GSIF Blog Post March 27 2020

 

  •  List five compelling take-aways from the Art of the Start

 

  • Mission statements must be short and to the point. The mission statements, and/or mantras, should be direct and state what our product’s overall goal is. 
  • 10/20/30 rule will allow you to prove you are knowledgeable about your topic. 
  • keep it simple: parents are busy, especially caregivers who struggle with children with disabilities. the easier it is, the more people that will get their kids screened for our project 
  • Ask women: our entire project is focused around caregivers and children. We must work with them collaboratively.
  • You have to have people of different skills sets and backgrounds on your team. Some will be more focused on the details, some will be able to see the larger picture, and others can help with the organization of the project. A successful project/team will incorporate people of different skill sets and make sure that all people are heard.

 

 

  • Articulate your value propositions for your diverse customer segments.

 

 

For parents who have children that are displaying signs of autism, our autism screener is an assessment tool that allows children to be screened for autism, so that they will be provided with the opportunities to live a life of quality that typically developing children have.

 

For educators who have children that are displaying behavioral difficulties, our autism screener is an assessment tool that allows children to be screened for autism, so that you can identify their areas of need and provide services to enhance their educational experience.

 

For healthcare personnel, who have patients that are displaying developmental abnormalities, our autism screener is an assessment tool that allows children to be screened for autism, so that you can provide assistance for families and recommend support services for their child. 

 

 

  • Discuss your Total Available Market and Total Addressable Market. List all your assumptions and hypothesis. 

 

 

Total Available Market:

Our market encompasses a large range of customers. Schools will want to use our screener for students they may suspect have Autism as well as hospitals and clinics. Individually, caregivers of children who suspect their child is different will want their child to be screened. Caregivers are usually female, however not exclusively, and the age range is open ended.

There are approximately 80 hospitals across Sierra Leone that are public or privately owned, with 17 of them being government owned. Currently, there are 3,660,818 women living in Sierra Leone who on average have 4.359 children. Additionally, there are over 500 schools in Sierra Leone with varying enrollment.  This is a massive population that could possibly use this screener. 

 

Total Addressable Market:

As this is our initial trip to Sierra Leone for our venture, we will be heavily relying on the few connections that we have created. During this trip, we plan to create more relationships so that in the future a more solidified total addressable market plan could be created. Our current connections with World Health Organization and Sierra Leone Autistic Society are part of our initial reach, however the sky’s the limit as once citizens are trained to use the screener, they will be able to reach many more children than we could. 

 

Resources:

https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/SR215/SR215.pdf

http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/sectors-sierra_leone/business/health_and_medical/

https://countrymeters.info/en/Sierra_Leone

https://tradingeconomics.com/sierra-leone/fertility-rate-total-births-per-woman-wb-data.html

One thought on “GSIF Blog Post March 27 2020

  1. Fantastic work – I like that you connected the Art of the Start to your project specifically, and your answers for 2 and 3 are detailed and well thought out.

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