First day of our Training the Trainers on Micro-business in Phnom Penh. The focus today was to help existing self-employed people (often “entrepreneurs by default”) better run their business in order to reduce debt and make a better living. This first day was structured around very basic and simple 10 key learning points such as “does my business make profit?”, cash management, how much to pay oneself, bookkeeping, etc…
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| Introduction: why do our clients want to start a business? |
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| Introducing ourselves |
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| Experiencing running a business |
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| and understanding the numerous challenges of starting and running a business! |
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| profit calculation: the coconut case |
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| A first time… we are using PowerPoint… bookkeeping case |
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| but games are more engaging! Here, understanding the difference between cash flow and profit: the chicken case |
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| break-even experiment |