Since embarking on his entrepreneurial journey at 14, Sabirul has launched numerous projects and initiatives to inspire, educate, and provide opportunities for young people worldwide. Driven by a vision to help students pursue their passions and achieve their life goals, Sabirul’s projects are designed to instill an entrepreneurial spirit in the next generation of students.
Sabirul’s Books
The World at Your Feet: Three Strikes to a Successful Entrepreneurial Life
In this personal and inspiring book, Sabirul, aged 17, shares his journey and what motivated him to pursue entrepreneurial success. He guides readers on harnessing their talents and abilities to achieve success and happiness. Sabirul’s principle of the “Three Strikes” – intensity, integrity, and intelligence – forms the foundation for anyone to become a successful entrepreneur and achieve their personal goals.
Young Entrepreneur World: How 25 Teen-Trepreneurs Succeeded and Left World Leaders Scratching Their Heads
Sabirul interviews 25 of the world’s most influential young entrepreneurs, youth activists, and changemakers, all united by a vision to create positive change. Through these interviews, they deliver empowering messages on personal, business, and political levels. The book not only shares their success stories and journeys but also challenges the misconception that today’s youth are a lost generation.
Build Your Confidence on Stage: Transform Your Aspiration for Public Speaking into a Lifestyle Profession
Every aspiring speaker has one task: to master their communication and performance on stage. Through 17 years of experience and application, Sabirul Islam has crafted the brand: Build Your Confidence on Stage, a four-pillar learning journey providing you with the tools and techniques to improve your passion and make money while doing so. With the book launching in January 2021, each of its four pillars for becoming a professionally paid public speaker has been expanded into online courses and a dedicated YouTube channel.
Teen-Trepreneur: Strike as the Next Tycoon
Board Game
Sabirul not only wants to inspire young people but to educate them about the world of entrepreneurship and taking risks. This motivated him 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: Strike as the Next Tycoon.” The game itself has sold in 14 countries worldwide and was used as part of the BTEC Business Qualification in over 450 schools across the UK. The Teen-Trepreneur gaming experience enables students to run their own businesses, invest in the stock market, and keep formal records of their income and expenses through bookkeeping.
The board game is now used as part of an enterprise workshop for schools delivered by Sabirul where students gain a variety of valuable learning experiences from the Teen-Trepreneur board game, including:
Entrepreneurial skills, financial literacy, critical thinking, and decision-making, just to name a few.
Inspire1Million Campaign
In November 2010, Sabirul launched the Inspire1Million campaign to ignite an entrepreneurial spirit and can-do mindset among one million young people worldwide. His vision, embodied in the ‘Cycle of Success’ model—”Find Inspiration, Seek Knowledge, Pursue Opportunity”—aims to empower youth to achieve success. This ambitious goal was set to be realized through a series of events and seminars across various nations. Sabirul officially introduced the Inspire1Million campaign at the 2010 Junior Chamber International (JCI) Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award, seeking global support to expand the initiative. The campaign rapidly gained momentum, and within four years, Sabirul had spoken at 867 events across 31 countries, reaching an audience of one million people.
TV & Radio Shows
In 2015, Sabirul partnered with Channel I to produce and host the Face of Youth TV show, where he interviewed some of the nation’s most inspiring young individuals under the age of 30. These guests came from diverse career paths, including motorsports, music, arts, politics, social entrepreneurship, and more. The show aimed to provide its young audience with a broader perspective on career opportunities, encouraging them to look beyond traditional pathways and explore a variety of possibilities for their future.
In 2016, driven by the vision to empower youth and expand their career opportunities, Sabirul created and hosted his Live TV show in Bangladesh called EKO: Education, Knowledge, Opportunity. The show featured prominent individuals from various industries who shared their secrets and insights on how to achieve success in their respective fields. EKO was particularly significant as it provided young people with a platform to ask crucial questions and gain valuable guidance for navigating their career paths. The show also inspired a morning radio spin-off hosted by Sabirul, where he answered additional questions from youth who had tuned into the live TV show the previous night.
The EKO TV show also inspired a 30-minute Live morning radio spin-off show hosted by Sabirul, where he answered additional questions from youth who had tuned into the live TV show the previous night.