Man Achieves Success Through Street Food Vending
Summary
Shyam Prasad Sah of Janakpurdham has built a successful street food business over 25 years, funding his children’s education and family milestones from a simple cart. He says hard work and small-scale business can create a stable life without going abroad for work.
Key Points
- Shyam Prasad Sah has run a street snack cart in Janakpurdham for two and a half decades, earning about Rs 8,000–10,000 a day.
- His business has helped educate his elder son to become a civil engineer and his younger son to complete a diploma, while also supporting his daughters’ marriages and a three-storey house.
- Sah and his wife start work at 4 a.m. every day and serve breakfast and evening snacks from their cart in front of their home.
- He says his experience proves that hard work, honesty and small investment can bring success in Nepal without going abroad.
