Can you start a successful business with just $10? This man did 你有辦法只用10元就成功創業嗎？這個人做到了！
(CNN)Ten dollars -- that's all that Rwandan science teacher Cephas Nshimyumuremyi had to start his business with two years ago.
十塊錢—那是這位盧安達(非洲國家)的科學老師Cephas Nshimyumuremyi兩年前用來開創事業的花費總額。
It may sound less than promising, but Nshimyumuremyi made that initial initial investment go a long way. Today, his company Uburanga Products, which makes herbal jelly and soap from local medicinal plants, is worth $30,000 and employs 12 workers.
這可能聽起來不太可能，但是Nshimyumuremyi讓這個最初的小投資持續很長一段時間，如今，他的公司Uburanga Products，一個利用當地的藥草，製作草本果凍肥皂的公司，
"The $10 helped me to purchase the empty bottle in order to put my product on the market," says Nshimyumuremyi, winner of the Educat -- GT Bank Entrepreneurship Award 2014, a local business prize.
「這十塊錢讓我買了用來讓我的產品上市的空瓶」Nshimyumuremyi，創業比賽Educat的贏家表示，這個比賽為抵押信託銀行的2014年創業家獎，是當地的一項商業獎項。
His idea for natural cosmetics with healing properties came from trying to teach his students how the science they were learning in class could be applied in practical ways: "I teach chemistry so I showed my students how you can test a plant, and know the capacity of that plant to kill bacteria," says the young entrepreneur, who launched his company in a bid to supplement his income from teaching.
他的有修復特性天然化妝品的點子，來自於他試著教他的學生把他們學的科學如何應用在實務上：「我教化學，我所以我秀給我的學生看，你要如何測試一個植物，還有植物可以殺死細菌的能力」這位年經的創業家說，他積極投入他的公司，企圖補足他教書的收入。
"Don't think that you need a lot of capital. Start with little, but use the knowledge and the environment that you already have."--Cephas Nshimyumuremyi
「別認為你需要很多資金，用一點點錢開始，但要利用知識和你已有的環境」—創業家Cephas Nshimyumuremyi
Nshimyumuremyi also wanted to use the local medicinal plants, used by some traditional healers, in a scientific way. He says his future goal is to provide the solution for "some skin diseases in Africa."
Nshimyumuremyi也想使用當地的一些傳統療法使用的藥草，用在科學上，他說他未來的目標就是要為「非洲的一些皮膚病」提供解決方法。
'Start with little, use your knowledge'
「只用一點點錢開始，善用你的知識」
Herbs used in Nshimyumuremyi's remedies are grown in a botanical garden, then dried and mixed to create either soap or jelly. "The products made by Uburanga help the skin to be smooth and they protect from bacteria which can cause skin disease," says the entrepreneur.
Nshimyumuremyi的療法所使用的藥草在一間植物園裡種植，然後乾燥、攪拌，來做肥皂或是果凍，「這些Uburanga公司製造的產品幫助皮膚能滑順，而且保護不受可能造成皮膚病的細菌傷害」這位創業家說明。
Like with many new businesses, the greatest challenge Nshimyumuremyi had to overcome was getting the word about his product out to a wider audience, without having money to advertise. Another was the high cost of containers in which his products are sold, which he had to import: "In our country there is no industry producing such kind of bottles and cartons, so we purchase them from Kampala [Uganda])," Nshimyumuremyi says.
一如很多新企業，Nshimyumuremyi必須克服的最大挑戰，就是為他這個要獲得更多觀眾，而不需花錢打廣告的產品取一個名子；另外一個挑戰就是，他販賣的產品中所含容器的高成本，這個容器他必須要進口：「在我們的國家裡，沒有製作這種瓶子和紙盒的產業，所以我們從坎帕拉（烏干達）購買」Nshimyumuremyi表示。
His message to fellow would-be entrepreneurs thinking of starting a business is encouraging: "Don't think that you need a lot of capital," he says. "Start with little, but use the knowledge and the environment that you already have."
他給同樣想要成為創業家、想開創新事業的人的訊息鼓勵：「別認為你需要很多資金」他說「用一點點錢開始，但是要利用知識和你已有的環境。」
原文網址: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/11/africa/uburanga-skincare-rwanda/
