GrameenPhone, the largest Telco in Bangladesh, organized Fund Starter, where I presented this keynote, which describes my Investment Experience in Bangladesh in a very direct way.

1. |M Asif Rahman
What I Learned After Investing in
Bangladeshi Startups Actively For 5
Years!
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2. ❖ Serial Entrepreneur
❖ Angel Investor
❖ WordPress Enthusiast
M Asif Rahman

3. My Investments

4. I am actively investing in
Bangladeshi Startups since 2012

5. Here are the things I have learned!

6. Top 5 reasons why Startups
succeed in Bangladesh!

7. 1. People & their passion!

8. 2. Talented & Young Individuals.

9. 3. Remarkable Mentors & Angels
with real experience.

10. 4. Timely investment & good Cash Flow!

11. 5. Most importantly a vibrant and
ready-to-explore Nation.

12. Top 8 reasons why Startups
fail in Bangladesh!

13. 1. Startup fails because of people!

14. 2. Lack of proper education.

15. 3. Not properly understanding the
‘long game’

16. 4. Keeping a second option, not
willing to bet all on the Startup!

17. 5. Not being honest & not doing
accounting properly!

18. 6. Unrealistic expectation.

19. 7. Lack of local institutional
investment

20. 8. Manipulative part of the
ecosystem

21. My Key Takeaways

22. 1. People who’re really doing good
business does not go around and
talk about it

23. 2. People you see in most events
are just for investment or fame.
They are not focused in real
business!

24. 3. There are still good number of
solid investable Startups

25. 4. Be ready to do a lot of
handholding

26. 5. Invest on Team, not on idea.

27. <Thank You>
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