VISION & MISSION

For 24 years, The Entrepreneurs Associates (tEA) has worked for the promotion of entrepreneurship in the North East Region with active and ongoing interventions in Nagaland, Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

The organisation works closely with farmers through various entrepreneurial and livelihood initiatives such as Trees for Wealth Movement leveraging FPOs, SHGs and community architects. tEA has also been pioneering initiatives such as the Uplifting Women Street Vendors Program that is transforming perspectives about women engaged in producing and marketing vegetables in rural communities.

tEA has also pioneered social enterprises, to aggregate farm products of farmers for market linkages. tEA has harnessed faith based organizations, national banks and private banks, corporate houses, Government and educational institutes, to develop entrepreneurship and sustainable livelihoods; infusing about INR 400 Crores with almost 100% recovery, thereby creating economic opportunities and wealth for societies tEA engages with.

tEA’s action on the ground has moved government policies in favourable directions. In a state where entrepreneurship was alien, the government of Nagaland declared the years 2010-2012 as the ‘Year of the Entrepreneur’. Schools, university and college campuses are turning into active trainings grounds for new generations of entrepreneurs. In 2015, The Entrepreneurs Associates (tEA) was selected by the National Rural Livelihoods mission to launch the Start Up Village Entrepreneurship Program (SVEP), launching 4200 rural enterprises in the region.

Based on its exhaustive experience and its impact on the entrepreneurship sector, tEA’s vision and mission as described below:

VISION

A world where conscious entrepreneurs, adopting high standards of ethics and values, create inclusion and equity, and take society and the nation forward as part of their own success.  

MISSION:

  • Seeding and empowering Feast of Merit Entrepreneurs through trainings, finance and mentorship.

  • Sustaining ventures that emerge from local cultures and ideas through market, policy and systemic change.

  • Scaling behaviour change in individuals, communities and institutions to adopt, act and champion Feast of Merit Entrepreneurship.

  • Scanning opportunities and challenges by being a leader in innovations and demonstrating the essence of Feast of Merit.