Computer Service

Marcos G.

Marcos is 34 years old and has a baby girl with his wife Alejandra, who is the same age. The couple work together in their own business. Alejandra is responsible for the administration and bookkeeping, while Marcos takes care of the actual service.

Project ID

308

Country / City

Nicaragua / Jinotepe

Jobs at the start

6

additional potential jobs

6

entrepreneur sponsorship

Training and coaching CHF 250 per month over four years

Project description

When Marcos was 18 years old, his father paid for him to take a computer course. He enjoyed it so much that he later studied computer science at university and has been taking courses ever since. As he had always wanted to run his own business, he started his own computer service in the neighboring village of Diriamba in 2013. On the one hand, he repaired computers and on the other, he sold computer accessories and spare parts. After six months, however, he realized that he was not getting enough orders in Diriamba, so he moved to Jinotepe.

Today, he has built up an excellent reputation and has also gained customers who come to him from other cities. As a result of BPN's advice, he has raised his prices, among other things, but his customers continue to come, which confirms his quality. He offers repairs and also computer maintenance for companies. Based on long-term contracts, he regularly visits companies and takes care of computer maintenance directly on site. In the future, he would like to grow further, acquire a larger store and also expand his external maintenance service. He would also like to set up further branches at other locations in the future.

At BPN, he has learned to plan and think in a more structured way and to put things on paper. He also now has the opportunity to see the real figures of his business with BPN's simple financial tool.

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