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San Juan de Lurigancho and his Bicentennial entrepreneurs

San Juan de Lurigancho and his Bicentennial entrepreneurs

This July 28 marks the 200th anniversary of the independence of Peru. Just like our country, over the years, three entrepreneurs from San Juan Lurigancho have been growing successfully and independently, facing the different difficulties that have been presented to them, as strong as the current pandemic.San Juan de Lurigancho and its bicentennial entrepreneurs San Juan de Lurigancho and its bicentennial entrepreneurs

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Franco Vera Milian is a 42-year-old businessman from the province of Santa Cruz (Cajamarca). When he was 14 years old, he decided to come to the city of Lima in search of work. He arrived in the Chorrillos district, where he worked preparing food at a snack company called El Cruceñito. She worked there until she was 21 years old, which inspired and motivated her to follow her dreams of being independent. He then decided to quit his job to create his own snack business and thus generate work for his family members.

In the year 2000, Franco Vera moved to San Juan de Lurigancho, a district that is recognized as a cradle of entrepreneurs, to open his own company, which he started informally until in the year 2006 went to formality. Today it is Franco's (a name that his son also bears), a successful company that produces salty and sweet snacks, such as the delicious candied peanuts or the popular salty chips, among others. Despite the situation of the pandemic, he managed to maintain his sales. For all this, his family is proud and happy of what he has achieved.

From newsboy to textile businessman

Hilder Mamani Portilla is a 36-year-old businessman from Cusco, who a few years ago decided to travel to the capital in search of a better future. He arrived in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho, where he currently lives and in which he saw many people who had their own businesses and there was a lot of commercialization. This motivated him to undertake and get ahead working and studying at the same time.

San Juan de Lurigancho and his entrepreneurs from bicentennial

He started out as a newsboy, and while selling newspapers he met many people who guided him to having his own business. Some time after completing her studies, she left selling newspapers and went to work at an industrial laundry, where she met and learned a lot about the textile world , motivating herself much more to open her own company of hers This is how he decided to independently produce garments such as pants, shorts, skirts, and jackets to open his store, until he finally founded his company dedicated to making jeans. Thanks to the formality of his company, the banks offered him their services so that he could continue to grow.