The Beyond Chacay Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization in the United States, was created to provide our clients, Ecuadorian communities, and American, Canadian and European tourists as well as foundations and corporations, with an opportunity to invest in a new paradigm seeking to promote community based economic development, conservation and reciprocity through entrepreneurship.  The foundational concepts include:

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•  The Co Creation of Shared Value by investing in individuals, families and communities who produce raw material (chocolate, coffee, handicrafts, etc.) at the beginning of the value chain, enabling them to transform the raw material into their own products branded with their logo, promoted through their respective websites, for consumption by tourists who visit them, as well as through virtual marketing

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•  Associative entrepreneurship to replace the traditional dependence mindset (teaching community entrepreneurs how to fish: identifying the opportunity and idea, creating a strategic plan, developing the business model, marketing and operations plans, financial plan, execution, and evaluation)

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•  Ecotourism, with its triple bottom line (People, Planet, Profit) provides sustainability, where tourists collaborate as conscientious and  sensitive consumers as well as investors in local business initiatives

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•  A cloud based platform offering training, coaching, marketing and sales for local products and services, including ecotourism itself

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•  A financial model where the local communities benefit first and foremost through investments that create a reliable and sustainable foundation for a thriving ecotourism ecosystem.