Venture Concept

The opportunity that I am chasing and attempting to accomplish is that which brings a more well rounded approach to. It attempts to combine the conceptualization of a tutoring service and that of a college readiness program. The need would b the greatest for high school students especially juniors and seniors who are interested in pursuing a post secondary education. The program’s first priority would be to to help with SAT/ACT prep along with other standardized tests in the Miami-Dade County Public High School zone. It would focus on approaching basic concept skills in a different manner influenced by various cultural identities. The second focus of the program would be that of college readiness. However,not only academically but also cover other topics that are not generally covered like how to maximize resources as well as other simple things like how to cook basics, and etc. I grew up in Miami so I am well familiar with the areas that I am going to focus and an attest to the fact that this service is needed. A lot of the students in the areas I am focusing on are that of low socio-economic status as well as below average reading levels and test scores. This thus in return creates the need and opportunity for this opportunity.  The areas I am referring to specifically are going to be the “Little Haïti” area. This neighborhood comprises mostly of Haitian and Haitian Americans. Currently, the needs are being met by a local community center and programs at the library. However, these programs tend to focus more on learning English and comprehensively understanding the language. They do their best in preparing for college readiness like information on scholarships but not to the extent where they should be operating. I believe this is a very huge opportunity because of the magnitude of the opportunity in how many folks it can affect. I believe this opportunity will continue to be around as long as college continues to be a big part of potential success in society. 

One of the reasons that I think people will switch to this product is a variety of reasons. One of the first being my credibility in the community. I am well known amongst the community center as so is my mother. As a result I have credibility that folks can trust and appeal to. Not only that, I have connections within Miami that will be able to help me run this program.  I used to be apart of a few programs that are heavily based on volunteering also at my disposal. Moreover, another major impact is the price, which would be free due to my connections with past programs and involvements. As a result, this program would me limited in the amount of seats that were able to start off with and then expand as resources and help becomes available. As previously stated, the competitors aren’t many. The fact that their focus is more on ESOL classes and comprehensively understand English gives me the upper hand. The other “competitors”but more so alternative options would include guidance counselors or other material prep. A lot of folks would focus on buying books and paying for test preps when it comes to standardized tests. One of the local options, was an SAT prep class which was priced quite expensively. The basis of my program would run in a local community so I wouldn’t have to worry about materials too much. Moreover, I would have offers and donations from local program,s and organizations that are being funded publicly with corporate sponsors. Lastly, I would have the library as another resource during regular business hours. 

My most unfair advantage would be my connections within the neighborhood. As it can be noticed throughout my proposal, I am very connected with different organizations and people that would not only help keep my costs to a minimal but also aid me in what I’m trying to do for no cost at all. Eventually, I would love to expand my proposal so that it grows to be able to continue to help more people. I would love to partner with local programs such as the 5000 Role models of excellence program and a few others to be able to spread my program to other cities like Overtown, North Miami, Liberty City and others.  As an entrepreneur, I would love to see this come into fruition. The sheer joy would be rewarding for me enough. I would love to especially see some of my students attend Ivy League schools to become engineers, physicians, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and etc.