On January 8, AkijBashir Group officially entered Bangladesh's cable manufacturing sector, launching the country's first three-layer insulated electrical wire at a ceremony in Dhaka. The Tk300 crore investment, executed through the acquisition of Eminence Electric Wire & Cables Limited's near-complete manufacturing facility, marks a calculated bet on safety innovation in a market where over 120 […]
In September 2016, a small team at ByteDance launched a short-video app in China. Within a year, it had 100 million users and over a billion daily video views. By 2024, its international version, TikTok, had become one of the most downloaded apps in history, fundamentally reshaping how billions of people consume content. This wasn't […]
A reflective episode of FS weekly as we begin 2026. A very Happy New Year to you all! Annual Letter 2025 A year, seen from a particular perspective, is a long time and comes with immense opportunities to learn about ourselves and do important work. In my case, I have never been able to benefit […]
When Fazle Rabbi, COO of Hubxpert, meets with EdTech founders, he hears the same story repeatedly. Their platforms are growing, sometimes doubling users quarter over quarter. Revenue is climbing. New courses launch weekly. But beneath this success lies a crisis: leads vanishing into spreadsheets, students asking the same questions twice, sales teams working blind, and […]
A decade ago, if you wanted gym clothes in Dhaka, you would have to spend hours hunting for clothes in shops opposite Dhaka College or some markets in Mirpur. Choice was scarce. Quality often fell short. Today, you can order almost all kinds of sportswear online with a few taps on your phone. This shift […]
Previous Letters: 2024 A year, seen from a particular perspective, is a long time and comes with immense opportunities to learn about ourselves and do important work. In my case, I have never been able to benefit from the time I receive fully. That remains true for 2025. I squandered much of it, doing trivial […]
Looking back is a good thing. As Steve Jobs famously said, I’m paraphrasing here, you can connect the dots only looking back. The end of the year affords us such unique opportunities to look back and reflect on our hindsight. So it is useful to sit down at the end of a year and consult […]
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