Mohammad Shahriar Khan Icon for the Entrepreneurs

Due to his father occupation he spent his childhood in Azimpur areas sowing seeds of imagination. Today he is a Technology Service provider who has gone through many ups and downs. He started his working life by teaching in a private university. Also in the basket of experience are private universities, telecom, banking, and local & international software companies. He worked as a freelancer in various projects while working in a software firm. He may have become an entrepreneur because he used to make changes from his childhood. In 2012, he left his corporate career and started his journey as an Entrepreneur, besides he is silently trying to develop an entrepreneurial community. In addition to his own business, he set up a government-approved organization "E-Club" (Entrepreneurs Club of Bangladesh Limited), which is currently involved with more than 500++ Entrepreneurs to advance a social goal the key is to create a successful Entrepreneur and to create an Entrepreneurs Mindset among the youths. He is currently representing the President of E-Club since 2018. His request to the government that builds separate multi stored office buildings for Entrepreneurs in each division and establishment a separate ministry for Entrepreneurs so that the entrepreneur's ecosystem can have developed easily in Bangladesh.

In his recent Entrepreneurial life has received some social recognition such as Best Social Innovation Award in 2017 and New Entrepreneur Award in 2018. In addition, received the Mentor Behind 2021 award from the Minister of Education, Dr Dipu Moni, along with the recognition of mentoring more than 100++ students and startups. Recently he was also awarded the “Next Generation Leadership Award 2022” from Global Youth Parliament, Nepal for his contribution to work for Youth Entrepreneurship.  

One of the hurdles he faced when he started his Entrepreneur life, was not getting any good numbers of reference Bangla books that are helpful for Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. So he has tried to write books about his own business knowledge as well as entrepreneurs or initiatives. The first book "UDDOGTAR UCCHAKANKHA " was published in 2018 and the second book "BANGLADESHER UDDOGTA ECOSYSTEM EBONG VOBISSOT- Based on SARRC countries" was published at Ekushey Book Fair in 2019. Recently published a book named “Learn Alphabet with Technology”, where he worked as a head of concept and idea. 

Having graduated with a degree in Computer Science & Engineering and MBA, he may have dared to start a business with information technology. He is currently the CEO of Nexkraft Family, where a team of 40++ talented information technologists is working as a family. NexKraft is a world-class software company that provides technology services to some of the country's leading corporate and international companies as technology partners. He is also a certified PRINCE2 Project Manager, Agile Manager, Kaspersky Sales Specialist, Cyber Security Certified and also Microsoft Certified Professionals. He has also set up an education platform called Whistle (whsitle.com.bd), which will be developed based on STEM education, especially in Kids Robotics, Kids Coding, Kids Math, Kids Ethics and Kids Parenting courses. As per his dream whistle will be the best platform in the next 5 years for the kids and parents where they can explore educational toys, kids books, kids eLearning, kids magazines, kids stationery as well as kids shop also.  He is also involved in his journey as a mentor and investor of some startups named nexParc, Mindshaper, Mechanix, Blackboard Digital, Cybertech. His company Whistle Limited and Creative IT Institute jointly organise an event named National ICT Olympiad Bangladesh, which will be the largest and most influential national ICT competition in Bangladesh for preschool to university level for creating awareness of ICT education as well as STEM education.

He does not acknowledge that he is a successful Entrepreneur yet but still he learning from this community. He believes that creating an Entrepreneurship Mindset is the first step in building an Entrepreneurial life. So before you start anything you must be confident, set your mind, assess your swot analysis and skills in that specific field and after you can start your entrepreneurial life in this new world.

Let’s wish Mohammad Shahriar Khan in his dreams.