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Business Development Internship with a Harvard Business School Start-‐Up Tomato Jos is a Nigerian food production company that believes in the power of farming and processing local food products for local consumption. We are a social enterprise start-‐up whose mission is to make tomato production a sustainable, profitable business for Nigerian farmers. We're looking to serve the $2.5bn Nigerian tomato market with locally produced tomato paste that can effectively compete with imports. Our start-‐up is currently based at the Harvard i-‐Lab, where we have established residence. We will relocate our headquarters to Nigeria in the fall of 2014. The Tomato Jos team currently consists of two full-‐time members. Mira Mehta is graduating from Harvard Business School and previously worked at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and BlackRock Investment Management. Shane Kiernan is graduating from Harvard School of Public Health and previously worked at CHAI and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation amongst others. We are looking for two business development interns to help us launch our business this summer. In May 2014, our business idea was awarded second place in the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition -‐ Social Enterprise Track, and now we are preparing to operationalize our idea. We want to give our interns a true “start-‐up” experience – there will be lots of moving parts, lots of ambiguity, some ideation, a lot of hustling, no pay, but lots of laughter and ramen! In this vein, we are looking for go-‐getters who care about the world and can take initiative in a dynamic, fast-‐paced environment. There are currently two major areas of our business that we want to develop: a performance measurement framework for the social element of our business, and a competitive analysis of the existing tomato paste market in Nigeria. We anticipate that our interns will spend the majority of their time this summer working on projects related to these areas, but since this is a start-‐up, a minority of their time will also be spent on other ad-‐hoc projects as they come up. Indicative tasks include:
• Conduct background research on agricultural project monitoring and evaluation plans for development organizations (USAID, DFID, etc.)
• Draft a comprehensive performance evaluation plan for Tomato Jos, with key metrics for determining project success
• Work with Co-‐founders to determine most relevant performance metrics for Tomato Jos • Perform background primary and secondary research into the production of tomato paste
in China and the US • Develop a detailed unit cost model for imported products that compete with Tomato Jos • Create a competitive analysis to identify any relative advantages of domestic production
Qualities we are looking for in both candidates:
• Ability to prioritize and manage a variety of tasks in a fast paced environment • Ability to solve problems creatively, pay meticulous attention to detail, and work well on a
small team • Possess initiative and the ability to work independently, while also being receptive to
direction • Outstanding communication and presentation skills • Strategic and creative thinker with advance problem solving skills • Interest in International Development & Agribusiness a major plus • Must be able to commit a minimum of 20 hours a week • Sense of humor required
To apply: Please send a short (no more than 200 words) cover letter detailing your interest in Tomato Jos and a one page resume to [email protected]
