Tailoring shop

Gordon

Kokoben Santasi, Ghana

100% repaid

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 did a Survey in my area and I have see that there are few seamstress and tailoring shops spring up and I have seen an opportunity to sell these materials which will go fast to help me in repaying my loan and expanding my business.
This is also going to benefit these tailors and seamstress because they do not have enough fund to buy these items in bulk and the distance they cover to buy these items due to traffic on the road to town to buy these items .In doing this will help them speed up in their work too and the little that i will gather too will be use to start my shop project.
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.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$197.00

Date disbursed

Nov 5, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

2 months

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Lenders

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

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