After completing their studies, people like to go to big cities to make their career. Some people also find servant opportunities abroad. But today we are going to share with you the story of a person who had decided to go abroad and make his career, but he returned from there and made copperware in India size only 50 thousand rupees. Started the business of and today it has an annual turnover of up to 80 lakh rupees. The name of this person is Adnan Ali Khan. Let us know their success story.
Who is Adnan Ali Khan?
Adnan Ali Khan hails from Aligarh and earns money by doing business of making copper utensils. He started this business only 2 years ago. It cost him only 50 thousand rupees to start this business. And in the beginning, they had received annual benefits of Rs 30 to 35 lakhs. And gradually it turned into a turnover of 70 to 80 lakh rupees. Today, they are working with orders of Rs 18 lakh in 4 cities.
Story of Adnan Ali Khan
Adnan belongs to a middle-class family and grew up in the same. He did not lack anything in his upbringing but still saw his family struggling with small things. Due to this, he had decided in 6th grade that he would do his own business. And he was also very interested in it. After Adnan completed his graduation from Aligarh University, a friend living abroad advised him to do an MBA. He was very good in studies, due to which he had to pay fees of up to 40%. He had to spend at least 10 to 12 lakh rupees to study MBA, but due to waiving fees up to 40%, he completed his studies for only Rs 5 to 6 lakhs. In 2017, he again moved to the UK. In the early days he stayed with some friends. He went there and did an internship. With the money they received, they started arranging for living and eating for themselves. They have a warehouse for additional income and Amazon I also worked.
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Business Idea
After completing his studies, he had a desire to do business since childhood. In the UK, he used to go to various hotels and restaurants with his friends. At the expense, he saw how the management is done there and how attractive the utensils are served there. He researched the utensils present on the conveyance. And they came to know that the main material of pottery which is being used there, i.e. copper and brass comes from India. Especially craft utensils. Only then did the idea come to his mind that he should start his own business. He was also getting a job during his studies, but he left the job and came back home. And started struggling to make a career in this business.
Business Research
Before doing his business, he did all kinds of research about it. For this, he had to struggle a lot. He talked about doing this business along with his family. It was risky to do this business due to not having capital. But he still wanted to take this risk. Moradabad has a rich business of copper and brass. Adnan went there and went there and talked to the people doing this business. After going there, he came to know that the city which is so famous for copper and brass utensils, it has now stopped completely. After this, he tried his best to understand it. Adnan noticed that the people there mostly carve the utensils with machines. But it is not completely pure. He learned all the nuances of this business and then demanded 50 thousand rupees from his father to start this business.
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Business orders
Adnan first went to Moradabad and collected photo videos of utensils. Then again a catalog was built through it. And then started to manufacture utensils. They decided to start it with big hotels. They talked to him about the quality of their utensils. Slowly, after going to about 50 hotels in 10 cities, they gave samples of their utensils and then they received an order of 50 thousand. Fei went on increasing it gradually. He manufactured his utensils with complete honesty and supplied it, after which he started getting orders. Adnan named his craft pottery as Country Craft and started his own company. He worked hard in doing this business. It also spread a lot of publicity. For this, sometimes they had to stay out of the house, sometimes they even slept in the bus stand and sometimes in the station.
Stepped into the international market
Adnan also expanded his business into the international market. Because utensils made in Moradabad were supplied far and wide. He adopted an online approach to increase his business in the international market. Adnan developed a website. After this, with Sri Lanka started taking orders from other countries. After this, their work started in 4 – 5 countries.
Adnan hired 20 employees in his business. He was very scared about his business in the lockdown due to Coronation. But he did not give up. He also did not remove his employees from the job and gave them all facilities.
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Country Craft Company
Adnan’s country craft company is supplying tableware products to 3, 5 star hotels and restaurants. In Moradabad, it orders small artisans to make tableware. And supplies those products further. This will provide better employment opportunities to the small businessmen there.
Moradabad is its great center
In modern times, people make handmade utensils through machines, and as time passes, the use of machines will increase even more. Moradabad is very famous for exporting large copper and brass utensils by hand. It has become a major center of utensils.
By leaving a job abroad in this way, this person named Adnan started a business in India with size 50 thousand and is now earning millions. By reading his success story, you can also think about starting your business.