Gray Ghost Ventures Essay

Choose one of the social entrepreneurial ventures that is detailed on the Skoll Foundation website.
Gray Ghost Ventures
Provide the name of the organization or program, and what service they provide that benefits a particular group or community
I chose Gray Ghost Ventures because I am very interested in the concept of micro financing ever since I heard about in a UoPeople Discussion Forum. Gray Ghost Ventures was a pioneer in this space and has helped invest millions of dollars into low income communities. What Gray Ghost does is they invest in communication technologies in emerging markets. They help to establish, “…operating companies, ecosystem development and capacity building” (Gray Ghost Ventures, 2018). I think choosing to invest in communication is a smart decision and great for social causes because it

So if I were to start an affordable private school in my community I would need to first identify all the stakeholders. Besides myself a large stakeholder would be local businesses because they are the ones who will be employing the youngsters once they graduate. The next group of stakeholders is the local government who may facilitate our program with tax dollars. The last and largest stakeholder is the parents and children who will be given a better chance at success in a better school. As we learned from Ghost Ventures, financing is generally the largest problem. So after determining the costs of this school I would seek investments from local businesses because they are stakeholders and may want to invest money in a social cause that helps them out in the long run. I also think it would be necessary to work with local government to understand if there are funds available from them. Hopefully at this point I have enough money secured so that low-income families are not burdened with having to pay much