Winning Pitch: Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop for Entrepreneurs

This presentation outlines a pitch for a youth entrepreneurship workshop designed to address issues like brain drain and unemployment among educated Indian youth. The idea, conceived by Akash Gunthe, aims to provide entrepreneurship training and foster an entrepreneurial culture. The presentation highlights the advantages of the workshop, including job creation and economic empowerment, and details how it will be monetized through training fees and grants. It also covers the financial and operational feasibility of the idea, emphasizing its potential for profitability and return on investment. The presentation concludes with cash flow projections for the first two years and a call for investors to support the initiative, emphasizing the benefits for investors, youth, and the government.

THE PITCH
Name
Institution

Introduction
 The whole presentation is about a pitch
 The pitch is about the youth
entrepreneurship workshop idea
 The idea chosen as the best from among
two other ideas:
 VR-Based Theme Park and
 Grocery Reminder App

Overview of the Youth
Entrepreneurship Workshop
 Idea conceived by Akash Gunthe
 Idea intended to organize for workshops
for the educated, but jobless the Indian
youth
 Idea intended to provide training on
entrepreneurship
 Idea to be implemented by incorporating
input of different stakeholders
 Idea chosen as the best alternative

The Problem Solved
 The youth entrepreneurship workshop
will solve many problems, i.e.
 Brain drain-relocation of educated Indian
youth to other countries
 Youth unemployment
 Overdependence on white collar jobs
 Lack of entrepreneurial culture amongst the
youth

Advantages of the Idea
 The idea will advantage the country in
many ways:
 Retention of educated Indians in the country
 Creating jobs to the educated youth
 Empowering the educated youth (Eisman,
Zimmerman,Kruger, Reischl, Miller, Franzen &
Morrel‐Samuels, 2016).
 Strengthening country’s economic growth

How the Idea is Monetized
 The idea will be monetized in many ways,
i.e.
 Levying of training fees from the youth
 Attracting grants and donations from the
government, other partners

Financial and Operational
Feasibility
 Idea is feasible because it requires little
resources to operate and sustain
 Break-Even Point
 The idea, though new, will break-even so soon
 It will generate profit
 Costs of operations sustainable
 Idea does not require to much capital to be fully-
implemented (Chin & Jacobsson, 2016).
 Return on Investment (ROI)
 Idea is promising and viable
 It will return the capital and generate profit

Role of Investors
 Investors needed to fully-fund the idea
 The investors to provide funds either as
grant, donations or credit
 Funds required to purchase materials;
assets
 Funds required to hire and remunerate
personnel (Ansell, 2016).
 Funds required for any logistical and daily
operations

What the Idea offers
 If implemented, the idea will offer
immense benefits to:
 Investors-Huge profits from fees collected
from participating youth (Eichas,
Montgomery, Meca & Kurtines, 2017).
 Youth-Entrepreneurial skills; seed capital
 government-No more brain drain; economic
growth

Cash Flow Projections for the
First 2 Years
Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 December 2020
2019 2020
OPERATIONS (USD) (USD)
Cash Receipt from Clients 100,000 150,000
Cash Paid for
Income Taxes 6,000 7,000
Interests 4,000 3,000
Salaries and Wages 30,000 40,000
Administrative Expenses 20,000 30,000
Net Cash Flow from Operations
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Cash Paid for
Purchases 20,000 30,000
Cash Receipts from
Sales of Services 80,000 100,000
Net Cash Flow from Investing Activities
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Paid for
Purchases 30,000 40,000
Cash Receipts from
Borrowing 50,000 60,000
Net Cash Flow from Financing Activities
TOTAL CASH
Opening Balance
Increase (Decrease)
Closing Balance

Conclusion
 Youth entrepreneurship workshop chosen
as the best idea
 It is better than VR-Based Theme Park
and Grocery Reminder App
 It is a viable idea
 It can easily get funding from investors
 It guarantees ROI and high profitability
 It should be supported

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