Company Missions

Company Missions are simple statements of the desired meaningful outcome the company wants to achieve that often includes the purpose and/or the inspiration behind it. 'Sonia From The Bronx' had a mission to become a judge and is now a justice on the United States Supreme Court. A young Afghan woman's mission to improve opportunity for millions of women has already improved many people's lives. The types of missions include:

Here are examples of people missions:

• Edward Jenner – to help his community that was ravaged by small pox. Jenner invented the small pox vaccine.
• Muhammed Yunus – to help the world’s poor address their own unique needs with access to the right tools and information. Yunas invented microcredit and won the Noble Peace Prize.
• Craig Venter – to sequence the first human genome and map the approximately 20,000 – 25,000 genes. Venter sequenced first human genome in 2000.
• Tony Fadell – to make an MP3 player that is easy use, easy to manage music and easy to legally buy music online. Fadell invented the iPod.

Here are examples of company missions:

• Google – to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful
• Facebook - to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected
• Coca Cola - to refresh the world, to inspire moments of optimism and happiness and to create value and make a difference
• Pixar - to combine technology and world class creative talent to develop computer animated feature films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that appeal to audiences of all ages

For example, aspirer(s) Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin had a desired outcome (mission) of their dream to improve the college graduation for disadvantaged students.

The mission is a component of the eDream.