Muhammad Shahid Qayyumabad Karachi
After the mini-MBA, Muhammad Shahid, a juice seller in Qayyumabad, Karachi, went from one cart to two. This post is written in Urdu.
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Field notes
The work began in 2011 with a survey of 444 street cobblers across Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These notes were written as it happened, from July 2012.
Rendezvous with Abdul Sattar Edhi – Learning from a living legend
The PTP team met Abdul Sattar Edhi at Bilquis Edhi Home to share its work with micro-entrepreneurs and received his encouragement and advice.
Mini-MBA Gearing Up Micro Entrepreneurs for a Prosperous Future
PTP surveyed micro-entrepreneurs across Karachi areas including Sultanabad and Hijrat Colony, selected participants for the mini-MBA and taught daily saving.
Peer Sourcing – Empowering Micro Entrepreneurs
How 9Others dinners in Qayyumabad and Korangi 2 brought street vendors and cobblers together to share suppliers, shop leads and help for a vendor in trouble.
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.
Peace building through micro-entrepreneurship development – this is what we do
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.
Haripur – Changed Livelihoods and Lives
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%.
Bahawalpur Needs Assessment – creating an environment for peace through livelihood development
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.
Improved Livelihoods in Haripur (KPK) – update
The Haripur project ended in November 2013 after 70 Entrepreneurs of Circumstance took the mini-MBA and 12 weeks of consulting and coaching.
Haripur – one to one coaching for entrepreneurs of circumstance
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).
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