Panelist Kevin Moforte's presentation during Umass Social Entrepreneurship Day 2015

2. Our mission:
To empower families
to rise from poverty
through social
business

3. STARTUP1: A soap factory in Las Malvinas,
Santo Domingo, D. R.

4. 450+ families
Las Malvinas, Santo Domingo

10. So, why is Las Malvinas poor?

15. Less than 20% of adults
completed high school
+35%
unemployment
55% of dropouts
did so to find work
Las Malvinas, Santo Domingo

16. Can business help solve
these problems?

17. What we have done in the past

18. What we have done in the past

19. What we have done in the past

20. We are ready

22. Raise a generation of (Christian)
social entrepreneurs
Start businesses that empower
poor families and communities
Our Goals

24. All natural – Handmade - Dominican

25. Customers

32. Why soap?

33. Next Steps: Funding and growing
1. Finish factory, start production for tourist
season (December 2015)
2. Find distribution channels, new clients
3. Launch Upward Ventures in DR (Jan. 2016)
4. Establish Esperanza Soaps in US

34. THANKS!

35. Kevin Moforte
kevin@upward-ventures.org
413 658 4885
Lois Grandmaison
info@upward-ventures.org
413 374 8261
www.upward-ventures.org
www.esperanza-soaps.com