The Young Self-Employed Plan - Success Story
KILOU.BE
Salary-earner became self-employed, self-employed became entrepreneur, Frederic has found his vocation in audio-video editing. He has been able to bring his project to fruition via the Young Self-Employed Plan.
“If I’ve been able to set myself up as self-employed and fulfil this dream, it’s thanks to the Participation Fund. The advantages of the Young Self-Employed Plan are extremely interesting.”
At the beginning, Frederic worked for a year and half as a salary-earner, but his self-reliance and his predilection for the practical led him to take on a new challenge. There is no doubt that Frederic, overflowing with energy, has found his way by launching his own business. After attending various training courses, scientific, literary and philosophical, our young genius discovered that he had a passion for audio-visual art: a world that was unknown to him at the time. Through contacts with audio-visual professionals, Frederic’s interest in this activity intensified: “I met actors, directors… These contacts have really opened my mind and I immediately wanted to get involved. I quickly realised that to work in audio-visual, I would have to become self-employed.” No sooner said than done.
The Young Self-Employed Plan: A Must For The Under Thirties
Convinced of his passion for the audio-visual, Frederic learnt about a possible advantageous formula for the young self-employed: “Being only 24 at the time, I was looking for an advantageous way of becoming self-employed. I had heard of the Young Self-Employed Plan, which, at the time, was still called the Rosetta Plan, and of the mentoring structure that helped me to put my file together”. The Young Self-Employed Plan is indeed intended for people under thirty who would like to become self-employed. Thanks to this plan, Frederic enjoyed free coaching from the mentoring structure for a period of 18 months. Today, this coaching period has been increased to 24 months for all the beneficiaries of this plan. “The mentoring structure’s coaching was enormously reassuring. It’s no piece of cake launching an independent activity so young, because everything is developing, even the way of doing things.” The Participation Fund’s Young Self-Employed Plan has enabled Frederic to finance his equipment. His activities not only go from the animation of an image to short films, but also from wiring to video editing. “If I’ve been and to set myself up as self-employed and fulfil this dream, it’s thanks to the Participation Fund. The advantages of the Young Self-Employed Plan are extremely interesting. With another loan, I would certainly have had more difficulties. I’ve even recommended the Young Self-Employed Plan to some friends”. Frederic has now converted his business into a limited company, Kilou.be, and sincerely hopes to give it greater scope. And for the future self-employed, Frederic adds: “When self-employed, you sometimes have to know how to contain yourself, and to remain competitive vis-a-vis the competition. And when you put your heart and soul into it, it’s even more enjoyable.” Kilou.be is therefore promised a bright future. For more information on the services that Frederic has to offer, surf to www.kilou.be.
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