IIP YALI speaker series sent Claude Grunitzky, an adept business leader who successfully started a company at the age of 23 and grew up in West Africa to lead a week long program “entrepreneurship week” in Ouagadougou. From Monday to Wednesday Speaker Grunitzky led a workshop for 3 YALI Mandela Fellows; 18 YALI-network members; and 3 disabled entrepreneurs. The founder of Trace and True talked about basic principles in entrepreneurship which include vision, action, and innovation as part of a business plan. At the end of the workshop, participants presented a 3 minute elevator talk to a board of “funders” and competed for small grants.
