1. SKILL WIKI
Mapping the Business Landscape
Team Revolutionaries
GSJ Gurgaon 2013

2. The service
• A skill wiki
– Based on exchange of skill
– Transacted through barter
– With an added opportunity to contribute to
building social infra structure via contribution to
the skill bank towards underprivileged
members of the society

3. The process1/4
What skill do
you wish to offer
How much of
time do you wish
to offer
What skill do
you wish to learn
How long do you
wish to engage in
learning

4. The process2/4
Registration
confirmation and
entry into data
base
Skills tagging
done
Data entry
reflects time
commitments
offered/ intended

5. The process3/4
Registration Match found
confirmation and Skill
entry into exchanged /
database
shared

6. The process 4/4
System gives
• Example points every
time a skill if
– 1000 points credited to account holder offered on the
while on boarding network and
points can be
– Get 100 for skill offering redeemed for
– Redeem 50 for skill learning availing new
skills,
merchandise
etc.

7. The customer
1. People from
1. Urban slums
2. Rural area
3. Students
4. Maids and their children
5. Educationists
6. Service providers such as
1. Doctors / Agriculture engineer etc.

8. Value proposition
Knowledge
sharing
Experience Access to
sharing expertise
Generating
Talent pool for
Networking
partner
organization
Barter

9. Key activities
1. Organising exchange nights
2. Creating a web portal
3. Publicising and branding
4. On boarding volunteers
5. Building partner networks
6. Arranging exchange trips / camps
7. Facilitating webinars
8. Accessing receivers of the service
9. Creating partner networks
10. Matching skills offered to skills required in database –
Creating software

10. Exchange nights
Organising exchange nights
– A theme based exchange event where
people who offer skills and people
who want to learn that skill come
under the same roof
– An expert is invite to give a talk cum
demo
– Sponsors invited to host stalls @ the
event
• Products can be bought @ discount
– Partners asked to pitch in with
logistics and other help
– Volunteers man the execution of the
event

11. Delivery Channels
• Web portal
• Exchange events
– Theme based exchange nights
– Workshops
– Trips & Field visits

12. Revenue Stream
• Corporate donations (CSR funds)
• Sponsorships
• Crowd funding
• Brand merchandise
• Stalls @ exchange events
• Ads in exchange catalogues & websites
• Content leasing –DVD/ Library

13. Key resources
• Logistics
– Space/ infrastructure for exchange event
– Transportation
• Local networks
– NGO
– Volunteers
– Partners
• Content
– Created by experts and people who are offering a skill

14. Key Partners
• Large Corporations
• SMBs
• NGOs
• Individuals
– Volunteers
• Partners offering space
– Cultural centres, community centres
• Local unions
– Panchayats etc.
• Registrations Partners
– Telecom
– Offline – drives
– Eventbrite

15. Competition
• Yellow pages
• Local service directories
• Online Libraries
– Youtube
– Coursera
– Khan academy
– GSJ 12 – Sim sim

16. Relationships
• One to one One to many

17. Relationships
• Expertise based
– I do not know something and want to learn from an expert
• Difference based
– I know one skill and want to learn and completely different
skill
• A software guy wanting to learn violin
• Shared experience
– Want to link up and share experiences with someone who is
going through similar experience
• Students appearing for exams , new mums

18. Bring on the revolution!!!