A healthy business ecosystem is a web of mutually beneficial partnerships that enhance the quality of life and add value to everything and everyone taking part in the journey." ~Otsukaiban and Spirit Wolf Entertainment

Recognizing that the film industry faces particular challenges with regard to business start-up and vulnerability to homelessness, Otsukaiban would like to explore creating a business-centric drop-in in Montreal, providing on-site third-party virtual office and courier services aimed at the homeless population of the city from within a larger drop-in facility designed to encourage back-to-work and entrepreneurial endeavors.

My hope for this project is to have a business plan created that can be provided to the local stakeholders being propositioned for partnerships, sponsorships, or cooperative venture. As the drop-in does not exist yet, students will need to take the information given and in some cases propose specific program structures, ways to identify and divert the target homeless population, as well as how these programs might be coordinated with the existing local stakeholders.

We would communicate using Zoom and Riipen messaging, using the project document to maintain an FAQ database.

Primary contact: Natalie Durdle (owner, Otsukaiban)