Student Teams

Student teams are the operating units on the OWOB network.  They start or develop a small/medium sized business that provides products, services and/or employment to a developing sector in the United States or any other country.  Student teams on OWOB originate from existing teams or by finding team members on the OWOB network.  They post their ideas, goals and objectives on the network in the form of a team profile.  This allows them to find other teams to partner with who can help them with special expertise or physical presence in a location of interest.

An example of a student team is Power Mundo.  This team was formed prior to joining OWOB as part of a program at Colorado State University.   They joined OWOB to help launch their business as a clean technology distribution company that increases the accessibility of lifesaving household energy products for people in developing countries with an initial focus on Ghana, India and Peru.  With minimal initial funding, they were not able to send a team to each of these countries so they looked for partner teams located in each country to assist them with market research.  They posted a team profile and then found a partner team at Ashesi University in Ghana to work with them on a project.