Reflections- Learning Launch 

 Challenges 

 In August 2005 I started a small business selling eggs . My business is located in Maseru urban area   and it started with 300 point of lay chicks and currently have 1500 chicks . May challenge is expand   the business in other places so as to grow and increase sales . What is more challenging about this   expansion is the availability of finance as my business is small and it is not so easy to get access to   enough external finance   such as banks loans as they require so much security to get enough   finance . Secondly other easily available sources of finance such as loan sharks are expensive interest   wise . This leaves me with no option but to rely on business retained profits and my own personal   assets . This challenges resulted from the fact that I have ran out of space and I need large sums of   money to finance this expansion particularly for acquisition of land whether through renting or   buying as this appeared to be the costly part as compared to shelter and cages and buy new stock of   chicks and their food . 

 Selection 

 From the research myself my team conducted I learned in the rural areas part of Lesotho there is   high demand for eggs particularly from schools feeding program . Secondly , I have learned that there   are individuals who own plenty of land in rural areas . So , from the learning launch that l learned in   this course I decided to seek someone who have a field and enter into a 50:50 shareholding   partnership to run poultry farm with . The idea is not only to find space but also to gain experience in   running a jointly owned business . 

 Application 

 As the first step to the learning launch , I concentrated on investing or gathering more information   about available different sources of external finance to different types of businesses . For this to   happen I consulted the Small and Medium Enterprises training held by Basotho Enterprise   Development Corporation ( BEDCO ) because of its responsibility regarding development of Small and   Medium Enterprises in Lesotho . I also attended training facilitated by the same corporation on   business management . This tested whether the access to external sources of finance is the main   challenge for my business expansion . 

 Insights 

 Through application of learning launch tool , I have managed to identify my assumptions and   designed launches to tests them .   I also expected that approaching the already existing partnerships ,   combined with attending business management training will provides me better ways of growing my   existing business . Although , the training helped a lot in gaining more information about how to grow   the business and increase sales , the partnerships that I approached were reluctant to provide helpful   information despite me telling them about my intentions . Nonetheless , from what I have learned   from the insights that growth of the business depends on the discipline of treating it as a separate   entity , I am confident to run a jointly owned business as guided lawful agreement despite the actual   results differing slightly from my expectations that expanding to other places is the only way to grow   the business and increase sales . So , going forward I will continuously revisit this insights and   incorporate them into future launch designs . 

 Approach 

 Given the fact that I have already conducted research and attended a number training sessions and   proofed that there are people who own land and are willing to enter into jointly owned business , I   really need to enter into the partnership business so as to have more reflection for the learning   launch approach . As already mentioned I will continuously review the above mentioned insights   such that I can incorporate them into my future plans for this business . This is to ensure that any   future launch designs really reflect the insight gained , development made and come closer to the   convincing solution ready for full rollout . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflections- Learning Launch 

 Challenges 

 In August 2005 I started a small business selling eggs . My business is located in Maseru urban area   and it started with 300 point of lay chicks and currently have 1500 chicks . May challenge is expand   the business in other places so as to grow and increase sales . What is more challenging about this   expansion is the availability of finance as my business is small and it is not so easy to get access to   enough external finance   such as banks loans as they require so much security to get enough   finance . Secondly other easily available sources of finance such as loan sharks are expensive interest   wise . This leaves me with no option but to rely on business retained profits and my own personal   assets . This challenges resulted from the fact that I have ran out of space and I need large sums of   money to finance this expansion particularly for acquisition of land whether through renting or   buying as this appeared to be the costly part as compared to shelter and cages and buy new stock of   chicks and their food . 

 Selection 

 From the research myself my team conducted I learned in the rural areas part of Lesotho there is   high demand for eggs particularly from schools feeding program . Secondly , I have learned that there   are individuals who own plenty of land in rural areas . So , from the learning launch that l learned in   this course I decided to seek someone who have a field and enter into a 50:50 shareholding   partnership to run poultry farm with . The idea is not only to find space but also to gain experience in   running a jointly owned business . 

 Application 

 As the first step to the learning launch , I concentrated on investing or gathering more information   about available different sources of external finance to different types of businesses . For this to   happen I consulted the Small and Medium Enterprises training held by Basotho Enterprise   Development Corporation ( BEDCO ) because of its responsibility regarding development of Small and   Medium Enterprises in Lesotho . I also attended training facilitated by the same corporation on   business management . This tested whether the access to external sources of finance is the main   challenge for my business expansion . 

 Insights 

 Through application of learning launch tool , I have managed to identify my assumptions and   designed launches to tests them .   I also expected that approaching the already existing partnerships ,   combined with attending business management training will provides me better ways of growing my   existing business . Although , the training helped a lot in gaining more information about how to grow   the business and increase sales , the partnerships that I approached were reluctant to provide helpful   information despite me telling them about my intentions . Nonetheless , from what I have learned   from the insights that growth of the business depends on the discipline of treating it as a separate   entity , I am confident to run a jointly owned business as guided lawful agreement despite the actual   results differing slightly from my expectations that expanding to other places is the only way to grow   the business and increase sales . So , going forward I will continuously revisit this insights and   incorporate them into future launch designs . 

 Approach 

 Given the fact that I have already conducted research and attended a number training sessions and   proofed that there are people who own land and are willing to enter into jointly owned business , I   really need to enter into the partnership business so as to have more reflection for the learning   launch approach . As already mentioned I will continuously review the above mentioned insights   such that I can incorporate them into my future plans for this business . This is to ensure that any   future launch designs really reflect the insight gained , development made and come closer to the   convincing solution ready for full rollout .
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