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Aquila Brothers
Training and life coaching to help youngsters set up online businesses
ABOUT
Year Established: 2016
Beneficiaries: Grassroots youngsters
http://aquilabrother.com | |
Doing business hand-in-hand |
SOCIAL ISSUES
- Grassroots youngster from a low-income family who have done poorly in schools often face obstacles in developing a career, essentially rejecting them from upward mobility
SOCIAL INNOVATION
- Utilising the “Lean Startup” method to help youngsters find their effective and successful products without a cost
- Holistic entrepreneurial and technical support to teach youngsters the newest skills in retail and design, and the how-tos in starting up a new online business
EXCEPTED SOCIAL IMPACT
![]() | 18 youngsters to receive training in starting up a new online business |
![]() | 4 instructors to be recruited to share their insights and experience, and to provide consultation |
![]() | Confidence to be strengthened, collaboration to be learnt and interpersonal skills to be improved by experiencing entrepreneurship |
![]() | Youngsters to be guided into the labour-forces by making them understand entrepreneurship, by encouraging them to start new businesses, and by debunking old concepts |
BUSINESS MODEL
The Aquila Brothers gain revenues from receiving a cut from the profits of the participants’ new online businesses
PROGRAMME CONTENT
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A series of workshops on starting a new online business
Including necessary skills such as market analysis, business strategies, accounting, sales and promotion
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A variety of courses to be offered regularly for schools and organisations
Promoting all-round development for parents, students and others, whereas by 2015, 150 organisations and 50,000 individuals had been served