About this role
MacondoLab supports the University’s Opción de Grado by helping students develop business projects and strengthen existing ventures through training, mentoring, fieldwork, sustainability planning, and pitch preparation. The program is designed for undergraduate students who have completed the required entrepreneurship coursework and are advancing business ideas or early-stage ventures as part of their graduation pathway. The engagement addresses a development and technical need related to the strengthening of student-led business ideas with greater financial rigor and stronger alignment with international market conditions. Many participating students require additional guidance to translate early business concepts into structured, financially viable, and scalable models that can compete in dynamic markets. Priority needs include support in financial analysis, business model refinement, sustainability planning, growth strategy, market readiness, and presentation of business ideas to expert audiences. The engagement is expected to benefit undergraduate participants in the Opción de Grado pathway, typically organized around project-based mentoring, training activities, and milestone-based reviews throughout the acceleration process. The university is requesting two Virtual Service Pilot Participants (VSPPs) to provide specialized virtual support that strengthens the technical quality of this graduation-track entrepreneurship process. The VSPPs will contribute through structured virtual mentoring sessions, practical workshops, and feedback activities focused on financial planning, evaluation of business opportunities, international market orientation, and improvement of student presentations and project documentation. Expected support may include one to two virtual sessions per week during the engagement period, group training for participating students, and individualized feedback for selected projects at key stages of development The organization has previously collaborated with the Peace Corps. They understand that the role of a VSPP is very different than a Peace Corps Volunteer or Peace Corps Response Volunteer.