gba program - information booklet for applicants
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Opportunities are available in mid November 2013
Application deadline in early December 2013
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edge Growth Business Associate
information booklet
Continue reading if…
o You are looking for new career
opportunities
o You want to impact lives of low-
income populations
o You are a graduate or young
professional coming from an
emerging market
o You have strong leadership
experience, high self-awareness and
intercultural competence
o You have proven results in your
previous work roles, a passion for
business and the ability to make
things work
o Introduction of
Impact Business
o Career opportunities
in Impact Business
o Growth Business
Associate Program
o Application process
and timeline
o About edge
Table of Content
The world we live in
Traditional Business focuses
on providing services and
goods to the top income
levels.
What do you think:
Why do few businesses
focus on these 4 billion
people as their
customers?
(*) There are different ways of measuring the BoP, read more at for example
http://web.mit.edu/idi/idi/n4b_executive_summary_graphics.pdf
An Impact Business is...
“A financially-sustainable venture whose
products and services directly improve
life for low income populations”
creating
positive
impact business
approach innovative
ideasdisruptive
technology game-changing
distribution
creative
partnerships collaborative teams
“I developed business plans, built
financial models and carried out
due diligence activities on our
portfolio Waste Picker Cooperatives.
Our organization contributes to
solving one of urban India’s largest
problems!
Impact business can solve many of
the world's problems and provide
fulfilling careers and entrepreneurial
opportunities to many talented
people out there.“
My Impact Business Story
Siongo KisosoPresident AIESEC Strathmore 09/10 , Kenya
GBA in Financial Management Waste Ventures, New Delhi
Join a start-up or established Impact Business
Start or co-found your own Impact Business
Enable or accelerate businesses
Join Impact Investment
Create Social Policy
o Business Modeling
o Understanding the ecosystem
o Networking
o Starting and growing a business
o Career Building
Diverse career opportunities
Get ready! Gain skills
as a Growth Business Associate
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The Growth Business Associate program is your path to start into a meaningful
career in the field of Impact Business!
Double impact: Experience a unique learning environment while working and
contributing to an Impact Business start-up in India, Mexico, Brazil or Colombia for
6-12 month.
This program is open for graduates & young professionals from Emerging Markets
(Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, India, Indonesia, The Philippines,
Russia, China, Thailand, Kenya, Nigeria).
What is the Growth Business Associate Program?
o A challenging job description in a
business serving low-income
populations
o A virtual and physical learning
environment to sharpen your
skills;
o Build and share knowledge about
Impact Business models;
o Develop entrepreneurial skills and
behaviors
o Build a network with
entrepreneurs, key enablers in the
field (e.g. incubators, investors),
other GBAs and AIESECers
o Participate in creating a new field
What we offer
GBA program benefits
o Living expenses covered
o Virtual Learning
Environment and GBA
Community
o Mentorship
o Coaching on the job
o Plugged In Summit
o Integration in the local
student community
o Alumni community
o Previous results in a team (at least 2 years)
o 2+ years of full-time work experience
(relevant to the role)
o Bachelor degree (higher preferred)
o Excellent written & spoken English
(Spanish/Portuguese skills where applicable)
o Job-specific skills
o From an emerging market in
Asia, Africa or Latin America
Who we look for
Required profile
o Desire to combine business acumen
and social impact in your career
o Personality fit with start-up culture: Innovative
Flexible
Multi-tasker
Self-starter
Business mindset
The type of business our GBAs work in
Some of the impact businesses we worked with in the past:
GBAs work in businesses that extend access to services and products
to underserved, mostly low-income populations:
o Affordable and safe housing
o Accessible Healthcare
o Energy and Technology
o Financial Services
o Education
Some of the examples of the GBAs’
job descriptions
"Expansion of the distribution of micro-solar products to a new state"
"Implement a Business Development strategy for low-cost housing,
evaluate partnerships with government and financing organizations"
"Design and supervise implementation of a training curricula
to increase farmer's knowledge about innovative farming methods"
Go to bit.ly/edgeGBA2013
to find out more about the available opportunities
o Fill the application survey mentioned in
the TN Form
o 2 Interview Rounds (one with edge and
one with the company)
o Visa preparation (see below)
Application Process
Country Approximate duration
for visa approval
Immigration
Requirements
India 1 - 4 weeks -
Brazil > 6 weeksStudent Status if not
South America
Mexico > 6 weeks -
Colombia 2 – 4 weeks -
o Your complete Application consists of
Motivation letter (addressing the
company)
CV (max 2 pages)
Video on Personal Drivers / Passion
AIESEC EP Form
Application Timeline
November 2013
Opportunities opened
Early December 2013
Application Deadline
December 2013
Selection Process
February 2014
Arrival to the host
country
Further Tips for applicants
1) Ensure alignment of your profile and application with the
requirements
2) Motivation Check Passion for Social Change
For-Profit and business mindset
Entrepreneurial Career
Emerging Market interest
Live and work abroad
3) Further Reading about the Impact Business field
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid by C.K. Prahalad
The Power of Unreasonable People by John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan
www.nextbillion.net
blog.acumenfund.org
www.vilcap.com
http://social.youstory.in/
Responsibilities of involved parties
o Facilitate
communication
between all
parties
o Final responsible
and point of
contact for the
experience
o Runs the learning
environment for
all participants
o Coordinate salary
payments
o Evaluate and
improve quality of
the program
o Facilitation of
immigration
process for the
duration of the
internship
o Logistics e.g.
Airport pickup,
accomodation,
bank account,
registration
o Cultural and
community
integration
o Join the AIESEC
GIP program, fulfil
requirements of
local AIESEC
office, e.g.
seminars, fee,
documents
o Personal cultural
and professional
preparation
o Acquire a health
insurance policy
o Cover flight and
visa cost (if not
agreed otherwise)
o Define Job
Description and
KPIs
o Final selection of
the participant
o Provide monthly
coaching on the
job and any
information and
resources
o Allows the
participant to
attend edge’s
learning events
ParticipantsHosting
Business
About edgeo edge develop talents for impact
business across emerging markets.
edge attracts and prepares the next
generation of managers and
entrepreneurs to build their careers
in this field, ensuring that they add
value whenever they work.
o edge draws on a pool of top young
talent with both leadership
experience and a desire to make a
difference, and offer them the
possibility to explore new business
models.
o edge offers a diverse learning
environment about Impact Business
through summits, workshops,
webinars, and the GBA program.
o Established in 2004
o Works in 5 countries
(India, Kenya, Mexico,
Brazil and Colombia)
o Over 205 GBA
experiences created
o Over 20,000 people
trained about the
concept of Impact
Business
o 15 summits with over
300 participants
is a pioneer organization in
Social Business in Brazil. Since
2002 Artemisia has built
capacity of entrepreneurs and
start-ups that have innovative
business models for
addressing social problems.
Artemisia has hired AIESEC
alumni before!
Artemisia is the Learning
Partner of edge - materials are
based on strong experience in
building high-impact Solutions
at the Base of the Pyramid.
www.artemisia.org.br
provides a platform for
youth leadership
development . Since 1948
hundreds of thousands of
students have taken an
active role in developing
themselves and their
organization.
We have placed AIESEC
members from over 35
countries in the GBA
program. edge currently
works with AIESEC in 6
countries to involve young
talented people in the field
of Impact Business!
www.aiesec.org
is backed by a group of
successful entrepreneurs in the
US. These investors are interested
in new business models that
improve life at the base of the
pyramid, provide opportunities to
talented and honest
entrepreneurs, and contribute to
the competitiveness of emerging
markets.
Potencia Ventures is edge’s
strategic partner.
www.potenciaventures.net
edge is powered by Potencia Ventures and supported by Artemisia as a knowledge partner and
AIESEC as an international talent partner.
edge’s Partners
Iluska Vieira
Latin America Coordinator
Aastha Govil
Asia Coordinator
Manuela Müller
Global Coordinator
Any questions? Please contact us!
