Sajid Matin
Entrepreneur
NATIONAL BANK OF DUBAI
Outlook about option to start career again
Being different means for me is out of the box thinker so be creative and just be yourself rest is amazing.
Way to ensure growth
I’m creative and passionate about what I do and rest automatically follows.
Journey in corporate world
Started in 2010, my first venture is a failure but it’s just a beginning for me so get up and started again and eventually got the mantra of profit making. So far the journey is worth anything. Presently managing three companies under my belt in which two companies are incorporated Dubai and one is in India.
Challenges in profession
The prevailing interest based banking system is quite old concept and out dated now and caused massive financial crunch that’s leads to global recession.
Islamic Banking system can be a worthy solution if implemented smartly and thoughtfully.
Important Career Decision
Banker to Entrepreneur…and enjoying every moment.
Essential qualities
You should be and must be passionate, creative, have abilities to manage people and projects, up to date and can make decision.
Career Expectation
A trusted and established serial entrepreneur.
Current Job & Role
Well, as an entrepreneur I have to make my dream a reality so my prime concern is to start and smoothly run a business idea since initial conceptualization to financing, then running and growing it that’s why my role here is quite diverse, dynamic and decisive.
Achievements
I build my business gradually with little savings and with lots of people around me now I have a treasure of nice and talented people and can make a huge corporate identity soon.
New trends in domain
Green entrepreneurship and social media (Facebook, Tweeter, LinkedIn) are the latest and fastest growing trends that will change how people and corporate world associate themselves with each other and take responsibility of our environment together… definitely they will immensely help us to build more greener world and make us more close to corporate and environment.
Changes in My Profession
Now business people are more internet savvy and companies
are heavily relying on information technology apart from latest technology we
are more positive about the environment and take our social responsibility as a
priority.
Recommending References
www.siliconindia.com can make you up to date with the current affairs as well as provide you some inspiring success stories. Apart fro this website you can read Entrepreneur Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Reviews.
Make a habit of reading, join some NGOs, don’t typed yourself with some particular writers, books, movies, websites or activities. Think positive and be active in what ever you do.
Family Background
I belong to a cultured, educated and renowned middle class family of Chapra, Bihar. My grandpa was a well known Sufi Saint and my beloved father was a social entrepreneur, academician and an expert in alternative medicine.
Outlook about India as A developed country
As I told earlier the combination of latest technology and out of the box ideas with passionate can do attitude will change our India to Global India …. Thank You again & Jai Hind.
Advice for followers
Be a smart worker to save and flourish your own hard work.