teaching corps called “Teach for America.” Training during summer between graduation & first teaching year. For Low-Income U.S. School Districts: High academic achievers who want to teach in their schools. Where status quo already includes hiring
www.Google.com Original Offering Significantly better search engine. Value Proposed World’s information more accessible. Resources that Offering Makes More Of i. Internet. ii. Information stored on Internet. iii. Founders’ Computer Science knowledge: Discovery about dynamics of Internet links. General insights about human-computer interaction. Societal Progress “Profit” — benefit to U.S. economy. “People” — more use of
Khan Academy
“You only have to know one thing … You can learn anything.” www.KhanAcademy.org Offering Free online library of instructional videos. Covering multiple subjects, one step at a time, from beginner to advanced. Value Proposed For Students Anywhere on Planet: Videos designed for “successful learning.” Painless learning that encourages wanting to know more. For Schools:
Vitals
Pricing Transparency and Provider Ratings Allows Customers to Shop for the Best Health Care. www.Vitals.com Offering For Consumers: Comparative pricing information for medical procedures at different providers. Cash ~reward if choose low-cost provider. Information about provider quality of care (e.g., patient ratings, outcome measures, volume of procedures), provided by customers of Vitals and made available to
Farm Logs
“We’re a company that’s focused on solving real problems for growers.” www.FarmLogs.com Offering Cloud-based Information System for Farm Management: Continually updated system of information at per-acre level. All designed to allow farmers to dramatically increase the yield they realize. Includes farmer input via notes into app (e.g., date and type of seed planted) and
Prison Entrepreneurship Program
“Many inmates come to prison as seasoned entrepreneurs who happened to run illegitimate businesses.” www.PEP.org Offering In-Prison Entrepreneurship “Bootcamp.” For Graduates: Lifetime Support Upon Prison Release Value Proposed To Inmates: Engage strengths toward legal enterprise. Key Resources Leveraged by Way of Offering: i. Demonstrated entrepreneurial talent of certain inmates. ii. Program founder’s knowledge of