Sleepy Dreamer Soap: Cleansing the World of Poverty
Many impoverished areas simply do not have the means to educate themselves. Sleepy Dreamer Soap hopes to end that by creating educational opportunities for students worldwide. By selling soap and collecting donations we hope to raise money to build schools in these communities.
Q1: What criteria should we consider in deciding where to build our first school?
Idea Description
Sleepy Dreamer Soap hopes to cleanse the world of poverty by creating and managing schools in impoverished communities worldwide. By manufacturing and selling our own branded soap, we hope to maintain a steady cash flow dedicated to constructing schools as well as developing a relevant curriculum. As we hope to build schools abroad, the curricula will be based on the well being of the students at that location. In addition to providing an education, we hope to connect local merchants with students in order to create vocational opportunities. While most soaps are rendered from animal fat, Sleepy Dreamer Soap will use 100% cruelty-free ingredients and be completely vegetarian.
What will you do if you win $10,000 for this idea?
Firstly, we plan to use a portion of the grant for all start-up costs. We would then begin researching locations for the first schools. We will survey a variety of locations, and once an initial location has been chosen, we will contact the local government to begin construction of our first school. We will simultaneously collect donations and begin production of the soaps.
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Sounds to me like Sleepy Dreamer has it's game plan down backwards. A pilot is not a baggage handler first and a pilot second. The Ford Motor Co's main focus is not on driver education first and the actual building and selling of cars and trucks second. If Sleepy Dreamer Soap wants to be "the leading manufacturer of animal-free and ?> aynurvedic <? soaps", then it main focus should be on the manufacture, marketing, and sale of "SOAP", not the building of schools in third world countries. How do you answer a customer when he/she asks, "Why should I buy your soap?" If your answer is, "So we can make enough money to build a school in a third world country.", then you're not and you'll never be "the leading manufacturer of animal-free an…mored ?> aynurvedic <? soaps". You simply be another non-profit organization with it's hand stretched out asking for cherity and applying for donations and grants. I reiterate, Unless there is something truely unique or special about the soap, you might as well sell pop corn (and it better be better then Orval Redenbocker's). Why should I buy your soap?
While Sleepy Dreamer soap hope’s to be the leading manufacturer of animal-free and ayurvedic soaps (a growing niche in the soap and detergent market), it is important to realize that the Sleepy Dreamer is a school building organization first, and a soap manufacturer second. Currently, we have multiple development officers who have built schools in third world countries. Through our research, we have discovered that building and maintaining a functional school can cost anywhere between $12,000 to $50,000 (depending on the amount of people served and location). We feel as though the consumer sector of the soap industry is widely under served, and we believe through our marketing efforts, we will be able to fulfill this need. That being said, I would like to reiterate that soap is only se…morecondary to our overall goal. We hope to be a non-profit organization, and as such, we will seek funding through a variety of sources. As VoiceofReason pointed out, everybody is seeking donations for some sort of charitable cause. This has obviously created difficulty in the age old method of simply asking for donations and grants. Sleepy Dreamer will be asking for donations and grants, and a variety of other fund raising techniques; however, it is necessary that we maintain a constant flow of income.
To begin with, I agree with VoiceofReason. This idea does not sound like it's been the least bit thought through. Creating schools in developing countries is a nice thought. However, selling soap will not raise the amount of money these schools will require to be sustainable, let alone finish construction.
Unless there is something truely unique about the soap you're planning to sell this project will go by the way side. Everybody and their brother already has their hand out for one charitable cause or another. If there is nothing unique about the soap you may as well sell pop corn.
Just wondering, where are you in the startup process?
aww, that's nice