Seedlyng Financial Education
The old saying is that “money makes the world go round,” and many citizens around the world are not getting their piece of the pie due to their lack of financial education. Many also suffer from generational ignorance when it comes to financial literacy, and this has to stop if we are ever to help improve the lives of everyone around the world.
Seedlyng Financial Literacy is the solution to this problem. Our technology products meet our customers where they are mentally, and emotionally. We stress emotionally also because spending habits are based on emotional needs and want also. Our ultimate goal is to CHANGE the mindsets of ALL of our customers and teach them to be financially savvy.
We provide students with personalized, relatable content and help teachers by taking the fear out of teaching finance through ‘just-in-time’ professional development.
We have partnered with Microsoft, the Stash Investment App, Learn & Earn, and Centsai Education to ensure our students have access to all the best financial education possible.
Financial literacy should be a part of every school district’s curriculum. Unfortunately, only 17% of districts offer financial education in the U.S. This is a major problem! The old saying is that “money makes the world go round,” and many Americans are not getting their piece of the pie due to their lack of financial education.
Many Americans suffer from generational ignorance when it comes to financial literacy, and this has to stop if we are ever to make America into what our forefathers dreamed it would be.
During the 2020-2021 school year we launched our first pilots with schools in Texas, Chicago, Idaho, and Lebanon in the Middle East. We received very positive feedback and we are expanding our customer base to 27 schools in the fall for the 2021-2022 school year.
We provide students with personalized, relatable content and help teachers by taking the fear out of teaching finance through ‘just-in-time’ professional development.
Our solution includes our:
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? Year-long curriculum
? Teacher LMS Dashboard
➕ Investing Simulator powered by STASH
In 2020 we helped over 1250 students, trained 40 plus teachers, at 5 different schools. Our paying customer base also includes Nye County in Nevada, the Boys and Girls Club in Twin Falls, Idaho, and The Michael Finley Foundation.
Our target population is low-income schools and nonprofits that support communities in need. Our motto is "Mission Over Money" and we try our best to work within the budget of the institutions we serve.
Our current projects include:
- 5 Lebanon Schools in the Middle East (1250 students) via the US Embassy
- Middle & high schools (Richardson ISD, Plato Learning Academy)
- 2 non-profits (Twin Falls Boys & Girls Club, The Michael Finley Foundation, Edenma Homeless Shelter)
-Working with the schools in Lebanon has been an amazing experience for our team. We partnered with a STEM program that was in need of a financial literacy solution to earn a grant from the US Embassy.
We have trained over 40 teachers, at 5 different schools, and over 1,250 students. We worked with the teachers to provide creative lesson plans based on their local culture, data analysis based on student content mastery, and also helped support teachers throughout the school year. The student feedback has been very positive, for example, they even said they are enjoying it more than the STEM content.
-In the US we are able to incorporate our partners like the STASH Investment App, and the Learn & Earn App from the creators of Acorns. These partners are very beneficial to our students because it gives our students the ability to apply what they are learning in a safe environment and gives them the chance to earn real money that can be cashed out when they are older.
- Create opportunities for people to engage and succeed in the digital workforce by bolstering necessary wraparound supports, such as childcare and employee wellbeing
Our entire business exists to equip everyone with the financial knowledge they need to make wise decisions with the money they earn.
We target low-income communities because these are the communities that need our support the most.
We do this by first assessing our students' current level of financial knowledge and then our technology creates a personalized curriculum plan for each user.
We are a FULL-TURN KEY solution for a community, business, school, or nonprofit.
- My solution is already being implemented in one or more of these ServiceNow locations
- Growth: An organization with an established product, service, or business model rolled out in one or, ideally, several communities, which is poised for further growth.
We have customers that are using our solution. We are ready to grow and expand since last year was mostly pilot offerings, but now we are ready to take on more clients because we have proved that our solution works.
- Yes, I wish to apply for this prize
We offer afterschool virtual finance classes. Parents and teachers can sign up their students to attend these classes (Check it out here: Seedlyng After School).
Winning the prize money will allow us to offer FREE Scholarships to 'People of Color' and take away the stress of paying for our classes. We would also use the money to pay our teachers who are black and brown.
This is a GREAT opportunity to help teach a new generation how money works to help improve their outcome in life.
Founder & CEO