Name: Tiruwork Assefa Kebede
Education: Level 3 in Design
Company name: Tiru Design
Title: Founder and manager
Founded in: 2015
What it does: Designs and produces cultural clothes and leather bags
HQ: Sarbet, Behind Zambia Embassy
Number of employees: Four
Startup Capital: 15,000 birr
Current capital: 500,000 birr
Reasons for starting the business: Interest in the business
Biggest strength: Not giving up
Biggest perks of Ownership: I am learning a lot
Plan: Expanding the business
Biggest challenge: Finding well trained designers
First career: Merchant
Most interested in meeting: Yetnebersh Nigussie
Most admired person: Sara Mohammed
Stress reducer: Watching theater
Favorite past-time: Looking at designs on Pinterest
Favorite book: Fikir Eske Mekabir by Haddis Alemayehu
Favorite destination: Jerusalem
Favorite automobile: Toyota Rav 4
