Transforming the Landscape – Skilling up Karachi’s entrepreneurs
How PTP surveyed street vendors and cobblers in seven Karachi neighbourhoods in 2014, building trust before selecting participants for the mini-MBA.
How PTP surveyed street vendors and cobblers in seven Karachi neighbourhoods in 2014, building trust before selecting participants for the mini-MBA.
Since early 2014 PTP has been running surveys and its mini-MBA in Karachi, aiming for 400 surveys and 275 micro-entrepreneurs. This post re-introduces its work.
Results from Haripur: 63 of 70 street cobblers stayed with a one-week mini-MBA and 12 weeks coaching, averaging revenue growth of 51% and profit growth of 83%.
Findings from interviews with close to 500 micro-entrepreneurs in 2012 and 2013, and why rural and semi-urban households in Bahawalpur need more than one trade.
The Haripur project ended in November 2013 after 70 Entrepreneurs of Circumstance took the mini-MBA and 12 weeks of consulting and coaching.
A short post on one-to-one coaching and consulting for street cobblers in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with two photographs from coaching visits (faces blurred).
Two mini-MBA cohorts in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa took in 70 street cobblers against a budget for 50, ending in a graduation and plans for a cobblers’ union.
A short update from day 3 of the second mini-MBA cohort in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with an appeal for funds to reach more street cobblers.
A short post on day 2 of the second mini-MBA cohort for street cobblers in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a photograph from the class (faces blurred).
The second and last mini-MBA cohort for street cobblers in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa began on Monday 16 September 2013 and ran for five days.