Balloon VenturesInsight Intern
Sep. 2016 - Jan. 2017London, United KingdomRapidly-growing and award winning UK-based social enterprise. They run enterprise programmes in developing communities that team up exceptional young people from around the world with passionate local micro entrepreneurs. Together, these international teams imagine, test and refine exciting new business ideas. They support entrepreneurs to strengthen their skills and invest in them to help them grow businesses that generate income and lead sustainable development.
Their approach to development is a first – combining international volunteering with startup education, consultancy support and investment – and our ambition is to scale the model globally to create 1000s of jobs. Since 2012 they have worked with over 1500 entrepreneurs and over 250 fellows investing in over 400 businesses. We currently run programmes in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and the Philippines.
Specialties
enterprise training, international volunteering, business innovation, entrepreneurship, international development Sustainability Research: secondary data analysis for African informal sector sustainability research paper. Relational Excel and VBA development: creation of relational excel for data collection from Project Co-ordinations in Kenya. Integration of Excel Macros for efficient operation.
Statistical analysis and Research Tools Development: T-tests and survey building for entrepreneurs and operatives abroad.