Startland’s inaugural Next-Gen Ambassadors graduate from our Program!
Last Friday, Startland held the graduating Pitch Day for our Next-Gen Ambassadors at Spark Kansas City.
Startland’s Next-Gen Ambassadors are a group of college students creating systemic change within our organization and throughout the Kansas City area.
Trained by our team through the Design Thinking Process, the Ambassadors amassed the skills needed to answer the design thinking question “How might we create access to entrepreneurship in Kansas City through the use of Startland?”.
Meet the Ambassadors and and learn more about their solution below!
The Ambassadors
Juan Alega
University of Kansas
Class of 2023
Ishan De
University of Kansas
Class of 2023
Liberty Gladden
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Class of 2024
Parker Lee
High School Honoree
Class of 2028
Dane Worthington
Kansas State University
Class of 2024
The Solution
Focusing their design question on aiding young ventures, the Ambassadors created a 2-step solution to expose, connect, and build skills of youth entrepreneurs:
START Incubator: A 2-day experience of networking and hands-on entrepreneurship for young entrepreneurs. As part of the Incubator, participants will be able to schedule one-on-one meetings with industry professionals and compete in a final pitch competition.
START Community: An extension of the incubator for youth to converse and connect post-experience.
This website was created by the Next-Gen Ambassadors as a Minimum-Viable Product for START.
The Next Phase
Over the next few months, the Ambassadors and Startland will be working together to figure out implementation of this project for the future.
If you or any college students are interested in signing up for this program in the future, please fill out the form below!
Next-Gen Ambassador Interest Form
The Next-Gen Ambassadors Program pilot was created by Nasir Anthony Montalvo, Marketing Manager for Startland, and Channa Steinmetz, Reporter for Startland News. To learn more about our Parent organization and sister program, visit Startland’s Program page.
