{"id":20,"date":"2024-09-02T07:49:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T07:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.frameroinfotech.com\/fh\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2024-09-14T13:02:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T13:02:27","slug":"my-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.frameroinfotech.com\/fh\/my-story\/","title":{"rendered":"My Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20\" class=\"elementor elementor-20\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1989fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1989fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23e67c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23e67c3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4c4fa5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a4c4fa5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6744f3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6744f3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMy Story\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79c1037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79c1037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Journey of Gratitude<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52fc789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52fc789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt was August of 1986. I had just finished my first (and rapid) summer semester at Southern Illinois University Carbondale after arriving from Bangladesh. I was 19 and a student of the College of Engineering studying Electrical Engineering. After paying my tuition fee for summer and fall, I had $700.00 to survive, get educated, and move forward with my life!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6782831 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6782831\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e7b94 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69e7b94\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9ca819 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9ca819\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.frameroinfotech.com\/fh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FH_my_story-img.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19102\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.frameroinfotech.com\/fh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FH_my_story-img.webp 610w, https:\/\/staging.frameroinfotech.com\/fh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FH_my_story-img-273x300.webp 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fd8c16 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fd8c16\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae5d0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ae5d0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the midst of my summer semester, I didn\u2019t quite realize how tight of a situation I had really put myself in. No family members close by, no source of financial help, no one to really console my immediate, clear, and present danger of total demise. It was only after coping with Thermo Dynamics, Advanced Calculus, and a totally new educational system for a semester that I realized that thermo dynamics was a breeze compared to what I was about to face!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a02be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8a02be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn my thermo dynamics class I met some local black students who became good friends and gave me my first taste of real America. They suggested I introduce myself to the \u2018art and science\u2019 of on-campus \u2018janitorial engineering\u2019 \u2013 quickly, if wanted to survive! So begins the development of my expertise in polishing marble floors, cleaning stairs and the arena after concerts and games, putting a shine on furniture, and making bathrooms smell good.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9790ab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9790ab0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI had the graveyard shift \u2013 every weeknight from 12 to 3 am and every Friday and Saturday night from 12 to 8 am. I got so good at buffing floors (given my obsessive compulsive nature) that before long I was asked to clean the offices of the University officials. My friends at the graveyard shift urged me to make an appointment with the school\u2019s Dean to ask for financial assistance going forward. So my \u2018pitching\u2019 career began with efforts to set up meetings with the Dean, Provost, and the University President. I even started to leave hand-written notes on their desks when I cleaned their offices. A month or so later I got a few minutes with them.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06d11c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"06d11c5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4d67e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4d67e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is here in the corridors of Carbondale I discovered professional rejection when I was told \u201cNo\u201d to my request for financial help. The Provost began by suggesting I should seriously consider going back home. After much persuasion on my part, the school eventually awarded me a $750 scholarship toward my tuition per semester.<\/p><p>Soon after that, I applied to 25 universities across the country looking for a full scholarship. And with a little help from a friend\u2019s introduction, I managed to get a full scholarship from the University of Minnesota Duluth.<\/p><p>In Duluth, my next \u201cNo\u201d came from the head of the Computer Engineering Department. In an argument, I was trying to convince him that I didn\u2019t need to take chemistry as I had already taken it at Carbondale. He got so irritated that he told me \u201cYou are not the kind of material who will ever become an engineer!\u201d while slapping his hand hard on the desk. A couple of years later, while still studying at UMD, I built my first software\/hardware product that was commercially sold by a local company.<\/p><p>During the recession of 1991, I noticed the beginning of the explosion of technology and trends in the financial markets. So rather than focusing on my degree, I reached out to several NYC financial giants to see if anyone would consider hiring me. I sent out my demo and lined up 17 job interviews over a two week timeframe, resulting in 5 offers by the time I returned to Minnesota.<\/p><p>The offer I accepted was from Pitney Bowes, even though it was not in the financial industry where I initially envisioned myself. Thus begun my career as an Associate Engineer for their product development group. I became an engineer, among other reasons, to prove to myself that I could be an engineer for a large R&amp;D organization.<\/p><p>I moved on from there to Dun and Bradstreet. Following that, I created my first company, KnowledgeBase. KnowledgeBase built middleware software applications that ran on TCP\/IP before the Internet really took off. I got Chase as a customer and begun to look into raising capital. I ended up getting several interesting offers, including the chance to lead the research &amp; development for on-demand media (merging what I developed at KnowledgeBase) for MCI. However, I instead decided to join GE to help them launch their first B-to-B e-commerce spinoff as one of their youngest business executives at the age of 24.<\/p><p>Ten years after my days at Carbondale, I began planning the launch of my next company, EC Cubed, during August of 1996. We launched EC Cubed in December of 1996, signed up GE as our first customer, and got written up in every major news media. We invented and commercialized reusable software components for B-to-B commerce. Less than 2 years later, after raising millions of dollars from so-called expert venture capital firms, and securing top-tier customers, I heard my next \u2018No\u2019.<\/p><p>I was fired from my own company as the Chairman\/CEO in May, 1999 as, per the VCs, we were \u201cnot growing fast enough\u201d. Among other things, I was also working on my very first book. The venture capitalist who took over the company not only fired me, they retained the manuscript of my book as \u2018IP\u2019 built on the company\u2019s time!<\/p><p>To my dismay, I watched my company\u2019s demise over the next 18 months while these VCs with their so-called \u201cexpert management team\u201d ran the company into the ground, wasting $50M+ investment, and destroying all customer relationships.<\/p><p>While that was happening, between May, 1999 and August 1999, I wrote a new book. I incorporated my next company on August 13th, 1999. In December, 1999 my book was published, I closed our first round of financing, and signed up our first customer. And in January, 2000 we opened our doors for business.<\/p><p>Since then I have heard many \u201cNo\u2019s\u201d, and I am sure there will be more to come. But now, unlike during those days in the corridors of Carbondale, I don\u2019t fear nor do I get frustrated with them. I march forward.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-524ac06 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"524ac06\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8dc65d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e8dc65d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7694de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7694de\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67d63f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67d63f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ever-changing Life<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d56547 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d56547\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2564fa7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2564fa7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e6fbb9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e6fbb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2021, amidst the pandemic\u2019s tail end, I was presented with the opportunity to author a new book on the post-pandemic future (while I am already knee-dip in my various projects). Having written seven previous books since the late nineties, the thought of another seemed unnecessary.<\/p><p>As I began working on my book\u00a0<i>LIFT<\/i>, the diagnosis of my son\u2019s multiple myeloma\u2014a rare blood cancer for someone so young\u2014came as a profound shock. He had just started college then. The news of his illness was a thunderbolt to our hearts, but it also ignited a flame of determination.<\/p><p>Today, he\u2019s more than a survivor; he\u2019s a beacon of hope with a Zen-like calm\u2014our inspiration.<\/p><p>This personal battle propelled us to form a new organization called, NextChapter. We jumped into combat not just to our fight but also to lend our hands to others in similar struggles wherever possible. Our commitment extended beyond donations; we aimed to elevate awareness for multiple myeloma whenever possible.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f019e8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f019e8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1226e1e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1226e1e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3419fe elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"a3419fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-quote-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M464 256h-80v-64c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64h8c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V56c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24h-8c-88.4 0-160 71.6-160 160v240c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h128c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V304c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-288 0H96v-64c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64h8c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V56c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24h-8C71.6 32 0 103.6 0 192v240c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h128c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V304c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cEvery person has a chapter they don\u2019t read out loud, a story of loss, of heartbreak, of sadness. There is a pain that sits silently in the corners of our souls, a darkness that grows heavier with every passing day. We learn to live with it, to wear a smile, to hide our tears, and pretend that everything is fine. But the truth is, we are all fighting battles that no one else can see, carrying burdens that no one else can feel.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2013 Anonymous\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d6512 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35d6512\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d29b641 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d29b641\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The journey birthed three books exploring the intersection of humanity, business, and technology:\u00a0<em>LIFT<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Everything Connects<\/em>\u00a0(2nd edition), and\u00a0<em>REINVENT<\/em>. Beyond being bestsellers, they represent a commitment to cancer research and awareness. I pledged all book proceeds to cancer research and use my global platform to bring attention to this disease.<\/p><p>Over the next 24 months,\u00a0<em>LIFT<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Everything Connects<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>REINVENT<\/em>\u00a0have become <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> (#1, #2, and #1), <em>USA Today<\/em>, Amazon, and B&amp;N bestsellers.<\/p><p>They have garnished close to 30 prestigious awards, including Axiom Gold, Readers Favorite Gold, Nautilus, Foreword, PenCraft, BIBA, Book Excellence, American Book Fest, Globee, Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Awards Shortlist, etc.<\/p><p>I couldn\u2019t be more thankful to my son\u2019s medical team, my family, friends, and colleagues, my teams, my publishing partners, my marketing partners, my publicity teams, my academic and industry partners, my readers, and numerous leading thinkers and doers for their continuous support.\u00a0<\/p><p>I remain a firm believer that it is through empathy and sharing that we may provide the greatest contributions on how to improve our collective future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3398fdf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3398fdf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d6e973 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d6e973\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09af729 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09af729\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cI know that my achievement is quite ordinary. I am not the only man to seek his fortune far from home, and certainly I am not the first. Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c830041 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"c830041\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Jhumpa Lahiri<\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><i>The Third and Final Continent<\/i>, <i>Interpreter of Maladies<\/i><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b916856 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b916856\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0847e49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0847e49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.frameroinfotech.com\/fh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Faisal_Hoque-white-signature.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-720\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12deae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12deae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Original Post: March, 2001<\/p><p>Updated: December, 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Story A Journey of Gratitude It was August of 1986. 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