GSB elevates franchise entrepreneurs through GSB Franchise Standard 2024, creates over 4,500 franchisees in 3 years Mr. Vitai Ratanakorn, President of Government Savings Bank, presided over the certificate presentation ceremony and congratulated franchise entrepreneurs from 53 businesses who passed the GSB Franchise Standard 2024 training course in the GSB Smart Franchise Year 3 project to promote entrepreneurs to be stronger, increase their competitiveness, create new franchise business networks to enter the market and increase opportunities to access sources of funding, resulting in job creation, career creation, income generation, and driving the country's economy to grow sustainably. The course focuses on learning from both theory and case studies from large franchise entrepreneurs who come to share their real experiences, such as The Pizza Company, Cafe Amazon, and Zen Corporation, etc., to develop potential, elevate franchises to standards, create strengths, and increase knowledge, marketing strategi es, and important skills in running a business. In addition, 10 entrepreneurs who have passed the training will be selected to be '10 Selected GSB Smart Franchises' for further business development, which is considered a success under the driving of the social mission of the Government Savings Bank in developing, raising income, and supporting entrepreneurs to access sources of funds comprehensively. For the results of the GSB Smart Franchise project over the past 3 years, it has created basic knowledge of franchise business through the Jump Start Franchise course for more than 4,500 cases, created jobs and careers in franchise businesses in more than 2,000 branches nationwide, created franchise standards through the GSB Franchise Standard course for 164 businesses, and entrepreneurs received loans worth more than 450 million baht, with Mr. Apiwat Kaweeratchawong, Deputy Managing Director of Government Savings Bank, Grassroots Customer Group and Supporting Government Policy, Mr. Somchai Aphornphong, Assistan t Managing Director of Government Savings Bank, Small Business Development and SME Startup, joining the certificate presentation ceremony at the Government Savings Bank Head Office on August 16, 2024 Source: Thai News Agency
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