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What workedA woman boutique and training-centre owner in Sherpur, in a Prothom Alo report · Started in 1998

From 10 taka of capital to a 50-lakh business with 200 workers

She began tailoring with 10 taka of capital, set up a training centre in 1998 and took a 25,000-taka loan from the youth development department. Investment now stands at about 50 lakh taka with 200 workers and about a lakh a month after expenses.

This woman began tailoring at a house in the Dighirpar area of Sherpur town; in her own words, "I started tailoring with just 10 taka of capital." In 1998 she set up a sewing training centre and took a 25,000-taka loan from the youth development department to expand. Her boutique and clothing businesses now make garments, embroidery and home furnishings, with investment of about 50 lakh taka and 200 workers. The report puts her income at about one lakh taka a month after expenses. Because the training centre and the production unit run together, the people she trains become the skilled workforce she needs: one woman who trained with her for years now earns about 40,000 taka a month making garments.

Lessons

  1. 1.Running the training centre and the production unit together means the trainees become the skilled workforce the business needs
  2. 2.A 25,000-taka loan taken at the right moment was the step that turned a 10-taka tailoring job into a 50-lakh business

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