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Founders

Founders brings learning and peer support to people who want to start or grow a small business. It is in preparation.

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Founders

Founders brings learning and peer support to people who want to start or grow a small business. It is in preparation.

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What it offers

Learning

Courses on starting a small firm and on running a food business.

Peer groups

Small groups of founders who meet to share problems and progress.

Referrals

Directions to the public business advice offered where you live.

Food and craft

Attention to Kurdish food, textiles and crafts as businesses.

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Who it is for

4 audiences

First-time foundersFood entrepreneursCraft makersOwners of small family businesses

How 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.

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