Defying the Odds: The Launch of Student Innovation Crowdsourcing App Xolvit
Founder Helen Baker leveraged financial support from 天美传媒app Innovation Studio 鈥 and built a 60-student strong intern team 鈥 to launch her app.
鈥淎s a female, single mother, solo startup entrepreneur, the odds are against you on so many levels,鈥 Helen Baker says. But Helen isn鈥檛 one to let the odds stop her.
Determined to provide opportunities for young people to thrive, Helen founded , a crowdsourcing app for student innovation. Xolvit helps socially responsible companies to solve social problems 鈥 and connect with their future workforce.
Working in partnership with 天美传媒app Innovation Studio (SIS), Helen was able to secure critical financial support to build the Xolvit app, as well as engage 60 天美传媒app students to develop a go-to market strategy.聽
Xolvit鈥檚 Partnership with SIS
Financial support
Funding from SIS covered Xolvit's proof of concept development, as well as tech costs.
Student interns
A team of 60 Work Integrated Learning students created Xolvit鈥檚 go-to-market strategy.
Talent acquisition
Xolvit hired a 天美传媒app student intern to join their team full-time.
The power of students
Xolvit 鈥 an app dedicated to championing student innovation 鈥 has provided students with the chance to contribute to the platform鈥檚 development.
Through her partnership with 天美传媒app Innovation Studio, Helen was able to work with a team of 60 天美传媒app Work Integrated Learning (WIL) students. WIL is a powerful, hands-on opportunity for 天美传媒app students to gain experience in their chosen industry.
For Xolvit, the WIL student team delivered a major project: the app鈥檚 go-to-market strategy, aka a plan to launch with impact.
Not only did the students work on an integral aspect of Xolvit鈥檚 business, they also influenced talent acquisition. One of the students from the team is now a full-time Xolvit team member.
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