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A Business Planning Success
Ms. Hasina Jahan is the CEO of a small business in Bangladesh that produces coir mattresses. She started off in a small way but her business grew quickly, and keeping up with the increasing demand for her product proved to be a challenge. In an experience-sharing session organized by the South Asia Enterprise Development Facility's Knowledge Center at the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hasina explained some of the challenges that her business was facing—chief among them was obtaining a bank loan.
Hasina had previously heard about a local bank that provides loans to SMEs without collateral. She went to the bank and spoke to a loan officer, who requested that she provide certain financial documents and a business plan.   Read more ....

 

A project of the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, the SME Toolkit offers free business management information and training for small businesses / small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on accounting and finance, business planning, human resources (HR), marketing and sales, operations, and information technology (IT). The SME Toolkit offers a wide range of how-to articles, business forms, free business software, online training, self-assessment exercises, quizzes, and resources to help entrepreneurs, business owners, and managers in emerging markets and developing countries start, finance, formalize, and grow their businesses.