Burger restaurant

Sven L.

Sven is 36 years old, married to Amina and together they have two children. After his studies, Sven worked in a call center. He then had no job. So he started a burger restaurant, even though he lacked experience in gastronomy.

Project ID

304

Country / City

Nicaragua / Managua

Jobs at the start

21

additional potential jobs

8

entrepreneur sponsorship

Training and coaching CHF 250 per month over four years

Project description

At first, he wanted to open a small mobile snack stand, but was then given a restaurant by his parents. Together with his wife Amina, he opened his first restaurant. Amina worked in purchasing and the warehouse as well as in financial calculations, while he worked in production and sales. Their concept of big, good, home-made burgers at an affordable price was a great success. Today, they run their restaurant chain with three locations and have employed a manager in each branch. However, they control the production process.

In the long term, Sven also wants to open branches in other cities in Nicaragua - either directly or through a franchising system - and multiply his tried-and-tested range. Despite expansion, they want to keep their products traditional and continue to offer high quality. They want to remain attractive with gentle innovation.

Sven is more of a proactive doer, which is why he appreciates the help from BPN. Using a business plan, he has learned to get his ideas out of his head and onto paper in a structured way and to define his vision more clearly. He is not good with figures, but BPN's simple financial tool has shown him that he can easily keep track of things. It helps him to do his own analysis. Sven is grateful for the new things he learns in the seminars and also for the network of BPN entrepreneurs. Here he can exchange ideas with other

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