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My 1st business: £200 from 4 students

2026-05-31 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:53 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Business and entrepreneurship · mode: Personal story · tags: His medical past, Family, His own products discussed

Ali recalls his first business at about 18: a one-day BMAT workshop at his house for four of his brother's friends, recruited on Facebook at about 50 pounds each; all four are now doctors, and he takes it to show that starting small and scrappy beats building before validating.

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00:00:00 — His first business: a BMAT workshop for four students around the dining table

  • ★★★ At about 18, starting his first proper business, Ali messaged his brother's friends applying to medical school on Facebook, offering a one-day BMAT workshop at his house for about 50 pounds; four signed up. (hedged) — 00:00:00 · BMAT, Taimur Abdaal, Facebook, 6med
  • ★ For the first BMAT workshop Ali extended the family dining table, sat the four students around it and gave his presentation from the front by the TV. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ All four students of Ali's first BMAT workshop are now doctors, and he thinks one has become a consultant neurologist. (hedged) — 00:00:29
  • ★★★ Ali takes his first BMAT workshop to show that starting small and scrappy is far better than spending ages building something before validating that people will pay for it. — 00:00:29

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Central: 6med · BMAT

Also: Facebook · Taimur Abdaal

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