Ali Aydoğmuş – Social Entrepreneur from Turkey, Izmir, FOUNDER OF A COMPANY THAT PROVIDES CONSULTATION SERVICES FOR PWDS

During his career in public service, he became a member of non-governmental organizations that gave him the opportunity to hear about problems faced by PWDs and to support their active participation in life. Ali is convinced that PWDs should be more visible in society. Thus, he supports them through his company. As a person with a disability himself, he knows the difficulties they usually face and can offer proper solutions.
He could launch a business, after receiving the KOSGEB entrepreneurship grant. To be in line with the application requirements, he had to attend a “Basic Entrepreneurship Course”, which he successfully accomplished.
In the beginning, he had financial difficulties. His business has struggled against the prejudices of society. It was not easy to find customers at first. Most of them thought he was incapable of doing his work due to his visual impairment.
This discriminatory approach was hard to overcome. It took 2 years for Ali’s company to get on its feet and generate revenue.

Having graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration, Ali continued his education at the Department of Tourism and Travel Management. He had been working for the Ministry of Finance for 16 years, since 2001. Then he decided to start his own business and established the “Disabled Life Solutions Consultancy Company”, focused on life improvement for PWDs.