Agora Enterprises: From Aid to Paid

Transforming People &

Communities

through Sustainable

Enterprise

© 2015 Agora EnterprisesCreated by Zelos LLC

From Aid to Paid:

THE LUXURY OF A GOOD JOB

INTRODUCTION

“What the whole world wants is a good job.”- Jim Clifton, CEO of Gallup

GIVING AID, BUT NOT PAIDThe Problem

*Good job defined as a full-time, formal job. Statistics from Gallup’s World Poll as recorded in Jim Clifton’s The Coming

Jobs War.

That’s a 60% shortage of GOOD jobs

THE GOD JOBS SHORTAGE

ENTERPRISE

THE SOLUTION

ENTERPRISE…

…creates sustainable jobs and income

ENTERPRISE…

…inspires innovation

ENTERPRISE…

…promotes lasting transformation

Sending aid does NONE of

that…

THE POWER OF SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS BUSINESS

The Impact of Socially

Conscious Business

The Impact of Socially

Conscious Business

AGORA’S VISION, MISSION, AND STRATEGY

THE SOLUTION

Vision & Mission

Vision

Unleashing entrepreneurs and socially conscious business to be a catalytic force sparking lasting change spiritually, socially, and economically in

communities worldwide.

Our Vision

THIS…

Our Vision

…TO THIS

…THROUGH UNLEASHING ENTREPRENEURS!

Our Vision

MissionTo enhance the spiritual, social and economic

prosperity of developing and disadvantaged communities, both domestic and abroad, by training and supporting entrepreneurs to establish profitable

businesses which holistically benefit those communities, create jobs, and inspire local

entrepreneurs to do the same.

SEED ModelWe accomplish our mission through our SEED model:

Scaling: Establishing Venture Villages across the globe which train, fund, launch, and supportlocal socially conscious entrepreneurs

SEED Model

We accomplish our mission through our SEED model:

Equipping: Providing a comprehensive solution for the assessment, training, coaching, and ongoing support of socially conscious entrepreneurs

SEED Model

We accomplish our mission through our SEED model:

Enterprising: Offering social franchising opportunities for socially conscious entrepreneurs in collaboration with our international corporate and franchise partners

SEED ModelWe accomplish our mission through our SEED model:

Developing: Funding business startups through donated funds, crowdfunding, and our private equity team made up of investors who wish to invest in domestic and emerging market SME opportunities

Strategy

Strategy: A Comprehensive Solution

Comprehensive Two-Pronged Approach:• The training, funding, support, and launch of Western

Entrepreneurs in underprivileged or developing communities in the West and abroad

• The training, funding, support, and launch of indigenous entrepreneurs in their own communities

Strategy: Global Entrepreneur Training Program

Identify &

Assess

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Business &

StrategicCoaching

Mentoring

Spiritual

Coach Train Fund LaunchDeployme

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Private

Equity

Donated

Funds

Loans

Logistics

In Country Arrival

Company Startup

GET

Coaching

Advanced

EducationAdvisor

y Boards

Peer 2 Peer

Mentoring

Ongoing Support

Crowdfunding

Language &

Culture

Strategy: Venture Villages

Goal:Establish 100 Ventures Villages to launch 5,000

businesses and create 50,000 good jobs in developing or underprivileged communities in the next 10 years

Strategy: Venture VillagesComponents: Application process that is open yet highly competitive Focus on small teams not individuals 12 week program including condensed GET content and

comprising programmed events, strategic coaching/mentoring, compact intensive training, startup founders supported in cohort batches/classes

Seed money opportunities via equity investment, loans, crowdfunding, donated funds

Post launch support

“We’re in the business

of putting poverty

OUT of business.”

Our goal is to…LAUNCH TRAIN

CREATING

…in the next 10 years

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