Rafal Zlak | Application Preview
Rafal Zlak is seeking government grants to fund the production of educational travel videos over nine months, with plans to film new locations every 45 days. The grant will support travel expenses such as airfare, vehicle rentals, accommodations, meals, and equipment costs for a GoPro 9 and necessary accessories, along with marketing and advertising efforts.
The five-year business plan focuses on online growth and expanding into educational travel services aimed at families, combining learning with recreation. The goal is to create enriching family experiences through educational tours that cover topics like history, nature, and conservation, enhancing family bonds and learning through direct experiences in various environments.
Rafal highlights his qualifications as a well-traveled educator with a master's degree in publication design. His extensive travel experience and teaching background make him uniquely suited to undertake this venture. He emphasizes the importance of experiential learning and the potential for his business to stand out in a competitive market dominated by traditional travel agencies and entertainment parks that lack an educational focus.
The proposed business is distinct due to its commitment to hands-on learning and family-oriented experiences, which are not typically offered by competitors. Rafal aims to provide opportunities for families to develop lasting memories while engaging in various activities that foster education, enjoyment, and rapport-building.
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General Information
Business Registration Number: SSN
Location: Henderson, NV, United States
Length of Operation: 3
Number of Employees:
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Open to Loans: NO
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Funding Usage
A proposal to create educational travel videos from 6 areas in a 9 month span. Research and plan educational travel for filming videos of new locations every 45 days. Travel expenses including airline tickets, renting vehicles, taxi costs. Hotel stays. Equipment expenses for a GoPro 9, & additional camera accessories to facilitate filming. Meals while en route and during filming. Marketing & advertising costs incurred.
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Business Plan
The 5 year plan is to continue growth online, expand market share to new demographic areas, then eventually to open an educational travel business where educational tours can be facilitated for public consumption catering to parents and their children as an educational family vacation all in one experience. The business would help families learn as a unit while enjoying recreational activities together. This builds family rapport while expanding learning activities through direct experience with state and national parks, history, nature and conservation as well as animals and their habitats. I'm a well traveled teacher who holds an M.A. in publication design. I've lived in 4 countries and currently reside within the U.S. I'm an experienced traveler who's traveled through 43 states and 17 countries including Israel and the Vatican. I've worked as a teacher for 1.5 years in the public school system, was also a camp counselor for the Jewish Community Center and now have taught for almost 3 years online as a sole proprietor. Education and adventure are my passions, therefore creating a hybrid business which encapsulates these two while giving back to the community is a dream come true. The business would help families learn as a unit while enjoying recreational activities together. This builds family rapport while expanding learning activities through direct experience with state and national parks, history, nature and conservation as well as animals and their habitats.
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Self Identified Competition
The competitors are travel agencies, tour groups and entertainment parks. Travel agencies can be expensive options as they cater toward resorts. Tours are usually geared only for adults. Entertainment parks only entertain and do not facilitate learning through first hand experience. My business is unique as it's off the beaten path and does not have a detached from humanity corporation feel. My business is first hand experience which enriches learning while also helping families to enjoy their time as a unit. The business facilitates education, learning and rapport building while traveling to new areas. It is most important to learn new activities such as snorkeling, horseback riding, history of new areas, nature conservancy, regional foods, understanding & respect for wildlife as well as family rapport building which shape lasting memories.
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