I Create Mission Vision Model

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I Create, Inc

• 12 Years of Creating Job-Creators
• Among the Disadvantaged in India

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Mission

• Empower disadvantaged members of society through
  entrepreneurship training, access to capital
  mentoring
• Create Job-Creators.

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Target Groups

• Women
• Widows
• Devadasis
• Destitutes
• Self Help Groups
• Slum Dwellers
• Rag pickers
• Tribal

• YOUTH
• Street Kids
• Orphans
• Unemployed Youth
• Students from
• Colleges
• Technical Institutions

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Background

• I Create India National Entity
• (Trust)
• I Create, Inc - 501( C)(3), Incorporated in 2000.
• Strategic Partner NFTE
• Centers
• Kolkata/Jaipur/Baroda/Bangalore (2)/ Hubli/Mumbai
  (2)/Rajkot/ Delhi

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Centers In Pipe Line

• WRSSF
• 15 Centers in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa
• SKIP
• 200 Members in 8 regional set up
• Don Bosco
• 16 Provinces in India
• Goa Chamber of Commerce Industry
• Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and
  Agriculture
• Many Educational Institutions

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Model

• Modified Business Format Franchising
• Each Center- A Separate Legal Entity
• Sponsor Responsible for Admin Funding
• Support from I Create National Academy
• Training Material Methodology
• Sharing Knowledge Best Practices
• Quality Control
• Program Implementation

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Training Modules

• Training of Trainers (TOT) 5 days.
• Entrepreneurial Awareness Program (EAP) half a
  day.
• Aspiring Entrepreneurs Workshop (AEW) 3 to 5
  days.
• 40 Period Course Educational Institutions
• Follow-up Sessions

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JOURNEY SO FAR

• Master Trainers (MT) Trained 1,064
• Participants in Entrepreneurship Awareness
  Program (EAP) 30,399
• Participants in Aspiring Entrepreneurs Workshop
  (AEW) 6,846
• Started Own Business 1,437

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Youth Workshop - Bombay
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Attentive Listeners
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Determined to be Entrepreneurs
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Biz-Plan Winner
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Accolades

• Best Partner Award from NFTE
• Best Social Entrepreneurship Program Award from
  US Indian American Chamber of Commerce
• Three Year Project Funding by Merrill Lynch for
  implementation of Student Program in colleges.
• Partner in Nation Building Projects By Pan IIT
  Alumni India

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Key Factors for Success

• Local Champions
• Partnership leveraging
• System dependency not people dependency
• Master Trainer - Change Agent

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Main Programs

• AEW

• CMS

• Aspiring Entrepreneurs Workshop
• Partner with NGOs, Skills training orgs, Self
  Help Groups etc

• Change the Mind Set
• Students of Educational Institutions colleges,
  I T I s, Skill Development entities etc

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AEW

• Choose Partner
• Identify Beneficiaries
• Select Participants (EAP if needed)
• Conduct Training 3 to 5 days
• Follow up (4 to 6 weeks later)
• Mentor to write Biz Plan
• Linkages capital domain expert

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CMS

• Outreach to educational institutions.
• EAP for New Institutions, if needed.
• Administration and students sign off.
• Selected Faculty trained as MT (TOT).
• Selected students undergo I Create 40 Period
  Course. (Age 17 to 23)
• Either over 1 or 2 semesters or as a
  Workshop/Camp for 5 days.

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..CMS (contd)

• Students prepare individual Biz Plan.
• Institution Level Biz Plan Competition to select
  3 best plan.
• Center Level Competition (November) with all
  institutions participating.
• Top 2 or 3 from each center go to National Level
  Competition.
• Best MT also selected
• Certificates Prizes

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..CMS (contd)

• NBPC National Business Plan Competition
• Jan/Feb each Year
• Different Center by rotation
• Certificates and Prizes
• Best National Level MT
• Top Winner to New York in April for NFTE Global
  Event

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Deaf Dumb Student
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NFTE GALA-New York

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Tall The Short Of It
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• Thank You
• For
• Supporting the Cause