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Startup after graduation; risks and challenges

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I would start a startup after graduation, given Nepal’s market gaps and low entry costs in IT, to create jobs and apply my skills. However, risks include scarce capital, bureaucratic hurdles, infrastructure gaps, social pressure for secure jobs, and policy instability.

Describe why you would or would not undertake a startup after graduation. What are the risks and challenges for an aspiring entrepreneur in Nepal society?

I would undertake a startup after graduation, preferably after a short period of work experience, because it gives independence, learning, and the chance to build something of my own.

Why I would start

  1. Opportunity: Nepal has gaps in IT services, agriculture technology, tourism and renewable energy.
  2. Low entry cost: Software and online business need small capital.
  3. Job scarcity: Limited quality jobs; creating one's own job also employs others.
  4. Growth potential: Successful startups like Pathao, Foodmandu and Khalti show that Nepal's market can support new ideas.
  5. Skills and passion: Engineering knowledge can be turned into products.
  6. Government support: Startup funds, concessional loans, incubators.
  7. Staying in the country contributes to national development.

Risks and challenges for an aspiring entrepreneur in Nepal

  1. Financial: Lack of seed capital and collateral; banks demand land as collateral; limited venture capital.
  2. Market risk: Small domestic market and low purchasing power; strong competition from imports.
  3. Legal and bureaucratic: Complex registration, taxes, licensing, delay and corruption.
  4. Infrastructure: Power cuts, poor internet and transport in some areas; limited payment gateways for international business.
  5. Political instability and policy change; strikes.
  6. Social attitude: Families prefer secure jobs or foreign employment; fear of failure and social stigma.
  7. Skill shortage and brain drain: Hard to hire and retain talent.
  8. Lack of mentoring and experience.
  9. Technology and foreign exchange limits for importing equipment or sending money abroad.

To reduce risk I would begin with a lean product, validate the market, keep a backup income and seek mentors.

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