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    Mrs. Sharada Rajkarnikar is the proprietor of Cotton Craft, a business located in Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal. She came from an intellectual family and had an interest in knitting and stitching from a young age. After receiving training in household business, she started Cotton Craft in 1995 with two employees working out of her home. The business initially fulfilled smaller deals and was marketed through local organizations. A unique shrinking bag she created was appreciated by a Japanese client, leading to an ongoing business partnership exporting her products to Japan. Her story demonstrates that entrepreneurship can flourish when one follows their passions, even later in life, and that the right support and opportunities can help develop skills and motivate

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    Mrs. Sharada Rajkarnikar is the proprietor of Cotton Craft, a business located in Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal. She came from an intellectual family and had an interest in knitting and stitching from a young age. After receiving training in household business, she started Cotton Craft in 1995 with two employees working out of her home. The business initially fulfilled smaller deals and was marketed through local organizations. A unique shrinking bag she created was appreciated by a Japanese client, leading to an ongoing business partnership exporting her products to Japan. Her story demonstrates that entrepreneurship can flourish when one follows their passions, even later in life, and that the right support and opportunities can help develop skills and motivate

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    Mrs. Sharada Rajkarnikar is the proprietor of Cotton Craft, a business located in Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal. She came from an intellectual family and had an interest in knitting and stitching from a young age. After receiving training in household business, she started Cotton Craft in 1995 with two employees working out of her home. The business initially fulfilled smaller deals and was marketed through local organizations. A unique shrinking bag she created was appreciated by a Japanese client, leading to an ongoing business partnership exporting her products to Japan. Her story demonstrates that entrepreneurship can flourish when one follows their passions, even later in life, and that the right support and opportunities can help develop skills and motivate

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    Cotton Craft

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    Darshan Bhattarai
    Mrs. Sharada Rajkarnikar is the proprietor of Cotton Craft, a business located in Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal. She came from an intellectual family and had an interest in knitting and stitching from a young age. After receiving training in household business, she started Cotton Craft in 1995 with two employees working out of her home. The business initially fulfilled smaller deals and was marketed through local organizations. A unique shrinking bag she created was appreciated by a Japanese client, leading to an ongoing business partnership exporting her products to Japan. Her story demonstrates that entrepreneurship can flourish when one follows their passions, even later in life, and that the right support and opportunities can help develop skills and motivate

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    Mrs.

    Sharada Rajkarnikar
    Proprietor
    Cotton Craft
    Pulchowk, Lalitpur
    Tel: 015545381
    BEFORE BEING AN ENTERPRENUER
    • Born in a intellect family
    – Father (BA passed)
    – Sister (Lecturer)
    – Brother (ex-Chairperson at Sana Hastakala)
    – Husband Civil servant (Engineer from Russia)
    – Herself (BA in Economics)
    • Zest and Zeal of work and women empowerment
    during her educative era.
    • Remained as a houseful until 1995 A.D.
    • Interest and passion towards knitting and stitching
    from her childhood.
    INCEPTION OF ENTERPRENUERSHIP
    • Training for Household business
    at WEAN-Cooperative in 1995 (Putalisadak)
    • Started with two employees including herself
    within the walls of her home.
    • Smaller deals fulfilled at initial phase
    • Marketing was largely handled by WINCORP and
    MAHAGUTHI.
    • Self financed initially. No real hurry for pouring
    finances.
    BIRTH OF AN ENTERPRENUER
    • A Bag piece demonstrated as a item at Sana-
    Hastakala. That was appreciated by a Japanese.
    • “Japanese have funny taste, they like something
    magical”
    • With reference to the Same “Magical” Bag, which
    could shrink into various sizes, The Japanese
    Offered a Business Proposal!!
    • The deal is Still on and the same Japanese are the
    only Clients for Cotton Crafts.
    Lessons Learnt
    • Follow your interests and passion that gives us the Self
    motivation
    • Its never Too late to start a business/venture that
    interests you, this can influence others.
    • No matter the Field (Economics in terms of Her),
    Education does certainly helps
    • Intellectual families are more likely to produce an
    entrepreneur
    • Loyalty and Customer oriented Business model are
    always preferred in business Sustainability.
    • Financial security does provide a base for Risk taking
    and hence more enthusiasm in entrepreneurship
    Lessons Learnt Contd…
    • Local manpower can be groomed to become self
    sufficient entrepreneur or any skilled workers for
    that matter.
    • Right Set of Skills and motivations like trainings
    and other opportunities to explore does help
    generate peculiar interest on work.
    • Entrepreneurship Supporting Venture like
    WINCORP does promote ample Skilled manpower
    within the limited resources in Nepal as well.
    Lessons Learnt Contd…
    • There is significant reduction in work
    enthusiasm once one gets older, hence we can
    surely say that in context of Nepal, old aged
    Entrepreneurship though is flourishing
    requires higher self-motivation.
    • In the early phases, during inception, Support
    in Business is highly demanded and is lowly
    available in Nepal and hence Entrepreneurship
    is discouraged.
    Lessons Learnt Contd…
    • Flourishing Entrepreneurs existing too have
    the tendency to be reluctant over the Sound
    and hassle free environment over the grumpy
    political and economical Scenarios hampering
    their businesses.
    • Entrepreneur can be Made with adequate
    amount of, skill trainings, opportunities,
    support and dependant policy over their
    future.
    Silver Lining of the Interview
    • Insights about the inception of an
    Entrepreneur
    • Roadblocks in believing your interests and
    capitalizing your belief.
    • Entrepreneurs are made not Born.
    • Entrepreneurs are just an ordinary people
    with peculiar set of skills to manufacture
    innovation in the area of their interest.
    CAN WE SEE AN ENTREPRENUER IN AMONST US ??
    LETS ASK OURSELF FIRST?
    ARE
    YOU
    THE
    ONE
    !!

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