Starting Out Small
Based on her training and experience, Maria was able to get a bank loan of $960 to start her business. With this money, she purchased some used welding equipment and began working in a room about the size of a storage shed next to her parents’ home. She had done some research and determined that there was a guaranteed need for metal door frames, so that was her first product.
Although Maria loved working for herself, she found that building door frames was a limited business, and she was barely getting by. She knew she couldn’t continue like this long term, and she wanted more. She needed a big idea and began researching ways to expand her metal business from a small product line in a small part of Villa El Salvador to ...
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