Peter Ben-George is a fashion designer, and a novice entrepreneur, having his fashion center located within the East Legon – American House enclave. Mr. Ben-George has just completed a three (3) Day Entrepreneurship workshop organized by Giant Bell Consulting Limited, on the use of bootstrapping method of financing his fashion business. Outline and discuss any five bootstrapping method Mr. Ben-George can adopt to support the financing of his fashion business.

Peter Ben-George is a fashion designer, and a novice entrepreneur, having his fashion center located within the East Legon – American House enclave. Mr. Ben-George has just completed a three (3) Day Entrepreneurship workshop organized by Giant Bell Consulting Limited, on the use of bootstrapping method of financing his fashion business. Outline and discuss any five bootstrapping method Mr. Ben-George can adopt to support the financing of his fashion business.

Accounting Information Systems

11th Edition

ISBN:9781337552127

Author:Ulric J. Gelinas, Richard B. Dull, Patrick Wheeler, Mary Callahan Hill

Publisher:Ulric J. Gelinas, Richard B. Dull, Patrick Wheeler, Mary Callahan Hill

Chapter2: Enterprise System

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