A Bangladeshi Tech Entrepreneur Taking His Country’s Flag to the World

A Bangladeshi, inspired by his homeland, has taken it as an entrepreneurial mission to send waves across continents and carry his country’s flag

Kaushik Basu, in his op-ed “Bangladesh at 50” puts a glowing remark – “Today, as Bangladesh celebrates a half-century of independence, the country has become a case study in economic development that few would have predicted”. Its sheer resilience, coupled with the liberal and humanistic approach as a nation, reserved its rightful spot of “economic bull” of South Asia.

A non-resident Bangladeshi, inspired by his homeland, has taken it as an entrepreneurial mission to send waves across continents and carry his country’s flag. A Bangladeshi by born, educated and trained in Delhi, Dhaka and London, an investment banker in his early age and  a self-made entrepreneur – Mahbubul Matin, bringing a unique blend of economics and technology, and his tech-enabled group Dotlines are weaving a story of impact and growth in 11 capitals of the world, and setting up a new narrative of a connected ecosystem.

Matin started his entrepreneurship in a unique domain, in 2005, only 16 years back. The native-grown ERP to capitalize local realities and nuances immediately captured the lion’s share in the fast-growing lease financing sector of the country. He then focused on another growth sector in his early days – telecom platforms and services. While Bangladesh experienced an unprecedented growth in telecom, so did Matin’s dreams. He and his team got a timely opportunity to serve a large global entity based out of Malaysia. Staying close to the vibrant tech hubs of the Far-East, he decided to establish Dotlines in Singapore and began to envision a linked ecology based on IT platforms. It might seem diverse on the outside, but at the core, one can hardly miss the connectivity each component has with the other.