1. 2013 KICKSTARTER
CHANGE FELLOWS
What you need to know, how
it works and how to apply

2. SO WHO IS RUNNING THIS
GIG?
oWACMS Social Capital is part of WACMS Nigeria Limited, owners of the West Africa
Capital Market School www.mywacms.com
oWe want to transform Africa by turning its challenges into business opportunities
oWe believe that social enterprises and not aid will drive growth to the most disadvantaged
people
oWe provide training, impact measurement tools, incubator support and social finance for the
greatest ideas (yours maybe?)
oOur partners are social e-evaluator of Holland http://www.socialevaluator.eu/ and Talent
Beyond Limits http://www.talentbeyondlimits.nl/
oTogether we are supporting the brightest minds – we call them Kickstarter Change Fellows

3. WHO ARE KICKSTARTER
CHANGE FELLOWS?
oPeople who see the world as they want it to be
oHave a deep understanding of the cycle of poverty and exclusion
oCrazy about building businesses that solve the greatest problems
oWant to make profits (yes..20-30% return p.a.)
oTrained to build amazing prototypes
oPitch ideas to international investors
Sound interesting? Come on inside!
Warning!
High
pressure environment
with highly intelligent
peers

4. FIRST WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Misery & social
dysfunction?

5. NOW LOOK AGAIN!
Reform domestics hiring? Alternative power? Land rights registry?
Water testing kits? Parent owned schools? Hawker education

6. JUST HOW BIG IS THE
OPPORTUNITY?
Think about it! Why are the
largest companies in the
world selling to the bottom of
the pyramid?
Credit recharge, biscuits,
soft drinks, bottled water…
One word SCALE

7. HOW PROFITABLE IS THIS
MARKET?
5 Trillion dollars
and counting

8. BUT WHAT IF YOU HAVE..
No ideas? We will help
you develop one in class
No money? Tell us
your big idea and if it
makes us dance, we
will fund your
attendance
No time? Join the
virtual incubator. If you
can’t do this you
shouldn’t be here

9. THREE “MUST HAVES”
Passion Pin Point Focus Persistence

10. NOW HOW DOES IT
WORK?
Six stages of the Kickstarter
process

11. SIX STEP SUCCESS
1. See challenge and opportunity 2. Apply to the Change Fellow program 3. Create world class model in class
4. Enter the 2 month virtual or
physical incubator program
5. Demo night! Pitch to
international social investors
6. Get funding via equity investment
or social exchange listing

12. A FEW RULES FOR
APPLICANTS
Promote or improve inclusion for
people, irrespective of gender, race,
tribe and education
Promote healthy family relationships
Promote community and
collaboration
Have a clear statement of mission
Show evidence of good governance
Stress the stewardship of
resources
Do not damage health, morals or
conscience
Do not exploit people based on their
education or access to resources
/information, nor elongate the
delivery chain
Do not advance or promote societal
cleavages and inequities
Deliver what is promised

13. REQUIREMENTS
oHigher education
oPassion for change
oSelf directed team players
oAbove average skill level in MS Office
oHigh integrity
oLover of coffee, pizza, cola and all the other long hour fillers
oGood communicator if sole founder (Co founders can be geeky)

14. HOW YOU WILL SPEND YOUR
TIME WITH US
You spend
about 15%
of your time
visualizing
scenarios
using
advanced
neurological
logic. You
can’t do
more than
you can see
Visualizing
The majority
of time, about
40%, will be
spent
defining and
refining the
business
model
Prototyping
About 20%
will be spent
preparing for
and pitching
ideas to in-
house peers
and external
funders
Pitching
About 10%
will be spent
in social
events with
peers and
mentors
Networking
You will
spend about
15% in some
sort of
training
Training

15. WANT TO GO ON?
Get me
outta
here!
Click on
parachute to
return to start or
click on the “take
me in” button to
go on
Take me in

16. GET INVOLVED
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