I am having a great time. For me, it is a great pleasure to be applying the analytical side of my mind to understanding and solving problems while working with an amazing team of people.
Navabharath Foundation supports small groups of low income entrepreneurs to establish and run businesses. There are many issues that can impact the success of these groups, but we are focusing on:
The objective of our 4 week assignment is to develop a micro-enterprise incubation model that will include private participation in mentoring of management, marketing and soft skills, seed capital and on-going support. Navabharath Foundation supports small groups of low income entrepreneurs to establish and run businesses. There are many issues that can impact the success of these groups, but we are focusing on:
- Access to money to establish and grow the business
- Lack of management skills
- Lack of marketing skills
We are at the early stage of understanding the issues, defining the problem and planning our approach for the limited time we have. Rafael, Cat and I had our first day in the Navabharath Foundation offices where we had workshops with Santosh, C.J. and Harsha. It was fascinating to hear specifics about the grass roots projects that are being run to improve the livelihoods of the disadvantaged. I'm looking forward to our field trip planned for Thursday when we will get to met with the people involved in some of the projects.
We went to a local mall for lunch...
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