Rahat Ahmed

Millions of entrepreneurs sit outside formal markets not for lack of drive or product quality but because the support architecture has a foundational design flaw: it does not listen.

Bangladesh spends a lot of energy explaining itself, to investors, multilateral lenders, and regional partners.

In the weeks following August 5, interest from non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in the professional sector surged. Messages poured in: “Tell me how I can help; I’ll move back,” and “I don’t need to make money—I’ll work for free.

As interest in the Bangladeshi startup ecosystem has grown, so has the responsibility of angel investors and other early stage stakeholders to properly assist founders and startups in preparing for their next stages of growth and funding.