Building Black Youth Foundation's Entrepreneurship Project

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Building Black Youth Foundation
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Employer
(33)
3
Project
Academic experience
100 hours per learner
Learner
Anywhere
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
Market research Competitive analysis Product or service launch Grant writing
Skills
competitive analysis feasibility studies communication project management business planning business strategies market research entrepreneurship zoom (video conferencing tool)
Details

Team size- 5-10 students, or flexible

Project time length: TBD Project weekly schedule:TBD, 40 min meeting will take place once per week. Dates TBD

Project daily schedule: TBD

Scope: We are looking for Students that can help create and develop Business Plan writing, Entrepreneurial Study, and market feasibility analysis, within the following initiatives:

  • Market feasibility
  • Market analysis
  • Product launch strategy
  • Grant writing
  • Business plan development

SKILLS: Business strategy,

Competitive analysis,

Market research,

Product or service launch

Project Goals/Deliverables:

  • Business plan.
  • Feasibility analysis
  • A market report

Team Organization

Team of up to 5, or as many students as possible, with each person assigned to each deliverable agreed upon. The team will have a Project Manager who will interact with the BBYF’s Project Manager. The PM will schedule times for weekly meetings and group collaboration meetings.

Timeframe

Target start date: TBD

End Date: TBD

Communication

We will plan to communicate with our virtual interns using these communication tools: Riipen messaging, ZOOM, Email, phone/text, etc.

Student's primary contact: Tasha Flemmings

Job title: Senior Project Manager/CEO

Secondary contact: Nataly S.

Job Title: Project Manager

Deliverables
No deliverables exist for this project.
Mentorship

Mentorship and Supervision

Students will be supervised during their internship through Zoom and other online work sharing platforms, specifically during working hours. Students will be guided and mentored by our senior project manager along with our student Project Manager as well. They will have access to our Senior project manager Tasha, any time needed during business hours by phone/email and after business hours through email. Students will also have the option of connecting with their student project manager for support during the duration of the internship.

About the company

Company
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 - 10 employees
Education, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Publishing & printing

The Building Black Youth Foundation (B.B.Y.F.), is a not for profit children's organization and social enterprise, geared to providing children cultural based learning opportunities and educational support for Black/BIPOC(but not limited to) children/youth and families across Canada. B.B.Y.F. is starting with virtual Early Childhood Development programs, supports for families and learning opportunities specifically geared towards teaching an afrocentric uplifting curriculum, building self worth through learning ancestral and historical knowledge. Our mission at Building Black Youth Foundation(B.B.Y.F.), is to empower our Black/BIPOC(but not limited to) children/youth, help them build their self worth and self belief, through learning uplifting historical, cultural knowledge. We know that positive cultural reinforcement from a young age, greatly increases the process of building self worth within children, as well as supports leading them in the right direction towards a great future.