Entrepreneur
Name
Lucy
Member since
April 2015
On-time repayments
98 installments • 16%
About Me
I grew up in Nyamira village in a family of seven whereby we were brought up with the support of both the grandparents and parents. All contributed in bringing in food because of financial instability. My schooling was spent in public primary school and public secondary schools because of difficulties with the schools' fees that were experienced. Sometimes, dropouts were necessary due to lack of school fees and labour activities in the farm to help the parents raise the school fees. To overcome the school fees problem, I had to first work in the farm to raise money after high school to enable me to start my university education.
My culture is unique because one is trained on how to overcome hardship as well as in the responsibilities in life.
My Business
I sell shoes and I sometimes do door delivery services to increase the sales revenue. The goods are in demand because I do market segmentation for the purpose of identifying the target groups. The market share of women is also considered to be large due to frequency of buying. This kind of business is suitable because it can be adjusted according to cyclic fluctuations in the economy as well as according to different seasons during the year. My typical costs per month are kshs 8000 per month and the typical revenue ranges between kshs 20,000 to kshs 25,000 per month. The profits I realize are used to reinvest in other service business to promote its growth, to pay for my children's school fees and to cater to other family basic needs. This kind of business is suitable because it deals with non-perishable goods. That reduces the loss in business as compared to perishable goods.
Loan Proposal
Additional shoes will help in meeting the demands of an increasing number of customers, hence I would create job opportunities for those who will be supplying the shoes. The expected profits are expected to be between kshs 20,000 to kshs 25,000 based on the customer base created.
About Me
grew up in nyamira village in a family of seven whereby we were brought up with support of the grandparents and parents who could contribute in both bringing in both food because of financial instability . My schooling was in spent in public primary school and public secondary schools because of the schools fees difficulties that were experienced and sometime dropouts due to lack of school fees and labour activities in the farm to help the parents raise the school fees. To overcome the school fees problems i had to first work in the farm to raise money after high school to enable me start my university education. My culture is unique because one is trained on how to overcome hardship as well as the responsibilities in life.
My Business
I sell shoes that i sometime do door delivery services to increase the increase in sales revenue.The goods are in demand because i do market segmentation for the purpose of identifying the target groups whereby the market share of women is also considered to be large due to frequency of buying. .This kind of business is suitable because it can be adjusted according to cyclic fluctuations in the economy as well as according to different seasons during the year.my typical costs per month cost kshs 8000 per month and the typical revenue ranges between kshs 20,000 to kshs 25,,000 per month. The profits i realize are used to reinvested in other service business to promote its growth,pay for my children school fees and cater for other family basic needs.This kind of businesses is suitable because it deals with non-perishable goods that reduce the loss in business as compared to perishable goods.
Loan Proposal
shoes $1000 exclusive of costs, this will help in meeting increasing number of customers hence create job opportunities for those who will be supplying the shoes.
The expected profits are expected to be between kshs 20,000 to kshs 25,000 based on the customer base created
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$89.00
Date disbursed
Feb 22, 2017
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
7 months
Other loans
Lenders
United States
Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo
San Francisco, United States
St. John's, Canada
United Kingdom
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