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Interview a small businessman (preferably daily hawker) or street vendor on how they finance their business.

Best would be to spend a day with a fish or vegetable hawker. Information to be collected will include: 1. How long is he/she in business? 2. How much funds did he/she start with? Today their investment is? 3. Equity or debt funds? 4. Repayments and terms? 5. Interest rates? 6. How do they carry out their business/trade? E.g., a. What time do they start? b. How much cash do they invest in the morning and how much cash do they carry with them? Why? c. Where do they sell? Why? d. How do they price their goods? e. How long does it take them to recover their cash? 7. What are the risks they face? a. Business risks b. Political risks c. Mastaans / criminals d. Others 8. Expenses in carrying out their business? (Least, most, and averages) a. Business expenses ? daily or weekly or periodic. b. Personal expenses - daily or weekly or periodic ? in carrying out the business. 9. Earnings ? net income ? daily or weekly or periodic. Least, most, average, losses? 10. Can they increase their business? How? What would they need? 11. Is it their only business? Is it enough to support them? Throughout the year? Collect the above information and write a (maximum) 5-page report ? 12 font, 1.5 space. Include an executive summary, data collected, and your analysis ? all from finance perspective

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