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Biniyog.io is trying to connect two halves of Bangladesh's economy that have always needed each other but never had a way to meet. The man sitting across the table has a profitable business. He has customers, a track record, and an invoice from his buyer: real money, confirmed on paper, coming in within ninety days. […]
The startup versus SME debate has been going on in Bangladesh for as long as I can remember. I have heard it at events, read it in newspapers, and watched it play out on Facebook, which somehow manages to generate more heated discussions than most actual policy issues in this country. I have been meaning […]
Bangladesh already runs one of the world's largest electric fleets, built entirely without government planning. What comes next is harder: turning a massive informal economy into a formal industry while the vehicles keep moving. In This Brief: 1. Context and the Size of the Opportunity: A Market That Built Itself  In many countries, the electric […]
Caretutors and the Reinvention of Tuition in Bangladesh | How Caretutors built Bangladesh's largest tutoring platform — 500,000 tutors, 125,000 guardians — and what it replaced. An analysis of the private tuition market in Bangladesh.
Written by Hussain M Elius Chasing the super app dream, Pathao built ten products and nearly destroyed the one thing users actually loved. At some point around 2018, someone opened a board meeting with a slide that said: “Pathao Super App.” Everyone nodded. Of course. Gojek was doing it. Grab was doing it. WeChat had […]
The tablet market has evolved significantly, and buyers in 2026 face a wider set of choices than in previous decades. Whether for work, study, creativity, or leisure, selecting the right tablet PC now requires careful evaluation of several key factors. Display and Build Quality Come First A tablet's display is its most essential feature. Buyers […]
This is an excerpt from our upcoming book on Startise. If you want to be notified when the book comes out, fill out this form. Startise's story is specific to its context. The company started as a WordPress company and then expanded into several directions, built in Bangladesh, in a particular window of the internet's development. […]
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