TOP17

Most social entrepreneurs struggle to make a living from their ventures, and the same proportion face problems creating sustainable revenue streams, which leads to a failure in scaling their businesses and creating greater impact for their communities.  We are the IMPACT platform that links social conscious athletes and public figures with brilliant social entrepreneurs; as we highlight and help the most innovative ideas scale to build amazing communities for a sustainable future. 

The Problem is that most social entrepreneurs fail at scaling their ventures and creating a sustainable business model. This then leads to lesser impact then originally intended by entrepreneurs, and less validation for others who would like create impact via social entrepreneurship. 

According to The Guardian and UnLtd, a foundation for social entrepreneurs: 71% of social entrepreneurs struggle to make a living from their ventures, and the same proportion face problems creating sustainable revenue streams. 

We believe that a lack of mainstream awareness, more access to business training and resources, as well as strategic partnerships are main contributors to this problem. Our focus on community building through highlighting innovative solutions and influence partnerships will directly help communities create and improve social inclusion as well as shared prosperity. 

We are working to directly improve the lives and business experience of social entrepreneurs who are struggling to make a living through their ventures; while offering a user friendly platform for pro athletes and public figures to connect, understand and support social entrepreneurs who align with causes they are mutually passionate about. 

Our platform will work closely with social entrepreneurs and pro athletes/public figures through local events and workshops to further understand their needs and solutions, while offering access to online courses via our training portal and live streams.

We are the IMPACT platform that links social conscious athletes and public figures with brilliant social entrepreneurs; as we highlight and help the most innovative ideas scale to build amazing communities for a sustainable future. 

Social entrepreneurs and socially conscious athletes/public figures will join our platform to join our change making network, TOP17. We currently have been building our list of athletes and social entrepreneurs who are interested in our platform. Our members will have access to our community, online business courses, free marketing/highlight of their solutions and passions. We are launching via web platform, with a free profile included for each member.

Our solution is a first to market concept and social platform. In a world of social media and many other platforms that serve a variety of purpose and agendas; we easily lose track or find it hard to gain momentum on raising awareness and support innovative solutions from ambitious social entrepreneurs. 

We are a unique IMPACT platform that links social conscious athletes and public figures with brilliant social entrepreneurs; as we highlight and help the most innovative ideas scale to build amazing communities for a sustainable future. 

Our core technology is our web platform. We rely on existing technology to assist our members in creating a profile page, gain access to online business trainings, local IMPACT data, live local events, member highlight videos, and online steaming. We have also researched and confirm the use of API plugins to implement online training resources such linkedin learning and Harvard Business School online. (Currently evaluating to pursue potential partnerships)

We believe that a lack of mainstream awareness, more access to business training and resources, as well as strategic partnerships are main contributors to this problem. Our focus on community building through highlighting innovative solutions and influence partnerships will directly help communities create and improve social inclusion as well as shared prosperity. 

We are in the very early stage of our concept, we currently have a growing list of waiting list of 30 social entrepreneurs and athletes providing feedback and willing to use the platform.

in year 1 year we want to serve: 5,000

Year 2: 50,000

Year 5: 5,000,000

Within the next 30 days to a year, our goals are:

1. Scout and gain potential business advisors

2. Obtain feedback from 100 pro athletes/public figures

3. Secure business partner(s), and additional tech talent

4. Implement fund raising plan to build platform first version of our platform

These are out top 4 goals at the moment, among others. We will be able to start creating impact right away as we start testing out pilot in the Miami area.

Right now, this project is self funded; which one of our barriers to accomplishing our goals. However, we are working on a fundraising plan to help build and market the first version of TOP17.

Our next challenge is finding the right business partner(s), and business advisors to help us evaluate and access legal, and technical aspects of our business.

I am planning to overcome these barriers by continuing to attend events and connecting with industry professionals who may be a good fit. I also find Linkedin to be a great resource in helping to: 

1. Scout and gain potential business advisors

2. Obtain feedback from 100 pro athletes/public figures

3. Secure business partner(s), and additional tech talent

I am also connecting to a local sports agency who represents a number of pro athletes, which I planing to meet with during the months of July and August.

I am currently a team of 1.

I am a social conscious entrepreneur with a passion for community development and social impact. I have 15+ years of business and professional experience in marketing, business management, banking and sales. I am currently the program coordinator for Scale Up Miami, a four-month training program at that helps local entrepreneurs and small business owners create a growth plan, understand their financials, gain digital marketing skills and develop new strategies to scale their businesses.   

We are currently seeking partnerships to give our members access online business training and resources, such as: 

1. Intro to Social Entrepreneurship

2. Digital Marketing

3. Coding and UX Design

4. Public Speaking 

We are interested in partnering with Linkedin, Wyncode, Harvard Business School Online, among others.

We have a social platform, social network model. We are the IMPACT platform that links social conscious athletes and public figures with brilliant social entrepreneurs; as we highlight and help the most innovative ideas scale to build amazing communities for a sustainable future. 

Our members will have access to our community, online business courses, free marketing/highlight of their solutions and passions. We plan to capitalize on the content we share to generate revenue. 

• Platform is free for users (Athletes, public figures, and SEs)

•  We plan to capitalize on our content, and partnership opportunities 

• Explore product referral opportunities 

I believe that solve may help me evaluate and or acquire the right business advisors for this venture, as well as high level feedback for our business model and board members.

We would like to partner with leading establishments such as Linkedin Learning, Harvard Business School Online, or Wharton Business School.

We are interested in applying and would use the prize to help us acquire additional tech talent to build our platform.