Periscope Solutions

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Periscope delivers products and services that inform and inspire the creation of great products, services and companies. For the past 10 years, we've worked with hundreds of new ventures and investors to successfully start and grow brands.

Periscope's 10 Years in NYC

I moved to Manhattan from Boston on September 1, 2001. In December of 2001, I incorporated Periscope Solutions. I am positive that every person living in NYC on 9/11 was profoundly impacted by the events and aftermath of that day. As a newcomer to the city, my impression of New Yorkers and my subsequent personal and professional paths were heavily influenced by my experience of 9/11. I was deeply moved by the outpouring of generousity, service and the spirit of camaderie among New Yorkers and that had a direct impact on my own committment to the community over the past nine years. If it hadn't been for the economic standstill, I would have settled into a new job rather than having the crazy idea to go out on my own. I recall vididly visiting a local SCORE center and asking "strategic" questions about networking such as, "How should I introduce myself when I meet someone?" That was definitely an Elle Woods moment.

Submitted!

One of more challenging aspects of being on your own is how you spend your time. I have always love community service but have been feeling more and more conflicted about the time spent away from business. That being said, one of my goals this year was to spend 10% of my working time to helping other social causes I believe in. One of my passion projects is an initiative I am working on with for pathos|creative. We are currently working on a social venture that would bring high-speed internet access and a reliable source of electricity to Bommakal as a first step to establishing an arts and technology venture in the village. As semifinalists in a business plan competition, we submitted our final business plan today at 4:30PM EST. Fingers crossed! [This is a photo of Bommakal makes me smile - my brother Peter is way in the back!]

The need:

While cities offer good schools and attract talented teachers, the small villages have very few resources educate and equip the children for India’s increasingly competitive world economy. Further, the lack of opportunities in the villages results in an exodus of educated and capable people to the cities. This results in broken families, a vacuum of positive role models and further depletion of the village’s assets.

Quick highlights of the business plan:

• The huge growth of business processing outsourcing (BPO) has enabled outsourcing providers with a social mission to benefit disadvantaged populations through the nascent subfield of impact sourcing. 
• Impact sourcing (IS) serves people with limited opportunity for sustainable employment and extends computer-based employment to people with modest educations in developing countries.
• Impact sourcing has great potential to alleviate poverty in the developing world - allowing people "work with dignity" while improving their productive capacity