Agora Enterprises: From Aid to Paid
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Agora Enterprises presents the problem of the good jobs shortage and global poverty, the insufficiency of aid as a solution to poverty, and enterprise as a sustainable solution to poverty. Agora Enterprises has a vision to change the world through business and a mission and strategy to bring that vision to life through training, funding, supporting, and equipping entrepreneurs to start socially conscious businesses in underprivileged and developing communities across the globe.
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Agora Enterprises: From Aid to Paid
- 1. Transforming People & Communities through Sustainable Enterprise © 2015 Agora Enterprises Created by Zelos LLC From Aid to Paid:
- 2. THE LUXURY OF A GOOD JOB INTRODUCTION
- 5. “What the whole world wants is a good job.” - Jim Clifton, CEO of Gallup
- 6. GIVING AID, BUT NOT PAID The Problem
- 7. *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
- 9. ENTERPRISE… …creates sustainable jobs and income
- 13. THE POWER OF SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS BUSINESS
- 14. The Impact of Socially Conscious Business
- 15. The Impact of Socially Conscious Business
- 16. AGORA’S VISION, MISSION, AND STRATEGY THE SOLUTION
- 17. Vision & Mission
- 18. Vision Unleashing entrepreneurs and socially conscious business to be a catalytic force sparking lasting change spiritually, socially, and economically in communities worldwide.
- 19. Our Vision THIS…
- 21. …THROUGH UNLEASHING ENTREPRENEURS! Our Vision
- 22. Mission To 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.
- 23. SEED Model We accomplish our mission through our SEED model: Scaling: Establishing Venture Villages across the globe which train, fund, launch, and supportlocal socially conscious entrepreneurs
- 24. 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
- 25. 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
- 26. SEED Model We 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
- 28. Strategy
- 29. 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
- 30. Strategy: Global Entrepreneur Training Program Identify & Assess Taylor Johnson Pro- D Business & Strategic Coaching Mentoring Spiritual Coach Train Fund Launch Deployment Prep Private Equity Donated Funds Loans Logistics In Country Arrival Company Startup GET Coaching Advanced Education Advisory Boards Peer 2 Peer Mentoring Ongoing Support Crowdfunding Language & Culture
- 31. 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
- 32. Strategy: Venture Villages Components: 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
- 34. Our goal is to… LAUNCH TRAIN
- 35. CREATING …in the next 10 years
- 36. JOIN THE MOVEMENT www.agoraenterprises.org Follow us Facebook Twitter Linkedin Google+ YouTube Subscribe
Editor's Notes
- Introduction (297 words, 2.5 minutes) The Problem Welcome! My name is Ray...Ray Barreth. And I have the privilege of speaking to you about how Agora Enterprises works to achieve Sustainability and Transformation in our 21st century postmodern world.
- I recently returned from China. When I was in China, I connected with the owner of a luxury leather manufacturing company. As we climbed the stairs to the fifth floor, to tour his facility, we passed by several other manufacturing companies. These manufacturing facilities were all filthy dirty and dimly lit, totally disorganized with product and trash flung all over the floors, and their employees looked tired, demoralized, and absolutely miserable.
- I was so pleased at arriving at our leather manufacturer. Firstly, I was pleased I climbed 5 flights of stairs on a sultry summer’s day without a cardiac event, secondly, because of what I saw in this leather manufacturing plant. The facility was beautiful, well organized, with sparkling floors and freshly painted walls. It was brightly lit. The employees were happy, grateful to have a job that paid well, and motivated to work. They had good jobs. They even got to take a nap after lunch. What an awesome idea. I tell you...the next time I negotiate my employment contract...I want to include a nap after lunch!
- Jim Clifton, the CEO of Gallup, writes in his book summing up the results of Gallup’s World Poll that “what the whole world wants is a good job.” Unfortunately, leather goods are not the only luxury item in China…Good jobs are a luxury too.
- The Gallup poll concluded that there are 3 billion adults on the earth who want or need to work and only 1.8 billion jobs to go around. That’s a 60% shortage of jobs.
- Sending Aid does none of that!
- Abraham’s school has four campuses, educates 3600 paying students, and employs hundreds of teachers. Agora is partnering with Abraham in starting a technical trade school to train mechanics and engineers. Agora is also launching a Business Development Center to train and launch local entrepreneurs as a part of Abraham’s technical school. Here’s the kicker. Are you ready for this? 1100 house churches have been born. 28000 believers have come to Christ all from Abraham’s school. 120 full-time pastors shepherd those 28,000 people. The profits from Abraham’s school pay 25% of their salary. Abraham’s school is a picture of the kingdom. It started with him bringing enterprise to the least of these. He brought job opportunities. He brought hope for a future. He enriched minds with the knowledge of the world God created. His school has been good news to the community. It has brought people to Jesus. It has bridged cultural divides and conflicts. It has been a wellspring for connecting people to Creator God.
- Abraham’s school has four campuses, educates 3600 paying students, and employs hundreds of teachers. Agora is partnering with Abraham in starting a technical trade school to train mechanics and engineers. Agora is also launching a Business Development Center to train and launch local entrepreneurs as a part of Abraham’s technical school. Here’s the kicker. Are you ready for this? 1100 house churches have been born. 28000 believers have come to Christ all from Abraham’s school. 120 full-time pastors shepherd those 28,000 people. The profits from Abraham’s school pay 25% of their salary. Abraham’s school is a picture of the kingdom. It started with him bringing enterprise to the least of these. He brought job opportunities. He brought hope for a future. He enriched minds with the knowledge of the world God created. His school has been good news to the community. It has brought people to Jesus. It has bridged cultural divides and conflicts. It has been a wellspring for connecting people to Creator God.
- At Agora, we believe that unleashing entrepreneurship is the best way to accomplish this goal. When profitable, scalable businesses create good jobs for people who had none, poverty will not thrive. Our mission at Agora, is all about equipping entrepreneurs to start businesses that enhance the spiritual, social, and economic prosperity of the community.
- At Agora, we believe that unleashing entrepreneurship is the best way to accomplish this goal. When profitable, scalable businesses create good jobs for people who had none, poverty will not thrive. Our mission at Agora, is all about equipping entrepreneurs to start businesses that enhance the spiritual, social, and economic prosperity of the community.
- How We Equip these Entrepreneurs???
- As the video said, Agora is in the business of putting poverty out of business. But this begs the question: how do we bring enterprise to the developing world.