[10] During his childhood, his parents never worked and mainly lived off state benefits in UK, and in his neighbourhood, violence, crime and drugs were regular issues.
[8] At the age of 13,[2] Sabir was hired by his 14-year-old cousin in his company, The Royal Dragons,[12] designing and printing calendars for teachers.
The sixth bank was Merrill Lynch and the executive director took notice of them and gave them a chance[8] and they made £2000 within the first two weeks.
[13] At the age of 16, whilst still studying at school, he was employed by Merrill Lynch as junior stock trader,[4] which provided him with a two-week programme to learn the basics about investment and trading in New York City.
[14][15] In 2006, he met Mybnk founder, Lily Lapenna, when he entered a competition to invest £10 into various items to sell on at a profit, he turned it into £200.
[12] Teen-Trepreneur teaches key aspects of business from sales, to investment, expenses to loans and the even understanding the stock exchange.
[18] Alongside the board game, his second book The World at Your Feet: Three Strikes to a Successful Entrepreneurial Life was published.
The book contained interviews with 25 of the most influential and successful entrepreneurs around the world, who share their journeys, thoughts and ideologies on a personal, business and political level.
[20][21] In November 2010, Sabirul launched Teen-Speakers Bureau,[14] which is a speakers bureau consisting of 39 of the world's most influential young people, all under 25[19] on a single speaking platform who have stories and talk on a personal, business and political level to enforce change amongst society[4] and striving to empower youth worldwide with a message that 'Generation Y' has what it takes to be successful.
Six months later,[11] a former Nigerian First lady called him personally to Nigeria to speak in front of a crowd which turned out to be over 3,500 people, after she was impressed with the article he wrote in the magazine.
[8] In November 2010, Sabirul launched Inspire1Million, a campaign to inspire one million people around the world to achieve success in life by delivering a host of events and seminars.
[4] As of October 2013, he has travelled to 26 countries in Africa, Asia, South America and Europe, made 63 international visits, spoken at over 777 events, to an attendance of 890,145 people worldwide.
He writes a supplement 'Swapno Nie' every Sunday, called 'Nijer Pothe Choli'[25] Sabirul is due to star in a new South African business reality television series for young entrepreneurs.
[28] From August to September 2013, Sabir visited Bangladesh for the first time in 20 years,[6] where he spent two weeks promoting his Inspire1Million campaign through a number of events.