Start up/ Sustainable Venture building

Mallika Vaznaik

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Start up/ Sustainable Venture building
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I am connected to and having training and recognition from global start up communities including Bridge for Billions, LSE Generate, Warwick Ventures and the Global Shapers community. I have completed the LSE Generate sustainable venture building bootcamp and the incubation training program by Bridge for Billions involving its innovative impact entrepreneur methodology. I can give you tips, mentorship and advice on topics including-

  • Value propositions
  • Competition map
  • Stakeholder map
  • Business model & marketing
  • Pricing & business viability, Financial forecast
  • Impact plan, Growth plan
  • Pitching
  • Regenerative & distributive business principles & frameworks
  • Getting funding
  • Building an Minimum Viable Product & Lean Start Up

I was also awarded runner up by the LSE Generate Sustainable Venture building bootcamp and have been incubated by Bridge for Billions for my own sustainable start up Dirt Rich. I have worked at Villgro, India's leading social impact incubator and the global impact investing VC EDGEof Inc. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

I made it to the Enactus UK National competition semifinals for social entrepreneurs for the first time in 10 years of Enactus Warwick's history from among 60+ universities in the UK. In the subsequent year, I led the team once again to the semifinals and even winning the first round while serving as a Co-Director of Social Enterprise. In this role, I was selected through a highly competitive process to direct a strategic portfolio of 4 early-stage social enterprises, leading 70+ cross-functional team members to build business models tackling refugee reintegration, food waste, and poverty. I organized a workshop on Digital Storytelling for 300 students by collaborating with Google, secured 3500 pounds of sponsorship and industry mentors to execute a weekend long social hackathon and helped establish a retail partnership with Amazon Handmade.