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Organization Presentation
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PROBLEM
SOLVING A GLOBAL MASS PROBLEM WHILE ADDRESSING THE LOCAL PROBLEM
Local Global & National
Vratsa is the poorest region in all of Europe, and
in the last 15 years, the population of
the region has decreased by 32% and youth
unemployment is at its peak, amounting to 40%
In the early 2000s one of the biggest factories in
Vratsa, which provided thousands of jobs to the
residents, closed down.
Without a sustainable industry, the people of the
Vratsa region are forced to move to the capital or
abroad to find a reasonably paid job, since most
jobs are in the local government or in the
services - shop staff and resellers.
It’s not just Facebook, Google, and Uber that
need developers. Almost every single industry is
becoming dependent on people who know how
to write code
The world’s growing reliance on technology to
get things done is making developers more
important than ever
Companies worry more about access to software
developers than capital
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MISSION
OUR MISSION AND THE RECOGNITION WE’VE RECEIVED SO FAR FOR OUR EFFORTS
To build a digital community which provides quality education to people in Vratsa,
one of the poorest regions in Europe, so they can access well-paid, meaningful
jobs in the digital industry without leaving their hometown.
Vratsa Software acts as a unifier, a gathering point for the ambitious people who strive to
learn and grow
By creating a network of digital minds, we attract the digital businesses to our town and
develop an industry which could contribute hugely to the town's economic development.
Awards
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ACHIEVEMENTS
OUR KEY ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE AND MAIN ATTRACTIONS
STUDENTS STARTED OUR
COURSES
317
PARTICIPANTS IN OUR
EVENTS
1570
NEW DIGITAL COMPANY
OFFICES IN VRATSA
4
STUDENTS NOW WORKING
IN THE DIGITAL FIELD IN
VRATSA
40
Talent hub
▪ 40 of our students work in the digital field in Vratsa. A trend that is here to stay given that the students who
continued to university are now starting their first job
▪ Our students, both successful graduates and non-graduates, are top students in the Sofia University Faculty of
Mathematics and Informatics and in the Sofia Technical University
IT Community ▪ More than 1570 people have participated in our yearly events, which bring together kids, students, potential
employees in the IT sector and professions, as well as attract sponsors and lecturers from Amazon and Komptel
▪ Vratsa Software serves as a unifier, a gathering point for the ambitious people who strive to learn and grow.
Digital Industry
in Vratsa ▪ 4 digital companies has opened offices in Vratsa (3 software companies and 1 digital agency)
▪ With the launch of The Nest, a Co-working Space in Vratsa where IT professionals can access support and
inspiration from peers, we want to further promote entrepreneurship within the area
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SOLID TEAM
LED BY ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE ACTIVE WITHIN THE IT & EDUCATION SECTOR
VISION
From 2022, 40 people will start a career in the digital
industry in Vratsa every year
Co-founder
Emiliyan Kadiyski
▪ First cohort of “Teach for Bulgaria”s
teachers
▪ Founder of Inveitix
▪ Programmer at Outsource Consult
Co-founder
Teodor Kostadinov
▪ Senior Programmer at Mentormate
▪ Included in Forbes Bulgarians 30 under 30
▪ Founder of Inveitix
Co-founder
Iliyan Dimov
▪ Programmer at Experian
▪ Founder of Inveitix
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OUR HOLISTIC APPROACH
OUR FUNNEL OF TALENTS HAS BEEN BUILD OVER THE COURSE OF 4 YEARS
Our Holistic Approach
Talent Platform for tracking the students
The core of Vratsa software is our yearly
digital courses .While starting with the
fundamentals, our graduates are ready to start
working at an internship level
Our efforts don’t stop when the education
program finishes. We try to provide our newly
born programmers with the so-needed first
experience through a Mentorship program- a 3
months practical case
While developers is a scarce resource,
developers with leadership skills are even
more rare. From 2019 we are offering the
leadership course “IT+”
The new platform will allow us to track and
stay in touch with both old and currents
students, while allowing companies to reach out
to our talents
NEW
NEW
NEW
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DEEP DIVE IN OUR CORE PROGRAMS (I/II)
PROGRAMMING, DIGITAL MARKETING & DESIGN COURSES
2015 2018 Going Forward
Applicants 130 171 250
Starters 60 97 145
Graduates ~10 23 35
Programs Programming Programming
Digital Marketing
Programming
Digital Marketing
Design
22 new students working
in the IT sector, amounting
to a total of 40 students
Our vision is that from 2022
onwards, 40 people will start a
career in the IT sector on a
yearly basis
4 or 9 months program
2 times/week
10h homework/week
Application process
includes individual tests,
tasks and interviews
Every level ends with a
test and a project
Certificates if successful
and mentorship
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▪ 9 month programming course for adults and high school students
▪ Organized for the 5th year in a row with ~120 applicants/year
▪ Students are divided into groups based on their choice between JAVA or
PHP
9 Months
▪ 4 months digital marketing course for adults and high school students
▪ Organizated for the first time 2018, with over 50 applicants
▪ Covers the marketing basics, creating online content and social network
advertising
4 Months
▪ New course with the start 2019 that will prepare participants
:
6 Months
▪ 3-6 months long project for successful graduates from one of the courses
▪ While the ambition is to offer a mentorship to all graduates, it is dependent
on the availability of mentors
▪ The purpose is to strengthen the students CV
3-6 Months
▪ New leadership program that started Jul 2019
2 Weeks
DEEP DIVE IN OUR CORE PROGRAMS (II/II)
OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRAMS OFFERED TO ADULTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
MARKETIN
G
DESIGN
IT+
MENTORSHI
P
PROGRAMING
Duration
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SECTION 2
ENGAGEMENT PROPOSALS
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HELP US BECOME FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE
WHAT WE NEED AND MAY OFFER
Need for Funding Vratsa Software has relied on grants, but now needs to become financially
sustainable to continue to offer quality education and access to a digital
community and needs the support from the corporate community
Need for People We try to provide our graduates with a Mentorship program - a 3 months practical
case. Currently we can’t offer this to all and need more volunteers who are
skilled within PHP/ JAVA
Access to
Talent Pool
We are developing the future talents within tech, and offer access to our talent
pool and to become top of mind/the preferred employer
Access to our skills Many programmers comes straight from school and lack leadership expertise.
We offer our sponsors a to send young employees on our trainings
Be part of
something that is
transforming society
Be part of realising our vision that from 2022, 40 people will start a career in
the digital industry in Vratsa every year
WHAT WE NEED
WHAT WE OFFER
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HELP US BECOME FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE
OUR SUGGESTED PACKAGES
These are only suggested offers, we are more than happy to work something out on an individual basis if so wished
BECOME A
MENTOR
REACH
OUT TO
OUR
STUDENTS
SPONSOR
1
MODULE
SPONSOR
3
MODULES
We are in need of mentors to
provide the first practical
exposure for our graduates
Reach out to a selected group of
students/ex-students for job, part-
time jobs or internship openings
Sponsor one of the building
blocks in a free of choice course
(programing, marketing, design)
Sponsor three building blocks in a
free of choice course
(programing, marketing, design)
BGN 0 financial support
BGN X per sent e-mail BGN X financial support BGN 3X financial support
▪ We want to provide our successfully
graduated students with their first
practical experience to boost the CVs
▪ A PHP/JAVA mentor guide a graduate
through a real life project
▪ 3 months duration, 2h per week
▪ We help you reach our talents by
sending out emails to a selected
subgroup of our talents
▪ Select what age group, from which
course you want to reach
▪ Send us your material
▪ Logo & company description on our
Talent Platform
▪ Company presentation to our students
▪ Send 1 e-mails
▪ Logo & company description on our
Talent Platform
▪ Sponsor for one event
▪ Company presentation to our students
▪ Send 2 e-mails
▪ Register 2 employees to our 5-days
leadership course while working from
our co-working space
There are:
4 modules per course & group,
~4 groups per course and 3
coureses– Programing,
Marketing & Design
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SECTION 3
APPENDIX
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS WITHIN THE SOCIETY
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PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW
OUR COURSES, EVENTS AND
Our Portfolio of Trainings
Participants’ Age
5 10 15 25 70+
NEW
NEW
NEW
Activities
Overview
Thanks to former
students who are
leading the courses
and events - The
community is
thriving
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EVENT OVERVIEW
1742 PEOPLE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OUR 4 EVENTS ACROSS THE YEARS
HackVratza ▪ HackVratsa was organized for the third consecutive year,
with a total of 41 participants, divided into 13 teams
▪ The first three teams won cash prizes, and two of the teams
were invited to further develop their projects at the Space
Challenge Labs
CodeWeek ▪ Vratsa CodeWeek is a two-day event with more than 170
participants and 25 lecturers
▪ The event offers lectures from the IT field and introduces new
areas of tech through practical activities
Treasure
Hunt
▪ The treasure hunt games are logical puzzles that lead to
physical locations in town and attracted 85 participants
▪ The game is targeting a broader audience, allowing more
people to hear about Vratsa Software and is bringing some
tourists from the capital to Vratsa for a day.
Rails Girls
Vratsa
▪ RailsGirls is an international format for introducing girls
and women to the IT field by a two-day workshop and
was attended by 25 girls
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OUR PRIORITIES 2019
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, CO-WORKING AND SCALING OUR
COURSES
Financial
Sustainabili
To become financially sustainable and continue to offer quality
education and access to a digital community, we are seeking
support from the corporate community
Co-Working Space
With the launch of The Nest, a Co-working Space in Vratsa
where IT professionals can access support and inspiration
from peers, we want to further promote entrepreneurship within
the area
Leadership & Design
Courses
To offer a complete portfolio of skills, we look forward to the
first year of the leadership course “IT +” and the Design course
DEVELOPMENTS YET TO DATE
✔ CROWD FUNDED x
✔ PRE SALES LIVE
✔ X PLACES to Cover…
VISION
From 2022, 40 people will start a career in the digital
industry in Vratsa every year