[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

Students are always interested to engage in extra curricular activities, thus do something outside the classroom in order to gain some soft and technical skills that will develop and empower them in the pursuit of their career goals. These students also while in school have numerous business ideas that they will like implement in order to solve societal problems by producing a product or providing a service which will earn them an income to support themselves on campus. However, these students do not get the needed support systems such as funding, business development trainings and startul tools to implement their ideas. This webinar will educate and onboard 100 students who have business ideas related to Blockchain and financial technologies.

This will be a one-month virtual meet-up to be hosted in four (4) on four (4) Saturdays

AIM & PURPOSE.

To introduce 100 MBA students at Manipal Academy of Higher Education to catalyst and equip them with business development and entrepreneurial skills and resources.

Objectives:

1. To educate 100 MBA students on Cardano project catalyst in the first week of October
2. To provide intensive training to 100 Manipal MBA students on busines plan and proposal writing by mid October
3. To host a business pitching program for 50 innovative business ideas

[IMPACT] Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.

This proposal will serve the purpose and goal of this challenge, i.e, F9: Challenge & Scouted for students. This will provide student entrepreneurs the opportunity to raise money to start or grow their businesses. This will help curb graduate unemployment and improve economic growth and development.

[IMPACT] What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?

Risk will be internet connection challenges due to weak internet connections at certain locations. However, to avoid this, a strong laptop and 4G LTE router will aid me to smoothly host a successful webinar series.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed plan, including timeline and key milestones for delivering your proposal.

OCTOBER 2022

Target audience: MBA students at Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Venue: Zoom/ Google Meet

First Saturday - Session on Catalyst introduction

Second Saturday - Session on Busines plan and proposal writing

Third Saturday - Business pitching program

Last Saturday - Closing and funding ceremony

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

BUDGET:

1. Purchase of administrative Laptop - $1500

2. 4G LTE Router - $ 500

3. Internet data subscription (1 month ) - $500

4. Seed funding for 10 innovative Catalyst startup ideas - $200*10 = $2000

5. incentive for host - $500

GRAND TOTAL - $5000.00

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide details of the people who will work on the project.

Mohamed Mustapha Yakubu - Host

Mohamed Mustapha Yakubu is a graduate at Manipal Academy Of Higher Education (MAHE) pursuing online MBA. He's a Cardano meet-up host, works also proposers in Ghana, and has skills in hosting webinars and physical meetups. He's passionate about business development and startups.

Student Email - [email protected]

Telegram - www.t.me/mmustaphayakubu

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed-mustapha-yakubu-a08455125

[FEASIBILITY] If you are funded, will you return to Catalyst in a later round for further funding? Please explain why / why not.

yes, we may need to expand outreach to more student entrepreneurs in other schools.

[AUDITABILITY] Please describe what you will measure to track your project's progress, and how will you measure these?

AUDITABLITY & TRACKING

1. Register and extract database of participants to be reported to catalyst
2. Recording of webinar trainings
3. Media blog published at end of project
4. Social media marketing about project and project catalyst with tagging of Catalyst community and Cardano ecosystem
5. 100 students to participate fully
6. 10 innovative business ideas to be selected and funded

[AUDITABILITY] What does success for this project look like?

METRICS TO EVALUATE SUCCESS

By end of project, student participants will achieve the following:

1. 10 innovative business ideas to receive funding of $200 each for implementation.
2. Understand clearly and have more insight into what Cardano stands for, Catalyst and blockchain technology.
3. Have a better knowledge and comprehension of the Cardano potentials for decentralised banking and store of value.
4. Learn the best practices and strategies to adopt to effectively and efficiently communicate and lead for Cardano (Project Catalyst).
5. Be able to plan and prepare a concise project proposal on IdeaScale
6. Be acquainted with Catalyst and Cardano policies, organograms, communication tools/channels, organization culture, conflict management, and values.
7. Network and have refreshing pep talks with peers and experts in the catalyst community.

[AUDITABILITY] Please provide information on whether this proposal is a continuation of a previously funded project in Catalyst or an entirely new one.

Entirely a new proposal in this new challenge category.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Rating

This proposal is critically essential to the success of of the sustainable goal 4 - Quality Education. This is because when students are provided with business development and personal development opportunities, it makes the delivery of education quality. Providing this opportunity will also enhance adoption of catalyst since it will become attractive to students which will inspire non students to enroll in schools to also benefit from this opportunity. This then improve access to quality and an equal financing and resource distribution for students.