ASHOKA Hybrid Value Chain (HVC)

GRADUATE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM2010

what?

MBA & graduate students with strong business experience

Interest in working with Ashoka Fellows or Ashoka Staff to advance HVC around the world

Business plans, financing, research, marketing, and fundraising strategies to scale social

business innovations

A program launched in 2007:

How do I get started

?

Requirements

Current Opportunities

• Graduate and Business School students who have completed at least one year of studies

• Proficiency in the language of the host country• Applicants encouraged to apply before end of February

Work with an Ashoka Fellow or with Ashoka FEC staff in scaling HVCs. Locations available in Colombia, Brazil,

Mexico and India

CommitmentFull-time for a minimum of 10

weeks from June - August

who?

Interns from the following business/graduate schools: Stanford, Yale, Harvard University, Wharton,

University of Chicago Booth, Dartmouth, University of California at Berkeley Haas and

several others

Location Overview Scope Student

Colombia • In 2006, Colombian Fellow Haidy Duque entered in a partnership with leading tile manufacturing company Colceramica to develop low-price, high quality tiles for low-income markets. Together, they created a new model for sales and promotion that brought a multi-million dollar business and generated over 256 new jobs for women who provided better quality of life for consumers living in low-income communities.

• Designed replication strategy to expand distribution of low cost high quality tiles to new cities

• Searched for innovations to improve the communities quality of life

• Designed strategy for search and selection ofnew CSOs acting as sales agents

Wharton

In previous years, HVC interns have:

[ Placement: Worked with Ashoka Fellow ]

In previous years, HVC interns have:

Location Overview Scope Student India • Muthu Velayutham a

serial entrepreneur, entered a partnership with British Petroleum to distribute biomass stoves to rural populations in Tamul Nadu, and to develop a new market.

• Review business plans from BP on distribution channel and biomass plants to RE-NEGOTIATE the agreement terms. This required strong financial/business planning and negotiation skills

Cornell

[ Placement: Worked with Ashoka Fellow ]

In previous years, HVC interns have:

Location Overview Scope Student Brazil • In 2007 Ashoka launched

a one-stop shop housing service center in Brazil. As part of its new housing model re-design in 2009 the team required support for engaging new financial institutions and other relevant partners for the scaling up stage.

• Expand our Housing pilot work in Brazil by catalyzing a partnership between a microfinance bank & a local CSO

• Wrote a case study of “how-tos” for implementing this type of partnership

Darmouth/Tuck

[ Placement: Worked with Ashoka Staff ]

Why is Ashoka Doing this

?

Advancing Hybrid Value Chains (HVC)

Ashoka Recruiting

Increasing students knowledge and application of hands-on HVCs

Supports our global recruiting efforts for FT positions

Brokering servicesAdding value to our Fellows and future world business leaders

What they say?

“The summer program definitely helped me decide to be a membe Ashoka. Creating change side-by-side with another social entrepreneur propels your change-making spirit in a matter of day Linda Peia, 2007 intern and now FEC Staff member in Brazil

Appendix

“I had an amazing summer in India. Seriously, it was the best time at work I've had ever. Thank you for your patience and for your help in setting this up”.

John S. Kim, Harvard Business School 2008

Sample of 2009 intern experiences

Aaron Mihaly, Brazil•Launched a Housing pilot in Brazil by catalyzing a

partnership between a microfinance bank & a local CSO •Wrote a case study of “how-tos” for implementing this

type of partnership

Shijie (SJ) Lu, India•Worked with local CSO (Saath) to create a proposal for

an Incremental Housing Hybrid Value Chain in Ahmedabad•Developed a Cleanliness Campaign to launch

partnership in 5 slums

Sample of 2009 intern experiences

• Egypt: Analyzed the low income housing market in Eygpt in preparation for Ashoka's launch of a Hybrid Value Chain pilot project.