Google 10 years! Monkey Business congratulates!

02/10/2008
Written by Ville Keksijä Keränen
Published in Archive, English
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Our good friend and source of inspiration, Google, is turning 10-years and they’ve got an excellent site for their celebration. There is an informative and interesting timeline of their first ten years. Also, there’s link for their project related to their birthday, Project 10 to the 100.

See the video they’ve published to get ideas that can help the most.

What could be the idea of Monkey Business to submit for this competition?

One of my dreams is to start a Team Academy type of initiative in Uganda, East Africa. And not only limit it to one country and continent, but to spread the idea all over the world.

We’ve started in Europe all ready. There are Team Academy inspired initiatives in Bilbao; Basque Country, Heemstede; The Netherlands, Alsace Region; France, London, England. Also new ones are starting in Paris; France, Angers; France and in Mondragon; Basque Country. Oh, I shouldn’t forget the ones in Finland: Intotalo; Kajaani and ProAkatemia; Tampere just to mention couple.

They ask six simple question to define the idea. Best ideas will be funded and implemented. Ok, the criteria first, and then the questions and my answers. Criteria:

Reach: How many people would this idea affect?
Depth: How deeply are people impacted? How urgent is the need?
Attainability: Can this idea be implemented within a year or two?
Efficiency: How simple and cost-effective is your idea?
Longevity: How long will the idea’s impact last?

What one sentence best describes your idea? (maximum 150 characters)We want to boldly create team-entrepreneurs in Africa and all over the world.
Describe your idea in more depth. (maximum 300 words)Team-Entrepreneur is a concept developed in Finland at Team Academy. It’s about entrepreneurship but in a team. You learn from one another and work together but the team is made of individuals who are ready to take risks and be the change they want to see in the world. Team Entrepreneurs are born in Team Academies. So the idea is to expand the network of Team Academies in Africa and beyond.
What problem or issue does your idea address? (maximum 150 words)Team Academy would address especially the challenge of unemployment of recent university grads by creating new companies and thus new jobs. Also helps a lot in the development of the community, society and economy.
If your idea were to become a reality, who would benefit the most and how? (maximum 150 words)The participants of new Team Academies and their society as a whole. They would benefit by learning to learn by doing real life projects.
What are the initial steps required to get this idea off the ground? (maximum 150 words)To find bunch of local partners interested in co-operation and starting a new experiment.
Describe the optimal outcome should your idea be selected and successfully implemented. How would you measure it? (maximum 150 words)Optimal outcome is that 50% of the people going through the program continue as entrepreneurs and the other 50% find other jobs/further education. We would also measure the success by turnover of the Team Companies.

Please help us develop the idea by commenting on the post. The deadline for submitting ideas is 20th of October so we have got about two weeks to develop this. And submit your own, too!

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