Development
Founders
Founders brings learning and peer support to people who want to start or grow a small business. It is in preparation.
- Status
- In preparation
- What it offers
- 4
- Courses
- 2
- Country programmes
- 35
Before you begin The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of communities that learn from one another. It is not a university, claims no public authority and serves no government, party or faith body.
Courses are written and reviewed by peers. Outlines are drafts until expert review.
In context
- Money This is general information, not financial, investment or tax advice.
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Sources
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- Hawsar A Shekhani (2022). Halliday’s Interpersonal Meta-function Analysis of Entrepreneurs’ Public Speeches in English and Central Kurdish: A Comparative Study. Unpublished. DOI 10.13140/rg.2.2.31534.59204
- Hawsar A. Shekhani, Jamal A. Taha (2023). Halliday’s Interpersonal Meta-function Analysis of Entrepreneur’s Public Speech in English and Central Kurdish. Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. DOI 10.14500/kujhss.v6n1y2023.pp22-31
- Dr. Shivan Doski (2017). Kurdish Business Protocol & Etiquettes. SSRN Electronic Journal. DOI 10.2139/ssrn.3125811
01What it offers
- 01
Learning
Courses on starting a small firm and on running a food business.
- 02
Peer groups
Small groups of founders who meet to share problems and progress.
- 03
Referrals
Directions to the public business advice offered where you live.
- 04
Food and craft
Attention to Kurdish food, textiles and crafts as businesses.
02Who it is for
- First-time founders
- Food entrepreneurs
- Craft makers
- Owners of small family businesses
03How it works
- Learn
- founders take the relevant courses.
- Join
- a founder joins a peer group in their region or language.
- Refer
- the group points founders to public support where they live.
- Share
- founders share what worked, with their consent.
04What it always keeps
- The network does not invest in, lend to or own any business
- No financial or legal advice is given
- No business is endorsed or promoted by the network
- Referrals go to public or registered services only
05Courses
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Founding a small business
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Food entrepreneurship
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
Cite this page
- APA
The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Founders. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/development/founders/
- Chicago
The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Founders.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/development/founders/.
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@misc{kco2026_development_founders, author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Founders}, url = {https://kurds.global/development/founders/}, howpublished = {https://kurds.global/development/founders/}, }- RIS
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06Learn in the Academy
Courses and disciplines of the Academy on the subject of this page.
Courses
- Founding a small businessProposed
- Food entrepreneurshipProposed
- Career transition for skilled migrantsOutlined
- Waves of Kurdish migrationOutlined
Disciplines
- Entrepreneurship and small enterpriseOpen
- Earthquake engineeringProposed
- Water resources engineeringProposed
- Transport engineeringProposed
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07Research and sources
Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.
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Hawsar A Shekhani · 2022 · Unpublished
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Hawsar A. Shekhani, Jamal A. Taha · 2023 · Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
ArticleOpenAIREOpen access
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Kurdish Business Protocol & Etiquettes
Dr. Shivan Doski · 2017 · SSRN Electronic Journal
ArticleCrossref
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