The mechanism
The tiny business pathway. A rural woman with an exceptional product should not need photography, English copy, packaging design and a distributor before the world can find her.
The 25 ideas
- 151Product photography services for small producers
- 152Packaging design studios
- 153English copywriting and product storytelling
- 154QR-linked product pages and simple ecommerce setup
- 155Packing, dispatch and international shipping services
- 156Export paperwork and rules advice for small producers
- 157Quality certification and food safety advisory
- 158Digital booking platforms for guides, artisans and experiences
- 159Hospitality training schools
- 160Tour guide certification programmes
- 161Language training for the tourism trade
- 162Traditional craft apprenticeships, paid and certified
- 163Electric tuk-tuk conversion and rental fleets
- 164Solar installation services for guesthouses and small businesses
- 165A shared cold-chain service for small food producers, from village to port
- 166Shared commercial kitchens certified for export, rented by the hour
- 167Label-printing and barcode services in every district town
- 168A single online catalogue of Sri Lankan export-ready products, curated, in English
- 169Sample-shipping services: one box, tracked, to a buyer abroad, at a fixed price
- 170Bookkeeping and tax services for micro-exporters, at a monthly subscription
- 171Insurance products for guesthouses and small producers that actually pay out
- 172Trade-fair representation: one stand at the Frankfurt, Dubai or Tokyo fair shared by 20 producers
- 173Translation services for product labels into German, Japanese, Chinese and Arabic
- 174Testing laboratories for pesticide residue and food safety, private and fast
- 175Website and booking-engine templates for guesthouses, in Sinhala, Tamil and English
