From Aircraft Cleaner to Airline OWNER | Kazi Shafiqur Rahman - Muslim Money Talk Ep 21

Meet Kazi Shafiqur Rahman, Co-founder of SunnaMusk and Firnas Airways, as he shares his journey from being a cleaner at an airport to becoming a successful entrepreneur and airline owner. This conversation literally has it all, the ultimate highs and horrific lows of entrepreneurship, to the importance of family in business.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Coming Up

01:55 – Introduction

04:48- Coming to the UK and early education

09:28 – Why Aviation? Working at the airport

18:57 – Getting fired and working with family

24:00 - Making money vs. Religion

26:27 - Learning how to do business

29:46 - Becoming a serial entrepreneur

35:20 - Starting Sunnamusk with brothers

38:58 - Consistency, consistency, consistency!

44:12 - Setting a Northstar and raising capital

48:10 - Whitechapel market and the route to Westfield

55:38 – Entering shopping malls and early success

58:47- Pitching to Westfield mall and becoming a real brand

01:06:47 – The Channel 4 documentary

01:10:47 – Leaving Sunnamusk for the Firnas Airways

01:18:19 - What happened to Firnas?

01:21:20 - Lessons learned

01:26:49 – Conclusion and closing remarks

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Every week we'll be sitting down with Founders, leaders and industry experts from across multiple disciplines to discuss lessons learned, mistakes made and most importantly 'How they did it?'.

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