Sabirul Islam (born 1989) he is from
Pakistan. He is an award winning young entrepreneur, author and global speaker.
His vision is empowering youth around the world and changes their lives, so
they see success as a way forward.
With a vision to want to achieve
success as a young entrepreneur, Sabirul Islam, an ordinary East London
teenager who grew up witnessing crime and violence within his community, made
the jump to setting up a web design business at the age of 14. Having run the web
design company for a period of 2 years and generating a healthy income whilst
still in school, Sabirul felt it was best to leave web designing as it became
“very common.”
Sabirul quickly discovered the
benefits of risk-taking at a young age and, with a passion for networking and
big organisational support. Sabirul took a step forward to become a junior
trader at the age of 16, having been given the opportunity by Merrill Lynch to
learn how to trade in the stock market whilst in New York.
With a wealth of knowledge and experience as a
young entrepreneur and investor, Sabirul had the vision and desire to inspire
young people across the nation. With his message being that no matter the age,
race, religion or culture, anyone can become extraordinary as long as they
maintain self belief and illustrate perseverance. With his passion to support
fellow youth, it led Sabirul to write his first book called “The World at Your
Feet” aged just 17. The launch of his first book presented the opportunity for
Sabirul to become a motivational speaker, sharing his message at 379 events in
the first nine months since the launch of his book and selling over 42,500
copies.
Sabirul not only wants to inspire
young people, but to educate them about the world of entrepreneurship and
taking risks. This led Sabirul at the age of 18, to invest £20,000 of his own
money into developing and launching his own business board game called
“Teen-Trepreneur.” The game itself has sold in 14 countries worldwide and is
now used as part of the BTEC Business Qualification in over 450 schools across
the UK. Launched alongside the board game was Sabirul’s second book, “The World
at Your Feet: Three strikes to a Successful Entrepreneurial Life”. In February 2012, Sabirul will launch his
third book titled 'Young Entrepreneur World' which interviews 25 successful
young entrepreneurs who are today challenging the norm of society to create
positive change.
Sabirul set up his second business
named after his book ‘The World at Your Feet’ which consists of many small
enterprises and programmes that deliver inspiration, empowerment and
entrepreneurial initiatives. This includes ‘Teen-Speakers,’ bringing together
some of the world’s most influential youth entrepreneurs, youth activists and
change makers all aged 16-25 onto a single speaking platform to inspire &
empower audiences both young and old, around the world. The Teen-Speakers has
expanded, now delivering the ‘Teen-Speakers Tour’ where both half & full
day events are delivered to encourage more young people to seek
entrepreneurship as a career path. Sabirul aims to deliver the Teen-Speakers
Tour in every country in which a Teen-Speaker is associated.
Sabirul’s other venture consists of
Teen-Publishers, a platform for young writers aged 5-25 to get their books
professionally published & selling via online retail channels. Sabirul also
launched the Teen-Trepreneur Success kit, a training program to help nurture
youth to become successful entrepreneurs.
Now aged 21, Sabirul’s vision to
inspire young people has expanded to a global scale having already reached out
to millions of people, from speaking at events and been featured via media
outlets across the UK, Europe, USA, Nigeria, South Africa, Japan, Botswana
& the Maldives. Enabling Sabirul to launch the ‘Inspire1Million,’ with a
vision to not just reach out to youth but to inspire, engage and transform the
lives of 1 million people in 20 countries within 12 months.
Sabirul Islam, an ordinary East
London Youth who is still only 21, is rapidly developing an empire that
inspires, educates and provides the opportunity for an ordinary individual to
become an “extraordinary entrepreneur.
Visit Sabirul’s Site: www.sabirulislam.com
His parents were from Bangladesh NOT Pakistan!
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