Jorge del Pino is a young man from Peru, who already has two business created thanks to his participation in a Business Labs Workshop, in Surquillo, Peru on July 2005
Jorge del Pino is a young entrepreneur like many others in Latin-American countries, with dreams and goals to reach in order to have a better future and quality of life. He always had the idea to start his own business but he never knew it how to do it.
Most of the young people in the region do not know which is the best way on how to start their own business, some of them feel afraid and others just do not have the experience or the necessary information.
The Business Labs Workshop provide the encouraging and entrepreneurial feeling, the knowledge on marketing and business creation, the capability on how to do a Business Plan, the contacts to find relevant information or financial support, and the opportunity to create a model of a business with exposure during one day.
By the year 2005 he met a young man, Jesus Tapia who is the YABT Coordinator in Peru, and who encourages him to participate in a Business Labs Workshop which was developed in July 2005, in “La Casa de la Juventud de Surquillo, Peru”.
Internert Renting Service
Internet Renting Service
When he made the decision to participate in the Business Labs Workshop, he never thought that he was going to be able to start his own business but after his experience he feel capable, mature enough to go ahead with his ideas and objectives.
According to Jorge del Pino: “The content of the workshop was very specific and easy to understand, very organized and the trainers were just incredible, the environment during the workshop really make you feel that you want to start your own business”.
Jorge del Pino is 29 years old and he has two businesses created: GRUPIMAC SAC, started on November 2005, and it is an advertisement company with a total of 8 employees, which produces advertisement material, e.g. panels, poster panels, outdoor advertisement, and positives; all of them made with MDF, and Melamine which are used to form wood-based panels.
The second business is an Internet Renting Service, with 2 employees and it was created on March 2006. This kind of business is a very good option for the young people who want to start a business in Latin-America. The underlying reason is because the majority of the population does not have access to internet at home. The price is calculated according on the time spent using internet.
Jorge del Pino is not going to end here, he wants to continuous in order to sell his advertisement products in other states of Peru, as well as to expand his Internet Renting Service.
“You always have to be positive without any feeling of failure, feeling very strong with your ideas and to analyze your possibilities, and it is very important for me to be around positive people.There are opportunities like the YABT Workshop that helps you in order to become mature and to create a business”, expressed Jorge del Pino.
Del Pino is just one example of the many business created thank to the Business Labs Program. He has the idea to make his business grow, giving more possibilities to employ people.
A very important point that Jorge del Pino commented according to his experience was: “to keep your business updated through the knowledge of the people needs and do a research about the competitors in order to make changes in your own business. Those changes are vital to keep your business in a long term”.
Learn more about the Business Labs Program
The Business Labs Program started in 2002 developing two National Workshops in Ecuador: in Loja and Manta.
Is in the year 2004 when Peru developed a National Workshop with the Trainer Organization “Jovenes Empresarios Ecuador”, then they participated in the Regional Seminar in Guatemala with 100 Representatives from Ecuador, Guatemala, Bolivia, Brazil, St. Kitts and Nevis, Panama, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Venezuela, Spain and ROC Taiwan. I
In the same year 2004,Peru participated in a Regional Workshop in Panama with the participation of 85 people Trained, and also in July 2005 a National Training was developed in Peru with 100 participants trained.
