Seeking Other Sources of Assistance
You might need help in writing your business plan, especially if you need a bank loan. Who do you approach?
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has SME Counselors who may mentor you.
There may also be freelance consultants who can actually provide the service. Since they are in business for themselves and do not have big overhead expenses, they will tend to charge you lower than consulting firms. Try also extension offices of business schools. For example, in Baguio, there is the St. Louis University Extension Institute for Small-Scale Industries. Angeles University in Pampanga has also a similar extension unit. So does Notre Dame University in Cotabato. Or you can try talking with business professors – the business plan you need may be a good practicum subject especially for graduate students.
Possibly, you can find others who are in comparable products and markets with you with whom you can share the expense of a study.
If you need entrepreneurial training, get in touch with the U.P. Institute for Small-Scale Industries. It has “start your own business” programs that will teach you about business identification, planning and pre-operationalizing.
Need technical training for your people? Try the Technical Education Development Authority (TESDA), the Technology Resource Center (TRC) and some other units of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
If it is product design the DTI’s Product Development and Design Center of the Philippines (PDDCP) has designers who can help.
Seeking Other Sources of Assistance
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has SME Counselors who may mentor you.
There may also be freelance consultants who can actually provide the service. Since they are in business for themselves and do not have big overhead expenses, they will tend to charge you lower than consulting firms. Try also extension offices of business schools. For example, in Baguio, there is the St. Louis University Extension Institute for Small-Scale Industries. Angeles University in Pampanga has also a similar extension unit. So does Notre Dame University in Cotabato. Or you can try talking with business professors – the business plan you need may be a good practicum subject especially for graduate students.
Possibly, you can find others who are in comparable products and markets with you with whom you can share the expense of a study.
If you need entrepreneurial training, get in touch with the U.P. Institute for Small-Scale Industries. It has “start your own business” programs that will teach you about business identification, planning and pre-operationalizing.
Need technical training for your people? Try the Technical Education Development Authority (TESDA), the Technology Resource Center (TRC) and some other units of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
If it is product design the DTI’s Product Development and Design Center of the Philippines (PDDCP) has designers who can help.
Seeking Other Sources of Assistance
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