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GSE is tackling global unemployment by building the tech workforce of the future. Our motto is to engage, inspire and prepare individuals for the digital age. The 3 pillars by which we do this are employment, entrepreneurship, and education. We are committed to tackling unemployment, especially in marginalized communities, by empowering youth ages 18-35 around the world. Today, we believe our platform is in high demand, due to the remote work culture shift and the exponential rate of unemployment in 2020.
The Problem
Why does this matter now? The world is changing, from how we live, to how we work. We are experiencing historic levels of unemployment especially amongst younger generations especially in minority communities and emerging markets. In one generation we experienced two major global recessions from the 2008 financial crisis to the 2020 pandemic lockdown. Furthermore, this generation is not prepared for the global shift in talent needs of employers. While exponential technology and automation are optimizing our world, this rapid rate of change is also causing fundamental shifts in our societies, where we believe many of the jobs of today will become irrelevant and replaced by the jobs of tomorrow.
We need a better way to recruit, train, and prepare this generation for the future of work. We believe that global unemployment and rapid upskilling will be defining challenges of our time. And we are taking it head-on with a technology that enables employers to train and hire unique diverse talent pools while making an impact on this global challenge. We believe this fundamentally improves their brand reputation amongst this generation and revolutionizes the recruitment industry.
Additionally, civil unrest has erupted around the world, we believe in part, due to a lack of alternative career opportunities. In 2019, 22 countries witnessed violent street riots led by youth ages 18-45. We believe things will only continue to worsen if we do not create global digital solutions for career upskilling, and business mobility.
The Solution
Our career app gives companies the opportunity to upskill this generation by launching digital career accelerator programs that attract, train, and hires the best talent from all over the world. It takes on average 36 days to hire a person for a job position. Our career app reduces that number to 30 days. While giving candidates the opportunity to not only train with their dream job company but also learn company culture. Imagine, you can find out what it feels like to work at Facebook while getting trained by them before you even start the job. How's that for better career choices? It takes on average 3-6 months for someone to find the right job. It's so frustrating that 72% of job seekers have reported sharing bad candidate experiences on sites like Glassdoor, on social media, or directly with a colleague or friend. We believe that we are disrupting the process entirely. And for the companies joining this movement, you're going to leverage a new way to find the right people for the job while building a positive reputation amongst this generation.
Our automated app provides access to 3 main things:
The Market
The global recruitment industry is worth $536 billion and remote work has grown by 400% in the past decade (HR News). Remote work has rapidly accelerated during the pandemic and is projected to grow in the coming years (Recruiter in 2018, Global Recruitment Market, Recruitment market, Statista).
*The information contained in the graphic above is based on third party projections.
An estimated 60% of employees have been working from home since the pandemic (Finder) and freelancing income stood at over $1 trillion in 2019 and growing (CNBC, Website planet). The global reduction in work hours in the second quarter of 2020 was equivalent to the loss of 495 million full-time jobs, which became groups of people searching for new roles and opportunities to complement income (Global Finance, IMF).
We believe there is currently a mismatch between the demand and supply, with a high supply of roles and high demand for jobs, but a major skills gap and lack of a talented remote workforce.
Our Traction
We prioritized user growth and product development over the past few years and tested the pricing needs of the market. This is reflective of pilot revenue traction. As such our user base has grown to over a quarter-million members within the community.
Our bespoke and corporate and government paying clients include Forbes, Linkedin, SAP, Google, NYU, and the US State Department. We have a network of over 600 world-class speakers, mentors, trainers, instructors, ambassadors, and corporate leaders. A few past speakers include Jack Dorsey (the founder of Twitter), Ndaba Mandela (the grandson of Nelson Mandela), Vicky Jeudy from the Netflix series, Orange Is the New Black, and VPs/CEOs from Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Uber, and more.
We believe we are one of the only recruitment and talent-sourcing platform covering advanced technologies and advanced tech roles and problems (AI, Blockchain, Space, VR, AR, XR). We have been featured in over 200 media outlets, blogs, and newsletters including the Huffington Post, Black Enterprise, and the Financial Times, and at events like the Forbes ‘Her Future’ Summit and NASA’s ‘Space Tech Summit and Career Accelerator Program’.
What We Do
For individuals, GSE is a career development dashboard. You simply download our app and join the community by completing a registration and application channel. Once they complete their profile, they are able to engage with the community, participate in the education courses, and receive curated opportunities relevant to their craft, through our AI augmenting system.
For institutions, GSE will be a talent pipeline community dashboard. They simply download our recently released app and will complete their profile to receive support in framing their branding, messaging, and guidelines. Institutions are able to navigate the community and find remote talent, join GSE recruitment and career program initiatives, and potentially host customized bespoke career development programs. Bespoke service for high-level clients leverages the accelerator model and programming to help them find the best talent. Our AI and team help by fine-tuning the process for them and providing recommendations.
The Business Model
Our B2B and B2G client base is activated through our annual program sessions and has seen 4x YOY growth. We generated $277,000 in 2018, $283,500 in 2019 and $202,000 in 2020 (with the pandemic year pivot to virtual). Our Average Order Value is $0-$99 for individuals and $499- $100k for institutions.
We have 3 Revenue streams:
Our freemium model allows people to join our community and access our resources, programs, and training sessions. But members must pay a subscription in order to access premium networking opportunities, content, and other perks.
How We Are Different
What sets us apart is our focus on remote, digital, and emerging markets. We believe The Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) is one of the world’s largest remote work recruitment companies that leverages ecosystem-building programs and digital education to curate the world's largest digital tech community of remote talent. We believe we were the first to truly build for remote work and remote talent placement, making us highly poised for the needs and problems that the pandemic exacerbated. We also focus on marginalized groups who have faced economic disadvantages.
We believe we also have one of the largest global footprints across 90 countries, helping us to support the right placement irrespective of the region and also for companies searching for people in set regions. This combined with our educational programs, workshops, courses, and career accelerator programs has helped reach and impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
We also focus on marginalized groups who have faced economic disadvantages and a segment who are having to navigate a world with two major global disasters: the 2008 Great Recession and the 2020 global pandemic/lockdown.
*The above information is based on internal research and management's experience.
The Vision
Our vision is to upskill 1 billion people by 2030 for the future of work. We see ourselves becoming the top company in our space as we continue to grow our global network of individuals and institutions.
OUR LEADERSHIP
Our company lives the solution that we provide, as a global remote-based team. We speak over 7 different languages, have traveled and work in over 62 countries, and have a combined 40+ years of work experience in the tech and recruitment sector.
Mrs. Christine Souffrant Ntim is an award-winning Haitian-American & Ghanaian, tech ecosystem expert for emerging markets. She was selected and featured in Forbes 30 Under 30, AdAge 40 Under 40, TEDx, Entrepreneur Magazine, Essence, Black Enterprise, Ebony Magazine, Huffington Post, Inc Magazine, Haiti Changemakers 1804 List, and more. After a successful career in banking and nonprofit development, Christine started her tech career as the founder of Vendedy (currently a case study at Harvard business school). Today she is the founder and CEO of Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE), a tech recruitment company that is home to the world’s fastest-growing digital talent career accelerator platform and the fastest growing network of tech summit programs in emerging markets. A well sought after serial entrepreneur, Christine speaks on digital entrepreneurship, personal branding, career planning, and future tech for emerging markets at over 20+ global conferences a year- which includes former appearances at the United Nations, Davos, TEDx, SXSW, European Union Forum, SEC- Security Exchange Commission, US State Department Tours, New York City Mayor's Office, Startup Grind Global, SeedStars World, and more. For fun, she travels and binge-watches top business shows with her husband and 3 kids.
Today she is on a mission to build the workforce of the future with her award-winning digital career accelerator platform - Global Startup Ecosystem. The recruitment company hosts tech ecosystem-building summit programs with high-profile celebrities, corporates, and government officials to build tech career hubs in emerging market countries like Haiti by 2030 and build the tech workforce of the future.
Why Invest
The global recruitment industry is worth $536 billion and remote work has grown by 400% in the past decade (HR News). Today, 60% of employees work from home since the pandemic (Finder) but despite a high supply of roles and demand for jobs, there is a major skills gap and lack of a talented remote workforce. GSE is solving this problem and empowering marginalized communities by targeting youth ages 18-35 around the world, and has been unstoppable in doing so! We have 169 bespoke, corporate, and government paying clients including Forbes, Linkedin, SAP, Google, NYU, and the US State Department. We’ve been featured in over 200+ media outlets, blogs, and newsletters including the Huffington Post, Black Enterprise, and the Financial Times, and have around 190 million social media impressions across our various platforms. Because we started digital remote work career programming before it became a norm during the pandemic, we believe we are poised to be a major leader in this space!
*This testimonial may not be representative of the experience of other customers and is not a guarantee of future performance or success.
GSE Her Future Summit To Explore AI And The Future Of Work For Women LeadHer Future Summit powered by the Global Startup Ecosystem will take place virtually with 1000+ digital delegates. This will be the largest virtual summit for women to date featuring digital stakeholders from over 60+ countries.
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In an effort to increase exposure of local startups to global investors and resources, Global Startup Ecosystem launched the first digital accelerator in 7 major regions around the world in 2016. Entrepreneurs from the Caribbean, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and Americas.
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Company | : | Global Startup Ecosystem, Inc. |
Corporate Address | : | 10 Hudson Yards, 48th Floor , New York, NY 10001 |
Offering Minimum | : | $9,954.00 |
Offering Maximum | : | $999,982.00 |
Minimum Investment Amount(per investor) | : | $158.00 |
Offering Type | : | Equity |
Security Name | : | Common Stock |
Minimum Number of Shares Offered | : | 9,954 |
Maximum Number of Shares Offered | : | 999,982 |
Price per Share | : | $1.00 |
Pre-Money Valuation | : | $11,500,000.00 |
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Investment Incentives and Bonuses*
Time-Based:
Friends and Family Early Birds
Invest within the first 48 hours and receive additional 15% bonus shares.
Super Early Bird Bonus
Invest within the first week and receive additional 10% bonus shares.
Early Bird Bonus
Invest within the first two weeks and receive an additional 5% bonus shares.
Amount-Based:
$500+ | Tier 1
5% bonus shares + Recognition of investment to GSE community + Access to Exclusive GSE Investor Club meet and greet sessions and private Facebook Group.
$1,000+ | Tier 2
10% bonus shares + Lower Tier non-bonus share perks + Recognition on GSE Website.
$2,500+ | Tier 3
15% bonus shares + lower Tier no bonus share perks + Free Access to GSE Recruit Service Package (Post up to 5 jobs, Host 1 information webinar on the community platform) + Free VIP access to annual GSE Investor Summit (Virtual 2021/ Live 2022).
$5,000+ | Tier 4
17% bonus shares + Lower Tier non-bonus share perks + Permanent recognition on GSE showroom wall (HQ Office).
$10,000+ | Tier 5
20% bonus shares + One on one with the founder+ Complimentary VIP access to a GSE global career tech summit in Haiti (Caribbean) or Ghana/Nigeria (Africa) (lodging and transport for 2 nights only; No flights included) + Lower Tier non-bonus share perks.
$25,000 | Tier 6
30% bonus shares + Join GSE angel investor advisory committee board.
*Maximum Number of Shares Offered subject to adjustment for bonus shares. See Bonus info below.
*All perks occur when the offering is completed.
The 10% StartEngine Owners' Bonus
Global Startup Ecosystem, Inc. will offer 10% additional bonus shares for all investments that are committed by investors that are eligible for the StartEngine Crowdfunding Inc. OWNer's bonus.
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In 2019, GSE hosted 23 global summits in top emerging market cities in Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. In 2020 we took many of its programs online and increased our reach to over 258,000 subscribers.
For the fall 2021 calendar, Global Startup Ecosystem is expanding its impact with the next edition of 3 major regional summits which includes the Caribbean Future Summit to tackle climate change and tourism sustainability in the region, the Latin Future Summit to kick off economic development in the region’s hardest hit countries and the Africa Future Summit to scale the tech and funding momentum that the region is facing during this pandemic year.
More announcements will be shared regarding the major country summits that will take place in December following the series of regional summit programs. Community leaders are invited to join and connect with top stakeholders from each of the regional gatherings.
These summit programs are key gateways for entrepreneurs, investors, and government stakeholders to meet the next wave of emerging tech talent in these hard to reach places. Top Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) investors will be featured at the program.
You can check out more information regarding speakers, partners, and media via www.africafuturesummit.com and www.caribbeanfuturesummit.com, and www.latinamericafuturesummit.com.
Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) was founded by serial entrepreneur Christine Ntim who will spearhead the company’s evolving focus on tackling the current global unemployment crisis and workforce challenges.
Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) is well known as a platform for accessing emerging tech hubs and sourcing tech talent from all over the world. The future of work is now here and as one of the fastest growing private companies upskilling millennial talent from around the world, in particular in emerging markets countries such as Haiti, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia etc and emerging communities in the United States targeting women and people of color, GSE is now poised to expand its efforts in workforce development as a market leader.
During the pandemic, Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) experienced a huge spike in subscribers growing from 117,000 members to 258,000+. The company also experienced a surge in demand from institutional clients searching for platforms that can source tech talent via Global Startup Ecosystem’s pioneering digital accelerator program structure. For example, applications for their career accelerator programs targeting Nigeria welcomed 62,000+ applications for only 1000 spots. The same demand is happening for other high growth countries as more millennials see the GSE platform as more relatable, practical and community centric. GSE has already supported supranational clients such as Forbes, Linkedin, US State Department, Microsoft and more.
The demand will continue to grow as the global unemployment crisis continues with talent shortages becoming a huge workforce challenge for fortune 1000 companies. 400-800 million jobs could be displaced by 2030 according to McKinsey Global Institute’s latest report. Korn Ferry predicts a coming global human talent shortage of more than 85 million people. Freelancers Union predicts that over 50% of US workers will be freelancing by 2027. And according to recruiter Robert Half, 94% of global business leaders are sourcing contractors from online digital job platforms. These numbers are only accelerating as a post pandemic remote work world continues to unfold.
The Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) mission is to prepare millennials and future generations for the digital age and aims to fulfil the objective of upskilling 1 billion people by 2030 under the leadership of Christine Ntim.
We are pleased to share some exciting news at GSE. Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) was recently featured in VentureBeat as #91 in "Growjo's 10K Fastest Growing Companies!
According to the publication, “The 10K companies show growth in a variety of industries including FinTech, Digital Health, IT, Biotech, SaaS and more. The list is released to highlight growth for companies that are on the rise and committed to staying on the path for the foreseeable future. “I think the companies on this list are an incredible representation of growth, both from a revenue perspective as well as overall job growth,” explained Tom Blue, Founder of Growjo.”
During the pandemic, Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) experienced a spike in subscribers as more young people tapped into remote work opportunities. We are excited for the future growth opportunities in helping people tap into emerging markets.
Hello,
It has been an exciting time for the GSE Team. Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) launched a Regulation Crowdfunding round to give non accredited investors an opportunity to invest in our business.
We first shared the opportunity with our community and social network. We are happy to share that we gained the support of close to 100 investors!
To broaden our offering to the wider public, Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) is pleased to announce the launch of the GSE Global Investment Summit to take place live on GSE social channels on September 15, 2021. This culminating summit will welcome over 10,000+ registered investors and influencers from all over the world and will feature the GSE investment offering opportunity.
Our investors will be given access to the private GSE investment networking session during the program. If you already placed your investment in GSE, stay tuned for more details. If you haven't invested yet, please do so prior to our GSE Summit to get private networking access.
Stay tuned for more updates as we keep you updated on announcements, offerings and invitations!
Best, Christine Ntim CEO at Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE)
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