The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is helping more micro and small enterprises in Negros Occidental boost their entrepreneurial capacity through the Kapatid Mentor ME-Money Market Encounter (KMME-MME) Online in partnership with the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE).
They are looking for eight mentees who will learn to scale up their businesses for free through weekly coaching, provincial KMME coordinator Gabriel Advincula said on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
Applications for the multi-sectoral batch will be accepted until Feb. 7, and those selected will undergo a 10-week module mentorship program from March to June.
They will be mentored by experienced and knowledgeable mentors duly accredited by the PCE.
The program optimizes weekly interactions between the mentors and mentees with the key goal of boosting the entrepreneurial capacity of the mentees through improved access to Mentorship, Money and Market.
The modules cover topics on Entrepreneurial Mindset and Values Formation, Marketing Mindset, Business Model Canvas A (Market Segment, Customer Relationships, Channels, Value Proposition) and Business Model Canvas B (Key Resources, Key Partners, Key Activities, Revenue Streams, Cost Structure).
Others include Operations Management, Digitalization, Supply and Value Chain, Human Resource Management, Accounting and Finance, Product Development, Market Expansion and Internationalization, and Business Law.
In September last year, 11 mentees from Negros Occidental completed the KMME-MME Online program and passed the comprehensive Business Improvement Plan presentations.
The KMME-MME Online has been developed as a practical delivery mechanism of the regular Kapatid Mentor ME Program and the Money Market Encounter in digitalized form to help micro, small, and medium enterprises survive despite the unprecedented setbacks their businesses confronted during the Covid-19 pandemic.*PNA