Raisul Kabir is the founder and CEO of Brain Station 23. He graduated from BUET and started Brain Station 23 right away, in 2006. At the time of this episode (August 2023), the company employed more than 700 people and was well known in countries such as the USA, Canada, the Netherlands and Germany. The video title asks how he built what it calls the country's largest IT company, with more than 700 engineers, after graduating from BUET.
In this episode Ahmed Fahad goes through Raisul's journey in depth: earning money while still a student, choosing not to go abroad, and how he built the company. They also talk about why he is known as an accidental entrepreneur, how Brain Station 23 hires and handles turnover, fundraising, and why he thinks the company is not successful yet.
What the conversation covers
- Why Raisul is known as an accidental entrepreneur
- The difference between freelancing and entrepreneurship
- His reasons for staying in Bangladesh
- Why he started Brain Station 23, and its size today
- The best time to start a startup, and why founders are salespeople
- How he learns and how he deals with stress
- Hiring freshers, managing turnover, and what Brain Station 23 looks for in a candidate
- Structuring a company, investment for guidance, and fundraising for startups
- His BUET life and how student entrepreneurship helped him
- Common mistakes founders make, and why he thinks Brain Station 23 isn't successful yet
The conversation is in Bangla.