They established their own enterprises at least five years ago, and have survived the challenges over the years to stay in business. Now, their businesses are stable or even strong in their chosen markets. Their prospect for further growth is promising. When they started, their capital was just barely enough to meet regulatory requirements to register and operate a business entity. As the years passed by, their equity base grew as result of further infusion of capital as well as accumulation of reinvested profits. The same can be said of their manpower count. Most of them started as one-man show. Now, they are adequately staffed with managers and workers to handle the various aspects of their business. Their last three years were all profitable, and at present they enjoy comfortable cash flows and credit lines.