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Words of Wisdom

  Today we had a visit to the DBL group’s sister concern ‘Color City Limited.’ There, the general manager Mr. Suja Uddin vented for not starting a business at an early age. He said, “if you are a job holder, even if you rise to the topmost positions like CEO/ MD, your children have to start from 0. If you are a businessman, for example, you sell samosa with a van, you are earning everything for your own. In your late years probably you managed to start your own restaurant business. Now your children won’t start from zero, they are already the owner of that restaurant.” We’ve been restless recently. Moving here and there. Doing site visit. So far, 0 sales have been closed.  Employee motivation is a fickle concept, that loosely depends on monetary compensation. Saddam bhaia told us that he takes unpaid interns, who come 6 days and do 8 hours office. And we can’t manage our paid interns to work from home. Which spectrum of the world we are living in. We are a long way to go in te...

I Know How Fake Everything Is

We had an AC installation project today at Manikgonj. Our technician team went to the site, saw a 30'' thick wall that has to be pierced for copper piping. And they backed off. I was communicating over the phone with my PSL, with a heavy voice, pretending everything is under control.  Those are miniature life hick-ups that an entrepreneur has to face, regularly, and for me - intentionally. Only a few have the guts to continue after all these. I want to be one of them of course. January 2022 Update: Another year has gone by without any fruitful progress. Still, we don't see any tangible source of revenue. We are kinda parasite of Muspana. This burns me like hell, I wanted to live an independent life. That's why I chose to be an entrepreneur Now is the real challenge. What value am I providing to my users? What is the one big vision that can change the lives of billions? Can I acquire a big investment ever? Why am I so self-centered? Am I all after money? Today a kid 10 y...