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Welcome to the fourth month
of a readers favorite page which has featured a host of dynamic business personalities whose ideas, motivations and business acumen will have surely inspired all the budding entrepreneurs out there.
Capital warmly encourages nominations to Entrepreneurs Profile and looks forward to introducing more upwardly mobile model citizens.
 

Ayantu Terfassa

 

RESUME


Entrepreneur : Ayantu Terfassa
Age: 30
Education
Diplomas in Educational Biology, Surveying and in third year of Community Development and Leadership.
Company Title: UOVO, LACTO, HERBS Supermarket
Startup capital: 150,000 birr
Current capital: 200,000 birr
Founded: October, 2007
HQ: Off Ethio-Djibouti highway, next to Hanny Pastry in Nazareth town, Ethiopia.
What it does: Provides poultry, dairy, foodstuffs, vegetables and other products
Number of employees: 5
E-mail: ayantut@yahoo.com

 

  Reason for starting business:
Desire to run my own establishment.

Pluses of ownership:
Quick follow up and sound strategy implementation as well as providing personalized service.

Business strength:
Ability to provide a wide variety of fresh fish, poultry and dairy products of high quality and volume.

Biggest weakness:
I have not been able to give this business my full time, and I haven’t taken any business related courses.

Biggest risk:
Investing the initial capital in the business.

Smartest move:
Making it a habit to give out my business card at every opportunity.

Most challenging task:
Balancing demand and supply of goods.

Five-year plan
Besides expanding this line of business, I would like to enter the agriculture sector.

First career:
I was a teacher.

Most admired entrepreneur
Bekele Molla, and Yetem Ali of Yetem Trading
Most interested in meeting
Nelson Mandela, Prime Minister Meles Zanawi

Stress reducers
Prayer and indulging in a favorite dish.

Favorite pastime
Church, sports and TV.

Favorite book
‘Awaiting the Joy Within,’ by Antonio Robin and spiritual literature.

Favorite destination
Mursi in South Omo and Awra Amba, Gonder.

Favorite automobile
Mercedes-Benz