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What workedA woman graphic designer in Khagrachhari, in a Prothom Alo report · Started in 2021

From a 13-dollar first job to a lakh a month, with 500 women trained

A first job worth 13 US dollars in December 2021 has grown into about 1 lakh taka a month of design work, plus a training centre that has taught around 500 women.

This 22-year-old woman in Khagrachhari learned graphic design in 2021 and took her first paid job that December, worth 13 US dollars. She built the practice up job by job - logos, brand identity, business cards, letterheads - and now reports about 1 lakh taka a month. Alongside the client work she opened a small training centre, roughly 30 feet by 15, where around 500 women have since trained. The article says some of them now earn 20,000-30,000 taka a month of their own. What she spent to get started is not stated.

Lessons

  1. 1.A first job can be as small as 13 dollars and still be the turning point: it is proof of demand, not income
  2. 2.Training others in the same district became a second income line beside the client work

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