Sarah Haguma, World Style Interior Design, with Business Plan Coach Danya Casey, Event Director & Trainer, YPO.
By far, PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® Leadership Development students and Dallas-metro business women love spending time batting around ideas on running a business, working through the financials and coming up with marketing ideas during Business Boot Camp (July 09-11, 2015). Over these 3 1/2 days, each morning begins with an intensive overview of accounting, refining the business plan, the benefits of financial statements and marketing techniques. Each seminar is taught by a Northwood University (our IEEW curriculum partner) professor.
Dr. Tara Peters, Northwood University, lectures on the Business Plan during Leadership Development Boot Camp.
After lunch, business women from around the Dallas metro (and even a few from Oklahoma City) arrive at boot camp to sit down and work one-on-one with each of our PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® leadership students. These American women receive their corresponding student’s business plan and biography in advance of the workshop and arrive ready to take the deep dive into perfecting the presentation and brainstorming new ideas for their businesses in Afghanistan and Rwanda.
The one-on-one session lasts around 2.5 to 3 hours and then the entire group of approximately 50 women; Americans, Afghans and Rwandans, all gather to review the highlights and big ideas generated between teams. And WOW - do they have big ideas! The results are incredibly amazing and our Afghan and Rwandan students are just busting at the seams to get back to their businesses and to work on their updated plans. Furthermore, thanks to EY (Ernst & Young) volunteer boot camp coaches, PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® entrepreneurs return home with a new appreciation for accounting and financials.
Dana Call, Coach & Devine Umubyeyi, Rwanda: Devine runs an office and stationary supply store in Kigali. On Marketing Plan day, they went through the strengths and weaknesses of The Path To Success, Ltd and made it their goal to find a printer cartridge provider so that Devine’s company could offer same-day service to her customers. Right now, sometimes it can take up to three days to get a new supply of ink cartridges and the quality is poor. Also, they do not have a way to recycle cartridges at this time. Finding a direct supplier was a theme that Devine initially brainstormed with her e-mentor. Together, Devine, her coach and her mentor are working to make that business connection to enable her to be a niche provider in her community.
Chris Bradshaw, Coach & Bella Ntagugura: Benta Consultancy is Bella’s handicraft manufacturing and supply company. She supports local artisans and helps them to market their products. Working through her strenghts, Chris and Bella devised an action plan to create a new brand and logo , “Rooted for Success.” This name and the logo of a strong tree with deep roots and a healthy canope evokes the good character and resoursefulness that Bella demonstrates.
IEEW appreciates the amazing support and enthusiasm of our boot camp coaches. If you may be interested in coaching in 2016, contact Karel Ford, Mentorship Development at IEEW, [email protected] or 405.943.4474. It is a memorable and life-enhancing experience. Our coaches also love to visit with each other and have made new friends in the process.
