It is with utmost pleasure that we, team Biryanir Aloo, bring to

you our special publication titled, PROFESSOR SAIFUL MAJID: THE HERO
BEHIND SCORES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP TALES. As the title suggests, this
magazine mainly features the person- who is as humble as anyone could
be- behind the success stories of all the entrepreneurs who have
graduated from IBA and hence been fortunate enough to get him as a
EDITORS NOTE

course instructor. Here, we try to bring together all the tiny but massively
significant stories of Entrepreneur Ibaites and their interactions with
everyones all-time favorite professor: A.K.M Saiful Majid.
It is needless to mention that Professor Saiful Majid is an extraordinary
teacher: he is a pillar of support, an epitome of strength and a ray of hope
in times of despair for all his students. He always goes extra miles to
ensure that every student he encounters is benefitted from him in some
way or the other. Being comparable to an ocean of knowledge, he is not
someone who just teaches theories and checks script. He is someone who
inspires students in countless ways, be it through bringing industry-
popular entrepreneurs in class or through giving lectures on successful
entrepreneurs home and abroad. A teachers impact on a students life can
go a long way and none knows it better than Professor Saiful Majid
himself.

This magazine has compiled the experiences of highly successful and

established entrepreneurs like Mr. Risalat Alvee (founder of Analyzen) and
also of those role models like Ayman Sadiq (founder of 10 Minute School)
whose ventures are just taking flight towards reaching the highest heights
of success. The articles inside do not talk about just successes ; they also
mention how these very successful entrepreneurs have faced failures
countless times and how Professor Saiful Majid was always there to pull
them up from distress with his ever-present heartwarming smile and
extremely helpful suggestions.

We hope that the readers have a good time reading through our articles
and by knowing Professor Saiful Majid better, be able to appreciate him for
the immeasurable influence he has had and continues to have on anyone
he encounters.
THE MAN WHO HAS
INSPIRED COUNTLESS STUDENTS
I am on the verge of starting my entrepreneurial journey and standing at
this critical stage of my life, I cannot really overstate how much influence
Majid sir has had in making me believe in my dreams. Before sixth
semester and before I met this legendary person, my dream was to join
a reputed MNC. But it is sir who made me realize that the dream of mine
was not big enough. Ever since the first day when he talked about Khan
Academys founder Salman Khan and gave us his insight on
entrepreneurship, my view on life changed: a desire to be an
entrepreneur and make my family, my nation, and most importantly Sir
proud was born. So, I tried my best to attend all his classes. There were
times I would think that I do not have the ability to do the humungous
task of creating and organizing a business, but then I would immediately
think back on Sirs classes and his immensely inspiring lectures on
perseverance, hard-work, struggles, etc. would ring in my ears making
me shake off my doubts and believe in myself and my abilities. It was
not just the self-confidence that I gained in his classes that made me
think of starting a business of own. Rather, it was the belief that Sir
would always be there to guide my through my darkest times and hence
show me the light that kept me going. Whats important to mention
here is that Sirs lectures did not just instill in me a desire to become an
entrepreneur ; it made me see the whole concept of entrepreneurship as
a systematic process involving seeking opportunities, taking risks, so on
and so forth. After attending his spell-binding classes diligent, today I
stand as a complete different person: someone who is more confident,
more ambitious and more dedicated than she ever was before. I hope to
start my venture next year and for me the most important thing right
now is Sirs blessing. I believe that if I have Sirs blessings, no amount of
hurdles will be able to stop me from becoming who I want to be.
Majid sir breathed life into my soul. Without him I was just a directionless
mass of flesh and blood with little purpose other than meeting the
biological functions of my body. When born, I always felt I was meant for
great things. Even after having searched for this all my life, I turned up as
empty as the day I was born. That is until I met this wonderful man who
changed not only the perspective I held, but the very fibre of my being. I
could conclude all this by simply saying he changed me, but that would be
a huge injustice and a gross misrepresentation of his influence in the
influence in the being that I am today.
Entrepreneurship was a foreign word and
an even more foreign concept to me until
he shed light on this mysterious concept. It
became an obsession that I chased with
passion, a passion that he cultured and
nurtured in me. This is to a great man and
an even greater being. Majid sir, tussi great
ho. - Nafee I can count on the fingers of my
right hand, the number of pivotal
moments of my life. These moments dictated the course my life would
take, and maneuvered me into an irreversible position for better or worse.
Being born was one, learning to read was another and meeting him was
the third. A smart person would easily see that those first achievements
have no intrinsic value other than the fact that they facilitate and enrich
my fated meeting with this gem of a man. Entrepreneurship was an ever
elusive concept, just out of my reach no matter how hard I tried to grasp it
between my fingers. Majid sir plucked this enigma out of the unreachable
and gently and placed it in my knowing hands. I was taken over by a new
ambition, engulfed in a fiery need to pursue all my latent passions. Majid
sir was there throughout, fostering this new found purpose with delicate,
experienced care. To you, sir, I have so many things to say. If only there
were words that could describe my gratitude. With the limited vocabulary
at my disposal, all I can say is thank you sir.

Thank you. - Tushar

MR. ABDUL MOMEN
Appearance of Abdul
Monem Limited in the year 1956
smoothed its way for advancing
institutionally. Undertaking
responsibilities of very big jobs
through this organization, he gained
prominence as a
successful entrepreneur.
Mr. Abdul Monem is the managing
director and chairman of Abdul
Monem Limited (AML),
one of the leading diversified business
conglomerates of Bangladesh.
He is a symbol of successful
entrepreneurship in the domain of
commerce and industry of the
country. This entrepreneur
personality, who is very hard-working,
skilled and far-sighted,
started his business life through
construction jobs of small aspects.
Dhaleshwari Bridge, Asian Highway
and Khulna-Mongla large road
infrastructure were all constructed
with the initiative of Abdul Monem
Limited. Mr. Monem
saw the opportunity in infrastructure
development for the country, which
was still developing
and would need such infrastructure to
help it develop, meaning that these
will have high
demand and support from the
government. Identification of this
successful opportunity
allowed the business to flourish.
Not only at home, but also abroad, After extensive success in
this company gained fame by construction, he set instances of
constructing high quality unthinkable success in Soft Drinks
roads and multistoried buildings. His and Ice Cream Industry. Enviable
company successfully accomplished popular products like Coca-cola, Fanta
more than one and Sprite are
Roads and multistoried constructions results of his successful
in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and entrepreneurship. In continuity with
Uzbekistan. In addition record-breaking success in Soft
to that at local level, Abdul Monem Drinks his company made different
Ltd. is performing for the Ice-Creams of popular Igloo brand.
maintenance of important Apart from that,
structures such as Jamuna Bridge. Igloo Butter, Ghee and pasteurized
Amomilk are popular products of this
group. Abdul
Monem has extensive success even in
trading and distribution. Possessor of
extensive success
and reputation in area of activities,
Abdul Monems stage of rise was very
adverse and
challenging.
He came to Dhaka from Comilla with only Tk.70 in his pocket as his only asset.
Though he got a job as Section Officer of Government Construction Office, he
resigned and went down to business. This shows the risk he took, to move away
from secured job for a new venture that might not work out.
Firm self-determination, hard practice and far-sighted
steps brought for him recognition as
one of the top leading entrepreneur personality. All-
time vigorous with work, this industrious
entrepreneur personality received countless honors.
For corporate social responsibility he
established various social service organizations
including A Monem High School, A Monem
College, A Monem Stadium, Orphanage and
Madrasha. He regularly provides financial
support in these areas through Abdul Monem
Foundation.
This success achieved by Mr. Abdul Monem does not only belong to him, but
belongs to the motherland, people of the country and the upcoming new
generation.

10 Ds
1. DREAM: He had the vision to see the
opportunity that his construction business
had to make it big in the industry.
2. DOER: He decided on going into business
and carried through with it.
3. DETERMINATION: He was determined to
go through with this business, leaving his
secured
government job to start his venture.
4. DEDICATION: He was very committed to
his business, working hard to secure
construction jobs before competitors and
becoming a pioneer for other construction
business to setup locally.
5. DESTINY: Mr. Monem wanted to be in
charge of his own outcomes, not letting his
destiny
be dictated by employers.
6. DOLLARS: He was not motivated by
monetary value, but rather with a vision to
help develop the country through his
business and this is also shown by his
philanthropism andsocial activities.
9 Fs
1. FOUNDER: Abdul Monem Ltd. had
Mr. Monem as its leader to guide it
through to
becoming a successful venture.
2. FOCUSED: Mr. Monem saw where
he wanted to go with the company, and
so focused on
the construction industry and
diversified only when the company had
grown large
enough.
3. FLAT: During the beginning years of
the company, there were few layers of
management,
as Mr. Monem directly monitored most
of the activities and this also allowed for
better
feedback from lower levels.
4. FRUGAL: The company worked
efficiently, from sourcing of materials to
sourcing of
labour, to keep costs low.

ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAITS OF MR. MONEM:

1. CONFIDENCE: Confident that the business opportunity is worth venturing into.
2. RISK TAKING: Left his secured job as a Section officer in the Government Construction
office. Took the risk of venturing into his new business.
3. CRAVED LEARNING: Used his knowledge learned from his government job for his
business.
Knowledge accumulated over the years, he used to apply to other SBUs that he ventured
into later on.
4. PASSIONATE: He was passionate about the business and worked hard to help it grow.
5. VISION: Most importantly, he had the vision to see which position he wanted the
company to be in for the long-run and this helped him to carry out his business more
smoothly.
 Ayman Sadiq can be found chatting
with his friends around IBA campus or
teaching difficult math solutions in an
easy manner in his YouTube channel
of 10 MINUTE SCHOOL .
This young student entrepreneur has
won the hearts of his students with
his super teaching skills and in his
terms Living the Dream. Heres a
peek into his work so far.
Ayman is a undergrad from IBA and is
a major in finance. However his
interest lies in marketing. He has been
a math instructor of mentors for the
last three years and has a unique style
of teaching. It is his love for teaching
that drove him into starting up
something like 10 minute school.
Ayman dreams to become a teacher, a motivational speaker and a multi-
platform entrepreneur in the future. Ideas fascinate him and he often runs into
conversations with complete strangers while discussing an idea. Ayman is a
very cheerful and optimistic person and feels that happiness and passion is
what should drive someone towards their career. Ayman has three startups
till now. The third one is an entertainment website called etojoss.com.
This endeavor has been taken by him and his celebrity school friend, Salman
Muqtadir (popular as SalmoN TheBrownFish on Youtube). His most discussed
and innovative start-up is 10 minute school. 10 Minute School is the first
ever site in Bangladesh through which students can learn from the tutorials,
practice from the given tests, monitor their progress, compare with their peers
& others, get every single information needed which otherwise isnt available
in the internet, and all this completely free of cost.
Successes always come with
failures. Ayman started working on
this idea when he was a
sophomore in IBA back in 2013. He
tried to pull it off with the help of
two professional website
development firms but both the
trials ended up in wretched
failures. Lastly he has been able to
launch it successfully this year on
17th May with the help of Raied, a
BUET student who is a self-taught
developer himself.
Ayman has worked with a large
team consisting of students of
different universities and different
disciplines. His amazing team
consists of students from IBA (BBA Anyone can give quizzes based on SSC
23rd batch specially), DU, BUET, syllabus, HSC syllabus, different
NSU, BUP and BRAC. admission tests including IBA,
Medical, Engineering, public
university units, MBA, private
university, BCS exam, bank job
recruitment, SAT, GRE, GMAT and
IELTS. They are also developing quite
interesting videos that teach students
topics ranging from mathematics,
physics and chemistry and ends to
subjects like English. These are short
YouTube videos with very insightful
information to make the students
learn the basic easily. Besides these
there are numerous infographics on
different university admission and
their necessaries.
He was fascinated with the idea of
teaching just after he started teaching
in batches. The very idea of
motivating someone and creating a
positive dent in his/her life made
Ayman even more interested in
teaching. So he used to help his
students online as well and soon
figured out that there should be a
more convenient approach of
delivering educational content with
ease and efficiency. Inspired by Khan
Academy and a few YouTube tutorial
channels, he planned to create a
platform where people could get all
types of support for the local courses
in our country. And that is how the
idea of 10 minute school came.
According to Ayman free education
doesnt have a fixed demographic or
geographic boundary and hence they
see this project, 10 Minute School,
reaching out to millions of people all
over the country.

He and his team plans to make As we grow older we tend to

something sustainable so that
it doesnt need to go through
break ups with its founders.
The general plan is to give
everyone access to free
education, penetrate deeper
into schools, colleges,
eventually make sure even
people without internet get
access to all the resources.
become skeptical and focus
more on the obstacles. Be
optimistic, find your passion
and while you are still a
student, just do what you do
best and enjoy the ride-
Ayman Sadiq.
Kazi Muhtassim Hassan, a young entrepreneur of just 29 years, had a
childhood to which many of us can relate. He was born in a middle-
income family where the father was a government official and the
mother a school teacher. From an early childhood, he was a happy-go-
lucky, restless, mischievous kid with little interest in studies.
Unfortunately for him, his parents and his siblings were highly
educated and because it seemed to others that he was not following.
his familys footsteps, he had to
endure jabs throughout his school
and college life. At one point, the
snide remarks were something he
could not bear any longer and he
decided to change his life once
and for all. When his HSC ended,
he studied day and night and
finally, wiping out all the doubts
of people who cared and people
who did not, he got himself
admitted into one of the most During his time as a student of IBA,
prestigious institutes of the he came across many people who
country, Institute of Business had illustrious careers and who
Administration (IBA). From that owned big businesses of their own.
point on, his life changed and it As a result of being around people
changed for the better. who were so successful, he
developed an interest to have a
career that is just as great, if not
better. What influenced him the
most was a course on
Entrepreneurship that he had to do
in IBA.
The faculty was one of the most
inspirational people he ever met,
as said by Mr. Kazi. He said that in
the course, apart from learning a
lot in detail, he got to know about
many famous entrepreneurs,
which further fueled his desire to
be an entrepreneur.
However, after graduating from IBA,
he did not become an entrepreneur,
like he thought he would. Just like
what everyone else does, he joined
Unilever, which is one of the most
coveted companies to work for. He
worked in Unilever but he always
felt that he was not making the
most of his time. Moreover,
because he always loves to stay
busy and considers himself a
workaholic person, he realized that
he did not have anything to do after
office hours and thus he needed
more work. He also had a friend
whose feelings were almost the
same as his and hence once during
a drunken conversation, they both
decided to start a business. That
conversation was his triggering
event, and from the next day after
that conversation, his life as a
successful entrepreneur started
with all its rainbows and rain; and
ups and downs, all of which he
utilized to become the very best
version of himself.

Food Republic started its business in
the year 2013 as a profit making
culinary business. . The restaurant
mainly serves Thai and Indian
cuisine. It was founded by Mr. Kazi
Muhtasim Hassan and Mr. Nadvie
Ahmed, two friends who aspired to
be leading restaurant business
tycoons of the country
At the time of its launch, the two
owners already had run a few
restaurants (one of which, Rice and
Noodles is still in business) as well
as food carts. Therefore they were
already familiar with the culinary
business and knew how the game
worked. Being next to a number of
successful restaurants run under a
partnership business of Mr. Kazi
Muhtasin Hassan and Mr. Nadvie
Ahmed, Food Republic has enjoyed
certain perks over its short life of 2
years.
It was not long after the launch of
the first branch in the busy
neighborhood of Banani that Food
Republic earned a remarkably good
reputation. It was recognized as a
dining place with food and
ambience appropriate for family
programs, official meetings and
friends' hangouts. The constant
positive reviews on FoodBank
served as the biggest promotion
means for the restaurant.
Since its emergence, Food Republic
has thrived on two basic promises
to its customers and its employees:
best quality and quantity of food
and maximum support and
lenience (respectively). Food
Republics missions and visions
trickle down these two promises.
At present, Food Republic owns 2
branches in Dhaka - one in Banani
and one in Dhanmondi. In the
coming years, the owners plan on
opening more branches of Food
Republic all over Dhaka. But along
with that they also want to
increase the number of branches of
its contemporary, Rice and Noodles
(which is also theirs) so that they
compete with themselves and
hence eventually climb the ladder
of success to become the best food
court in Bangladesh.
Sababa Tania Shiney, the beautiful, tall sister from 21st batch of Institute of
Business Administration, University of Dhaka. In early January, this year, she
told me she was busy working with something small but didnt quite tell what
it was as she still had to give shape to her work. I remember wondering a little
what it could be. The something small turned out to be her business named
PORIPAATI.

BACKGROUND
Sababa Tania Shineys father served in
the Bangladesh Army and has currently
retired. She spent her high school and
college in Mymensing Cadet College. She is
currently studying undergrad at the best business
school of the country IBA, DU as a final year
student and will graduate next year. Her business
venture is Poripaati.

INDUSTRY BACKGROUND
In Bangladesh, the economy is rising so is the income of our people. Both men
and women of the country are working for living which is increasing the
expenditure of every family. People are not only concerned with completing
and purchasing their basic needs anymore. Even a decade ago people used to
make food at home and used to go to restaurant less frequently they do now.
Also most of the lower income people are working on things like garments and
construction works and very few are willing to work at home to serve the
Homemakers at home. This drastic change in the lifestyle of people indicates
that slowly our attention is moving towards service from commodities and we
are more looking towards an easier life than less costly. In such situation of
lifestyle where women are go to work, coming up with the concept of Poripaati
is a brilliant idea as it provides bubus to clean houses and rooms.
 ABOUT PORIPAATI
Poripaati is a on demand, high frequency home services provider that currently
provide Bubu on demand for house cleaning purposes. Their focus is on
quality service delivery and hence they train their Bubus and equip them with
kits for regular home cleaning as well as specialized home cleaning. Women
cleaners working in their platform are known as bubu (which is another
word for sister in bangla). Their Bubus are hand-picked for their ability,
attitude, experience and are the best at what they do. They then continuously
train them to ensure they are friendly and professional! So the experience you
get is much better than a regular maid. If you are dissatisfied with the bubu,
we take full responsibility for the service and will go the extra mile to make it
up to you. Poripaatis bubus can clean your bedrooms, kitchens, dining rooms,
washrooms and they use the most advanced chemicals and equipment to
clean in the best possible way. The bubus do not cook and do the laundry
but the can help in loading
and unloading clothes if
needed. Their behavior is
completely professional and
their background is checked
for which you get the
maximum security.

Initially Sababa Tania

Shiney was struggling to
get clients for Poripaati. ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS
She got her first client a
INNOVATION: Sababa Tani Shiney did a keen
month of opening up
market analysis of what was demanded by the
and second client after
people. The most growing sector of todays world
another month. This
is service sector and that is where she put her
shows that Sababa
focus and realized cleaning maids are on high
Tania Shiney has the
demand but most of us do not keep them or
patience and diligence
hesitate to keep them because of uncertainty of
to be who she is an
security and lack of professionalism in their work.
entrepreneur.
TRIGGERING POINT: Going to different social events, Sababa Tania Shiney
felt that the lady of the house needed help with cleaning of fans, machines like
microwave oven, electric oven, television which normal maids are not efficient
and expert with and most of the time end up breaking the stuffs they are told
to clean. That is when she realized that although Chhuta Bua and permanent
maids are available, they were not as efficient as they needed to be neither
they needed training to properly do the work.

IMPLEMENTATION: She
started planning about the start
up at the beginning of 2015 and
took a year to plan and manage
the Bubus who will be working.
Then Poripaati was launched
through Facebook in February
2016.

GROWTH: Poripaati initially took some time to get recognition. Sababa Tania
Shiney said it takes longer than what you think it will take, and most of the
time, the worst scenario happens. But after the struggles to find client in the
initial period, now it has 9 Bubus working and serving different locations of
Dhaka such as Mirpur DOHS, Mirpur 12, Gulshan 1, 2, Banani, Garisson and
Cantonment.

ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAITS
The entrepreneurial traits which are the 10 Ds that are present in Sababa
Tania Shiney is given below:

DREAM: She saw the dream of serving the society with something that was
lacking. She chose the service sector as it is the sector which is growing rapidly.
Her dream was to become an entrepreneur and she wrote a note about baby
entrepreneur and her experiences and how she started her business.
DOER: Shiney talked less and worked more. That is why very few got to know
what she was planning on and finally when she was ready she publicized her
Facebook page on Poripaati. Shiney works hard every day and keeps her
organization running smoothly.

DECISIVENESS: Shiney took the decision of starting a service and she did.
She decided where she wanted her service to reach and whom she kept as her
employee.
DEDICATION, DETERMINATION,
DEVOTION: It takes a lot of dedication to start
a business and being a university student it is
certainly harder as we have a lot more
responsibilities and studying to do. But luckily
studying in the best business school on the
country, she got the proper training different
courses like Entrepreneurship, Marketing,
Finance, Management, Human Resource etc.
Learning all these she was determined to
dedicate herself and devote herself to her start
up. DOLLARS: She is generating
DETAILS: It is said profit and earning for the
DESTINY:
that the devil resides company but to start initially
Sababa Tania
in details. She has she needed money. To grow
Shiney is still a
made a detailed bigger and better and to
small
planning of what is provide facilities that none of
entrepreneur. She
needed to be done the companies provide, she has
needed luck to
and by how much to invest more.
run till now but
time it is needed to be luck has to favor DISTRIBUTE: She still hasnt
completed. This needs her more if she distributed her ownership to
elaborate planning wants to go big anyone as her business is still
and birds-eye view as and famous. new and growing. But as her
well as elaborate view business grows further, she
of everything. needs to distribute her property.
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