4.4 • 738 Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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In her own words, Rokeya Khanum has achieved the goals she once referred to as impossible acts.
Born to parents who moved from Bangladesh to East London, she was raised alongside her seven siblings and Rokeya has always been really honest about her childhood, opening up about her teen pregnancy at 17 years old where she was then made homeless, moving from hostel to hostel and barely affording the basic necessities.
Fast forward to the present day and Rokeya is founder of the luxury clothing brand Khanum’s. Rokeya shares her incredible origin story, from initially spotting a gap in the market, to generating six figures in 7 months, all from what she viewed as a side hustle.
Now stocked in Harvey Nichols, taking the Middle East by storm and turning over 7 figures, Rokeya shares her success story from hardship. She talks about how she was determined to turn it around and exactly how she did that, after her journey on becoming a teenage mother to then going back into education and going to university to study law to realising she couldn't study law because she couldn't afford the LPC. Then working for a few years before she found herself unemployed for 18 months which led to her starting Khanum's. It really is an incredible story.
After hearing this, Rokeya is proof that you can always come back stronger from setbacks and build a future you are very much proud of. As Rokeya says herself, she is “turning pain into power and shattering those f’ing glass ceilings.”
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0:00.0 | It's the first customer of the day. |
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0:32.1 | This episode is sponsored by Indeed, the UK's number one job site. With its powerful matching |
0:36.9 | technology and features such as company reviews, salary filters and their work well-being score, Indeed, the UK's number one job site. With its powerful matching technology and features |
0:37.9 | such as company reviews, salary filters and their work well-being score, Indeed makes finding |
0:42.1 | better work easier and far more effortless. Today we'll be talking about how work can work better |
0:46.7 | for us, specifically the ways in which workplaces can better support us so that we thrive |
0:50.5 | and feel fulfilled. So let's go through some of the things you can look out for when searching for a role |
0:54.9 | that'll help you find one where you will flourish. |
0:56.9 | Let's call them employer green flags. |
0:59.2 | So one of the main green flags for me would be a business that has amazing female representation. |
1:04.1 | For me as a female founder, working and collaborating with women is super important to me and has always been. |
1:09.2 | I've spoken about the gap in VC funding for women |
1:11.3 | founded companies. So to set up a space to change that and help pave the way is really important |
1:15.6 | and front and center in all my businesses. Now, this may take many different forms, but another thing |
1:20.4 | we offer at Tala is something we call duvet days. Duvet days allow employees to take unplanned days |
1:24.8 | off when they need them. This allows us to keep the mental and emotional well-being of our team at the forefront. Sometimes we just need to wrap up and not |
1:31.1 | think about work, and it might be something that doesn't legally give you a break, like the death |
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