Hi I am Prasad, dont let my INSEAD MBA fool you Ive been a lifelong entrepreneur and this is my story.   The educational challenge that struck a chord with us was poor employability. Its unacceptable that in a nation of a billion, only 10% of our graduates were employable, just 10%! We started a school- Vishwajyot High School, New Bombay (www.Vishwajyot.com) - close to a decade ago and have some insight into the space. Our employability problem stems from trying to paint every learner with the same brush, without understanding how and what s/he wants to learn.   Poor employability contrasted against rising aspirations and fattening wallets of our vast populous outside of major metros presented me with a major opportunity. As a way to get started on closing this need gap we have started at the very beginning, with schools and preschools (prevention is better than cure). We hacked our way into the labs of neurobiologists and cognitive scientists to design a superb learning program, which understands each learner and personalizes the instruction to his/her interests and capabilities (most people dont understand this part while applying so dont worry). Read more at www.WunderbarKids.com   Weve been at it for a year and a half now and its been one of the most exhilarating but terrifying period of our lives. Amrut and I havent had a day off since he got back from his MBA at Duke, but all the little achievements keep us going. Our ability to personalize learning has enabled us to learn that Samarth (1.5 years), though initially very cranky, loves stories and 6 months on he is happily coming to school learning through stories and relaying them to his grandfather. Raj who was painfully shy went on to compete and win a nationally televised dance reality show. Our 100 learners in the small town of Phaltan (whose commute to a school we cut by 60 km/day) in 6 months are talking, playing and thinking in English! Our model is working! We now have 20 schools/preschools in total and are pushing the pace to set up 5 new locations per month!   Each week when we look at Wunderbar Kids, its a new beast with a new set of problems and opportunities. To tackle these we have radically changed how our business operates. We developed a guerilla-marketing model (so radical that Ill leave the details for later), developed a recruitment model that sees us train people before we hire them (in recruitment too prevention is better than cure). Were rethinking and reinventing almost everything we do and were not done yet.   The plan is to accelerate the pace a few more notches - get bigger, better, faster! Schools are only the start, we will use our centers as beachheads to give us a local presence and tackle the problem of employability through a variety of products and technologies which we are developing. Our sights are set on having 100,000 learners on the books. Yep, challengingis an understatement, and as our Angel Investor & Advisor Srikant Datar (Sr. Associate Dean Harvard Business School) says - we need some equally crazy people to make it happen!   Since our last post we have hired an awesome top management team comprising of CXO's, Brand Managers, and entrepreneurs from leading schools like Duke University(yes, someone left their job in the US to join us), ISB and S P Jain. Over the last year they have been on field, pushing a manic growth rate which would have otherwise been impossible. To find out more about their experience with us you can reach them at Ishashis@WunderbarKids.com or Dharmakirti@WunderbarKids.com. While they were joining we made them the below promises (which still hold for anyone joining us today):   - At some point you will feel like the king of the world   - Equally you will also feel like an utter failure   - You will work harder than you ever have   - You will still be behind schedule   - Your friends will be sick of hearing about Wunderbar Kids   - You will ignore them and keep talking about it   - At the end of the day you will be proud of what you have achived   - You will have changed the world   To achieve great things, we need more awesome people (were little over 150 people at the moment) and thats why we're back. We're looking for young, sharp, entrepreneurial people with extremely high learnability and ambition to grow. Entrepreneur in Residence is very broad role with exposure to each facet of the business and it is on each EIR to define how wide and deep s/he takes it. Don't worry too much about the title (which purposely isnt very specific), lets chat about what rocks your boat. Chart out your own path so that you may one day become the CEO. Whats not negotiable is having fun!   Youll be responsible to lead a team, contribute to the noise at the boardroom during brainstorming sessions, establish processes and systems & ensure the deliverable takes place on-time, on-budget and is simply the best. The role will also be very hands-on, so we are looking for people willing to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty. If you have the hunger to make it big, drive to create a huge impact, the courage to face uncertainty, the willingness to take the risk and would like to work directly with the CEO, then get in touch with us. But instead of just a CV, also write to us at HR@WunderbarKids.com and tell us how you would solve the employability problem in India.   Prasad Dhumal

Mumbai

Pune

WunderbarKids - Entrepreneur In Residence      

WunderbarKids - Entrepreneur In Residence       ,Job Description for WunderbarKids - Entrepreneur In Residence       in Mindseed in  Mumbai Pune for (1-4) years of experience. Apply Now!

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