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Kawshar Ahmed - Startup : journey, opportunities & challenges in Bangladesh - BASIS SoftExpo 2017

29 Mar 2017 · 4 min

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This is a transcript excerpt from a talk by Kawshar Ahmed at BASIS SoftExpo 2017 describing his startup journey and growth strategy. He notes he has a bachelor’s degree in textile engineering, that much of his company’s revenue comes from outside Bangladesh (almost 100%), and that the company has operated profitably each month for about six years. He emphasizes business sustainability, organic growth without external investment (bootstrapping), reinvesting a significant share of monthly profits (he mentions saving roughly 40–50% for the business), and focusing on product quality, UX simplicity, and expanding the customer base worldwide. He also mentions short-term plans (1–2 years) rather than long-term large-scale plans and intends to open/expand office space and different campus/offices for the team.

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Bachelor in textile engineering.

About 6 years.

About 40–50%.

Almost 100% from outside Bangladesh.

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खुबी amazing बयपर जेडा, से रहा लो, Kaushara bhai actually has a bachelor in textile engineering. And he was literally not into programming and other things. एबंग, खुबी interesting बयपर जेडा, जे जूम शेपर, तार almost 100% revenue is not from Bangladesh. What do you want to do next? Very tough question. I myself don't know what I want to do next. But Abasahi kisu karte chachi jate company sustain kare, karan hoshe jayi kono business sustainability te khub jorri. To amra khub brainstorming karte si, je kibabe business ke aro barano jaye. Aro jaman amra ekhon teame pray besh chobir jono mato ase, kibabe team ke baro kora jaye, kinba je opportunities kula ase business se kula ke kibe barano jaye, kinba amra je quality product Amra didchi, ame mani kari abang I am believe kari arki je Amada je product ar quality chamatkar Amada amra khub chashta kari pratekta product ar UX ke joto sahaj kora jaye user ar kase Abang design ke kato sundar kora jaye To e doryanar product jate besi besi customer ar kase pauch hai To si bepara amra khub chashta karchi jate besi besi customer amada product use karte pare world wide, bibino, baro-baro pradeshna amada product use karte karto Amada nijodaro jate growth balo hai To Amar bishir future plan ne ame agate parina. Amar plan gulo short time, ek basar, doi basar. Eto plan karo ame sabsema agayi. Khub baro kono plan karte parina. Eta amara ekta samasa ba limitation bola chode. Ta amara next plan hocha amara ektu different way te. Ekta jagah amara ekta office karchi, ekhan teke amara ektu ber hoye jabo. जी प्लेन आमरा एखन तकी बेर होये, कोता हो है तो एक टा पर्मेनेन्ट कैम्पास तरी करभो, एक टू डिफ्रेन्ट टाइपेर एक एक एक एक एक एक एक एक एक एक एक � जूम शेपर अल्लेडी प्राब्ली है लेक वान अप बेस्ट अफिस इन बंगलादेश। So, my next question is like, the way you started and the way you are growing, one of the most interesting thing is like, you never took any investment, external investment. So, ये जीनिस्टे इकतो आमादर के बोलें, कैमों भाबे जारा नोतुन करते चाँछे, तारा एक्छली एका So, you still don't have any part? No, I don't have a part. Ebong investment chara ke kifabe ato baro holo? Like ekhane amade shekhar bapa ta ki? Ebong kifabe like onorao erate inspire hote page? Investment are bepare ame maybe onege katha sunchilam je, ja income karahobe, tar kichu ekta onksho rekhe dite habe. To ame eta yate sofsumay bishas kartama. To ame ja income kartam, tar kichu ekta onksho sofsumay rekhe di. In fact, ekono. Amar Allah rahmati, amara paye 6 bacara ukore business karchi. Amadar ekon parjun to kono mase amara losse jaye nahi. Pratek mase amara profitable. So, eta gradually increase hotche. So, ame pratek mase jito profit hotche, sikhante ekta percentage rekhe dite. Ame chashta karte se 40-50% erukum rekhe dewa. So, eta te ami amar paragod te business se sita kaja lagache. Eta te believe kare na, kinba amar darkar lagaye na arke. Bepata chey rakam.