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WOWASI VENTURE STUDIO

From a short idea to a plan ready for review.

Most ventures stall at the paperwork. Describe your venture, and the Studio researches it and drafts the full documentation set, ready for your final review before it goes to a lender or a board.

  • 15documents drafted from a single idea, in a test run
  • 5phases, from overview to communications
  • 1paragraph to start
Infographic for Oahe Legacy Living, an intergenerational, culturally responsive eldercare community model, summarizing its challenge, concept, and goals
Oahe Legacy Living, drafted with Wowasi Venture Studio. See the full example below ↓

A real example: Oahe Legacy Living

Prepared for Rooted Communities LLC, starting from an early idea: an intergenerational, culturally responsive eldercare community on Tribal Reservation land. Wowasi drafted the full documentation set from that idea; the team then used it to direct the pitch slides and infographic shown here, reviewing and refining each piece along the way.

The documentation set

  • 15 documents
  • 145 sections
  • 5 phases

  1. Overview

    • README11 sections
    • Project Brief10 sections
    • Glossary10 sections

  2. Discovery

    • Context and Background10 sections
    • Stakeholder Notes12 sections

  3. Planning

    • Goals and Success Criteria10 sections
    • Scope and Boundaries8 sections
    • Initial Budget7 sections
    • Timeline and Milestones10 sections
    • Risks and Assumptions9 sections

  4. Execution

    • Process Workflow10 sections
    • Standard Operating Procedures8 sections
    • Task Backlog10 sections

  5. Communications

    • Meeting Notes10 sections
    • Status Updates10 sections

From the documents to a pitch

Selected slides from the pitch deck the team built from the Wowasi documents.

  • The challenge: converging crises

  • The concept

  • The Legacy Exchange Model

  • Who it serves

  • Targets

  • Budget and funding mix

  • A replicable model

  • The ask

Pitch slide: the converging crises the project responds to
1 of 8: The challenge: converging crises

Shared with the permission of Rooted Communities LLC. Every Wowasi document is a starting draft, written to be reviewed and refined before it goes to a lender or a board.

  • Every figure sourced

    The research draws on live web sources and Oahe's connected data model, so demographic and economic claims cite real measures rather than estimates.

  • A starting draft

    The output is written to be edited, not a finished business plan, and it says so on every page.

  • Drafted for lenders and boards

    A sourced package built toward what lenders and boards look for, ready for your final review.

Who it's for

  • Founders
  • Economic-development offices
  • Incubators