mathew123
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Dear members:

This forum is doing an excellent job in exchanging ideas. Thanks to all for being so generous in sharing ideas and resources.

I am working in the Middle East and am planning to return to India by early next year. I am not a training professional (I am into IT). I am very passionate about training. I am very keen to establish a training institute in India. The options I am considering are
  1. Be a franchise of an established training company
    • setup own training rooms and other infrastructure
    • trainers to be employed full-time.
  2. Start a training center that can provide 100s of training programs
    • Mainly corporate programs
    • programs to be conducted in a hotel or at client premises
    • bring freelance trainers for various programs depending on need.
  3. Be a freelance trainer.
    • I myself to conduct a few training programs
    • Conducts programs in a hotel or through schools/colleges
I have ZERO experience in running a business and have only limited experience in conducting training programs.

Which of the above would be a good model?
What is the scope of such a business?
What are the risks/challenges?

I would really appreciate any ides/suggestions/advices you can share.

Thanks in advance

-Mathew Jacob

From United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
Dinesh Divekar
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