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The dream of youth enrichment

Monday, 18/06/2012, 13:48 GMT+7

Quit his job with salary "dream" $ 1,000 per month, two (student at the University of Information Technology - VNU-HCMC) decided to open a coffee shop to meet students who desire to be self-employed .

Le Hong Hai Nhan was a student course in 2006. With accumulated experience working student, from the 3rd year, Nhan was admitted to work in a foreign company with a programmer position.

 
Debut
 
Work on professional salaries are not enough to satisfy the ideal desire of the Human self-employed. Capital interest in creativity and passion for cafe special, 4th year college buddies Human raising the idea of ​​opening a cafe dedicated to students.

The idea finally to the stage "ripe" when the group found a house ideal as a location. Preparatory work for busy cafes to go to Human makes a difficult decision: resignation.

Remembers the feeling of the morning to apply for their jobs, multiplying by recovery: "On we both have signed the lease on her house is in his decision to quit the company to focus on consistency. That morning, I wake up every so scared that his legs and set up on each other. All the time his independent living, I never felt so scared. It felt just like to throw out the warm peace to come up with a risky thing. " Nhan said that his salary at the time, after nearly two years working as $ 1,000 / month.

The tough choice is the price so that the students first start-up desire to pay. Dinh Ngoc Linh (21, Binh Thuan) have a different story.

For the second year in HCMC University of Pedagogy, Dinh Ngoc Linh her students after presenting the idea to open a restaurant with more than 10 investors and failed, pity realized I need to start from the smaller. Served as a guide on television making of handmade, homemade Spirit tinkering items unique and Stage set for sale online.
These beautiful dolls are made ​​from wine, table tennis and paper
Ngoc Linh was chosen to start. Photo: Xuan Huong

from wine, table tennis and the Spirit of paper after a time became "suck in". Busy with work and found his favorite belief with business, Linh decided to leave school at the College of Education in the concerns of family and friends.

Recalling his bold decision, Linh said, full of uncompromising: "The decision to leave is always a period of 2 years and not learn is how to retain and motivate himself. If any do and think that not go back to school again, I knew I could not wholeheartedly for business. "

2 months ago, his third year student of Philosophy Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanities HCMC Nguyen Anh became the boss of a photo shop on the campus Dormitory HCM City National University. Was employed there for a long time, when he intends to transfer all, he decided to lease the store for business. Looking at photo shop is always crowded, few people doubt He has had to carry motorcycles and borrowed his girlfriend to the family to have enough money.

In the beginning, not easy to compete with the growing like mushrooms in the photo shop around, Nguyen Anh opened the store from 6 am and closed just after 22h30, guests need to have more photo of folding.

Nguyen Anh in his own photocopying shop. Photo: NVCC

Do take the words, time to play football for the old days of Nguyen Anh completely work the machines and papers, both studies are also affected because there is not much class time. "Starting a new business and then found, the pressure at school really is not anything!", Nguyen Anh said.
 
The initial difficulty
 
Sea People - young cafe owners - called the difficulty of starting a business students are the cornerstones.

Stone's first and largest is forced to think of capital. Estimates of capital to open a restaurant is more than 700 million, the group's Human seem to fall into deadlock.

The policy does business with other people's money, People had to convince each member and together they create a plan to apply for investment from the parent. His belief was based on personal experience is, students attending school away from my parents always always for a reserve account. "Just to prove a real plan to persuade, my parents would not hesitate to invest", two confidence.

Hai Nhan (seated leftmost) and members of his cafe. Photo: NVCC

Convincing parents, raising capital, the group faced with a series of other problems. Mexican coffee is, but hitting the shelves, until now he still haunts the time to test hundreds of black coffee for several days the sky to select appropriate materials for their shop. Then a series of other jobs, menu design, appreciation for food, restaurant design, especially the procedural issues, the papers that you do not keep Personal and group "support". "Quan into the house, the girls in the group burst into the sleeves and electrical repair, Wood", Human smiled, remembering.

"Many students remain consistent or clear broth compliment we both have much money, I just laughed. You did not know is that until now, after the bar has been active for eight months, they still have to cover losses every month 15-20 million. There are difficulties arise only when I knew I was ", two sharing.

Ngoc Linh also cited numerous difficulties when she began receiving orders dolls products. "The dolls look as easy as they thought, but not careful, the glue will blur into black milk consumption as paper wrap. At first, money is too expensive raw materials plus the bus that transported the product towering "Spirit" after suffering ". "This does not include, for nearly a month later under a new parent voluntarily dismissed her left school to work".

"Workshop" Yaki made ​​dolls of Ngoc Linh in Binh Thuan. Photo: NVCC

Leave a lot of orders into "nightmare" when the Spirit and your team to work day and night for delivery on time.

"At Spirit only do the two sisters together, the two little afraid to cry and just want to give up. Spirit girls must leave school altogether more blood to help their business. Now think back, I always found guilty, "Linh share.

This summer, the boss, her home is hatched their own plan, just to grow the business, both "remedial" of past decisions. Customs People and groups will have a monumental campaign to students at universities; Ngoc Linh is busy with the opening of a small store display their products and will go back to university to further education, while Nguyen Anh, after helping her home trade, will return to continue opening special photo shop, ready to open for 17 hours a day ...


Written : Xuân Hường – Lê Loan