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J. Coelen

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Monetizing Sommalife’s Social and Environmental Impact

Exploring opportunities for Sommalife to scale its impact and disturb the shea industry

Smallholder farmers in the Shea Industry live a challenging life. From lack of economic opportunities to climate change, if they are not helped their already troubling situation will worsen. Sommalife is a social startup who strives to sustainably improve the lives of rural farme ...

Overcoming Lack of Shared Company Objectives in an Early-stage Startup

A Design Toolkit for Entrepreneurs to Develop Company Mission and Product Vision

The thesis addresses the organizational challenges of lacking the big pictures in an early-stage startup. First, the author joined a newborn software venture as a founding product manager and observed the dynamics in his daily practice. Then, through numerous interviews with team ...