Enterprise Management 20 Some of the migrants, however, moved because of other reasons such as sickness or the loss of a family member. Crystals (Fan seller, Yangon) migrated from the south of Yangon nine years back as her father had passed away and they had to sell the house. So she rented a house in Yangon with her husband, mother, siblings and kids with the help of some acquaintances. Her husband started selling fans in summers and mats in winters until nine months back when he was diagnosed with T.B. and Crystals had to take over the business. Some of the MEs started their business because of easy access to, and abundance of raw materials, especially natural resources. For e.g., MEs sold Tanatkha wood (Women apply it on skin to protect from heat waves and nourish skin), plum toffees, fish, rats and birds, making bamboo chairs and souvenirs out of cane, long grass, wood and bamboo. Some of the MEs received professional training in a course and converted it into business. Htay (electrician, Nay Pyi Taw) went to Yangon to study basic and advanced electrician courses and received certificates for it. His parents were both potters but he got work under some senior electricians through his friends and got motivated to pursue these formal courses. He also knew a monk at the monastery through whom he met the teacher in Yangon. He stayed at the teacher’s house for 6 months. For the basic course, he paid MMK 250,000 ($250) and advanced he paid MMK 350,000 ($350) and his mother covered all his expenses. Htwe (Souvenir maker, Nay Pyi Taw) 44 years old learnt souvenir making out of bamboo, cane and wood at the Lacquer Institute in Bagan in 2013 and received certificates for it. He came to know about it through other people. Some of the MEs shifted from jobs to business as they were not making enough money through their jobs. Some of them saved money from different jobs to start their own business. Kim (Trishaw driver, Mandalay) used to work in a tea shop earlier but did not make good money so started driving a trishaw 15 years back. Myo (toy seller, Nay Pyi Taw) worked under several people before starting this business 4-5 years back. He worked in a Chinese restaurant, then as a pawn broker and then as a money lender. He learnt pawn brokerage while working under his Chinese boss at the restaurant. He saved enough from all these jobs and started selling toys. He got his bicycle on which he hangs his toys in one of the pawnbroker transactions. Someone had borrowed MMK 30,000 ($30) from him in return for a bicycle and could not redeem it back. Bamboo handicraft made by Htwe in Bago