Entrepreneur
Name
Gordon
Member since
October 2016
On-time repayments
25 installments • 24%
About Me
After my JHS, life has not been easy since my father is into peasant farming and my mother too is a trader. But with the help of friends and good advice from my parents which I have kept to, I am moving on in life. After my Technical school, I did my best to passes but could not help me to further up, but with the help of both my parent they manage to send me to a heavy duty apprenticeship training which was my field of training but I have not much experience to work with.
After two years I have been able to make it and am able to work without any supervision as a heavy duty mechanic but because I am not running a garage of my own I go round to work on mobile basis.
And I am able to survive with this because I was good and intelligent in my apprenticeship to my boss at training people who we use to saw their dress admired me so they have been calling me to work for them.
Since, I don’t depend on salary to a living and I want to open a shop of my own to .my hobby is watching football and reading business articles especially about how people started their life story to achieve.
My Business
It meanly sewing men and ladies dress. But i do not have a shop so I do it upon request then the person pays for the things i used or they buy themselves and I sew for them.
it is a good job but sometimes the problem I do encounter is the place to work with sometime you need to go to the customers house to sew or sometimes back to my masters shop and if i get my own shop it will help me do my work quicker. I am into this business because with this I am able to manage everything by myself and keep good eye on my money and know what to do at any time and it less time consuming.
And the profit is sometimes channeled back to business but sometimes to assist my siblings with their education and my education too.
Loan Proposal
I AM GOING TO USE THIS MONEY TO BUY AN INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINE FOR MY SHOP WHICH WILL COST ME ABOUT $363.This is also going to help me serve my customers quick and also reduce the kind of stress I go through since the machine I am using now is manual and old it takes me long time to work and when my orders are many I have to work deep in the night to certify my customers .
My aim here is not mainly on the profit that I will get but to get a sustainable business that will keep me working daily.
And will help me to bid for sewing of school uniforms for schools.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$184.00
Date disbursed
Jun 23, 2017
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
3 months
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