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never a better time for entrepreneurs in nepal

Last Thursday I was talking with Min bahadur gurung, owner of the Bhat bhateni chain of supermarkets and he has an inspiring entrepreneur life story to tell. Few pointers from this ever optimistic and ever humble (rags to riches) entrepreneur.

Background:Min Bahadur Gurung, from remote village in Khotang started his venture with $1135 opening a small grocery store and now he is a multimillionaire with retail super market chains “bhatbhateni” in Nepal.

Tips:

  1. It is “THE” best time to be an entrepreneur in Nepal (he says history has proved that a lot of big companies in the world are the ones who started right after a big war /civil war.)
  2. Hydro Power and agriculture are fields he would personally invest in anytime.
  3. wants a group of young professionals to start things off. and Old investors like him, are ready to back young group of capable professionals to start business (again, he sees lots of opportunities).
  4. wants young people to dive in to the nepali market where anything and everything is up for grabs now, and everything can be innovated. His idea of biggest social service in Nepal is to give fair employment to as many Nepalis as possible.

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