#48: Abdullahi Bulle on the Biashara bug, Books, Banking and success with E-commerce

In this episode the host duo sits with Bulle Abdullahi, an entrepreneur and the founder of the Award winning bookstore - Nuria. Following his experience moving books both at the bank and bookstores; his is a journey of resilience, ingenuity and risk. A self-proclaimed pessimist making optimistic moves despite his skeptical nature - Bulle’s story spotlights the spine and mind of a serial entrepreneur and born doer. The episode highlights lessons from his days selling camel milk to his first website selling car spare parts, from his car wash days to his years in banking and his eventual success with the award winning bookstore - Nuria. From Westlands to Wajir, Saudi Arabia to India and so on, the story goes back and forth picking up gems and memories from the years at Chase Bank, years in UNI, football days and the juxtaposition of days moving millions to twenty-shilling budget holidays. With themes and branches around ownership, entrepreneurship, unpopular opinions, beating debt, Islamic Finance, balancing family and biashara, self-publishing, winning awards and so on; this episode is really about restarting, reinvesting, reevaluating, rebuilding and the consistent urge to do better.   The episode is brought to you by The Busy Being Born Live Experience, happening on the 28th of October 2023.   About the Guest Abdullahi Bulle (X, Formerly Twitter) is a banker turned entrepreneur and founder of the award winning bookstore - Nuria. The e-commerce Business personality of the year Gold Award honoree got the recognition for his work at his bookstore Nuria, which also won the Best Bookstore eCommerce Website Gold Award at the 5th edition of The Kenya eCommerce Awards (2023). To some, Bulle came into their radar after recognition for his free pads initiative while some might know him after interacting with him in his years at Chase Bank. To most, Bulle is recognized the most for his dedication to innovation and leadership in the online retail industry. Show notes BOOKS TREASON by Miguna Miguna LEAVES OF MAY by Muthoni Maina Only the Paranoid Survive LINKS The men who are proud feminists Free Sanitary Pads in Nairobi CBD On looting and grabbing documentation by Joe Khamisi On Senator Gloria Proposed bills Scotland Free Period products Andrew Huberman on cold immersion benefits & Youtube Oppenheimer film Muthoni Maina BBB episode Muthoni Maina BBB blog guest entry