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Entrepreneurship can lead to economic growth and stability. Young, starting entrepreneurs in post-conflict areas need some extra support to start their business successfully. SPARK organises business support through it's 5 Business Start-up Centers, which can vary from micro-loans to coaching or production space. Read here about the stories of the starting entrepreneurs.
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Entrepreneur: Valton Berisha
Product: Consultancy services
Location: Pristina, Kosovo
Jobs created: 3 full time
Indirect jobs created: 7 free-lancers
Website: www.gan-ks.com
BSC Support: Training; €5.000 loan; 100 consultancy
Only a year ago, Valton Berisha was living in
Switzerland . The 1990s were difficult times in Kosovo and Valton left Kosovo in 1992 to build a future in
Western Europe . When he heard of the entrepreneurship program of Business Start-up Centre Kosovo he decided to go back to Pristina for 3 weeks to participate in the business skills training in April 2007. In the end he completed the whole program and came up with one of the winning business plans. Since October 2007, his newly started enterprise Global Alliance network (GAN) is a fact.
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Entrepreneur: Rromir Shalqini
Product: Cardboard packing
Location: Prizren, Kosovo
Jobs created: 4 full time (production & logistics)
Indirect jobs: 20 part-time (used paper collection)
Total investment: 20.000 Euro
BSC Support: Training; € 5.000 loan
A year ago, Romir was a student in Pristina. He participated in the first business plan competition organized by Business Start-up Centre (BSC) Kosovo. As a result of the training program he acquired the skills to start and run a business. He came up with one of the best business plans and won 100 hours consultancy and got access to a 4800 Euro loan. The loan enables him to build a credit history, which will help him to loan more in the future to expand his business. Without the financial investment and support of his family though, he would not have been able to start this company.
Rrul pak produces cardboard package materials. From fruit boxes and pizza boxes to fancy mobile phone packing. The cardboard is imported from
Bulgaria . At Rrul pack it is printed, cut and folded trough a semi-automated process into the final product.
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Pika Zero - Big Advertising |
 Entrepreneurs: Petrit and Adem
Product: Marketing services
Location: Pristina, Kosovo
Jobs created: 5 full time
Website: www.big-add.com
BSCK support: Training; € 5.000 loan; 100 hours consultancy
Petrit and Adem admit that it requires a lot of energy and perseverance to run a business and study at the same time. Both study at the
American
University and are partners in the marketing company Big Advertising. An example of two very ambitions young men that constantly seek for new opportunities and keep on educating and training themselves to get better.
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Employment Agency "Radunovic" d.o.o. |
Entrepreneur: Ana Radunovic
Product: Employment Agency
Location: Podgorica, Montenegro
Jobs created: 2 full time
Indirect jobs created: 3 free-lancers
Website: www.zaposljavanje-radunovic.com
BSC Support: Training; €10.000; 100 consultancy
Only two years ago, I was attending the final year of my economics studies, where I have received information about the activities of SPARK (formerlly called ATA) as well as the basic information on the business plan writing contest. It was an opportunity for me to present my knowledge and my business ideas, so I have decided to apply for the business plan writing contest with my idea “Employment Agency”. I successfully passed two rounds and, to my great satisfaction, made to the final round in Sarajevo, where my business plan and my business idea have been awarded with the first place. Following October 2006, the employment agency “Radunovic doo” has commenced its work.
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