From hobby to business
ከትርፍ ጊዜ ማሳለፊያ ወደ ንግድ
Read how Tigist turned her basket-making into a growing company.
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When Tigist lost her job at a bank, she decided to turn her hobby into a business.
ትዕግሥት በባንክ የነበራትን ሥራ ስታጣ የትርፍ ጊዜ ማሳለፊያዋን ወደ ንግድ ለመቀየር ወሰነች።
She had always loved making traditional baskets, just like her grandmother.
እንደ አያቷ ሁሉ ባሕላዊ መሶብና ሙዳይ መሥራት ሁልጊዜ ትወድ ነበር።
At first, she sold them to friends and neighbours, but demand grew quickly.
መጀመሪያ ለጓደኞቿና ለጎረቤቶቿ ትሸጥ ነበር፤ ፍላጎቱ ግን በፍጥነት አደገ።
She took a small loan and hired three women from her neighbourhood.
አነስተኛ ብድር ወስዳ ከሰፈሯ ሦስት ሴቶችን ቀጠረች።
Running a business turned out to be harder than she had expected.
ንግድ ማካሄድ ከጠበቀችው በላይ ከባድ ሆኖ አገኘችው።
She had to learn about pricing, marketing and managing cash flow.
ስለ ዋጋ አወጣጥ፣ ስለ ማስተዋወቅ እና የገንዘብ ፍሰትን ስለ ማስተዳደር መማር ነበረባት።
Social media changed everything: a hotel in Addis saw her photos and placed a large order.
ማኅበራዊ ሚዲያ ሁሉን ለወጠ፤ በአዲስ አበባ የሚገኝ አንድ ሆቴል ፎቶዎቿን አይቶ ትልቅ ትዕዛዝ ሰጣት።
Today, her company employs twelve people and sells to customers abroad.
ዛሬ ድርጅቷ አስራ ሁለት ሰዎችን ቀጥሮ ያሠራል፤ ለውጭ አገር ደንበኞችም ይሸጣል።
Her advice to young entrepreneurs is simple: start small, but think big.
ለወጣት ሥራ ፈጣሪዎች የምትሰጠው ምክር ቀላል ነው፦ በትንሹ ጀምሩ፤ በትልቁ ግን አስቡ።
She also believes that good English opened doors she had never imagined.
ጥሩ እንግሊዝኛ ፈጽሞ ያላሰበቻቸውን በሮች እንደከፈተላትም ታምናለች።