Integrate insights from at least five different valid sources for your chosen social enterprise and provide those citations in your blog. 

The company that I will be creating a business model canvas for is the Envirofit International.

Key Partners- Colorado State University’s Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, Shell Foundation, and people in the country that they are selling to.

Key Activities- Making clean cookstoves distributed to over 45 countries.

Key Resources- FMO financing and Shell Foundation.

Value Propositions- Giving people affordable and efficient clean cookware, this improves peoples livelihoods.

Customer Relationships- They are a sought after product in many countries that don’t currently have a good way to cook cleanly.

Channels- The innovation it took to make this cookware is not comparable on the current marketplace.

Customer Segments- People who do not have access to clean sustainable cookware.  Also, for people who are not able to afford more expensive cookware.

Cost Structure- The fixed cost is the salaries of the people working for Envirofit and the places where they make the stoves.  The variable costs are the number of stoves needed and how much transportation it takes to get the stoves to the customers.

Revenue Streams- The revenue comes from the assets sale of the stoves and also a new “Pay-as-you-Cook” model for the SmartGas.

 

 

Sources: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTENERGY/Resources/335544-1232567547944/5755469-1239633250635/Ron_Bills.pdf

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https://www.fmo.nl/project-detail/54741

 

List five take-aways from Guy Kawasaki’s talk and explain exactly how you will integrate that concept/construct/strategy into your project. Make it compelling. Don’t write generic forgettable text.

My first take-away is to have the right intentions when creating a project.  It is important to think about what is the reason for the project and is it something that will benefit humanity or is it just a way to make money.  I think our project is geared directly to improving the lives of the women in the co-op and is not just a way to make money, but rather a way to improve the lives of the women.  Another take-away was to not have MBAs be the investors in your project because they are concerned about making money and not making a difference.  Try to create a product that is unique so that there is not as much competition.  Make sure your product is marketable and has a demand in the market.  These two concepts are necessary to create a working business model that can create a project that can make a difference.  It is not necessary to be an expert in the complete area that you are working in, but it is important to show an enthusiasm and confidence that you can get the job done.