Working with Joya: 14 Years of the Same Co-Founder
Joya has been my co-founder, partner, and the operational backbone of every venture I've shipped since 2011. This is the longer version of how we built it together.
Antor
Founder, NextBangla Ltd
There's a version of the iamantor.com story that's only the company side — fifteen ventures, AI products, multi-country operations. It's accurate. It's also incomplete. The longer version starts with Joya, who was there before NextBangla had a name, and is the reason I get to spend time on AI startups instead of running operations alone.
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Antor
Md. Ersaduzzaman Antor — founder of NextBangla Ltd and 10 AI startups. Building from Nilphamari, Bangladesh, with team experience across the UK and Luxembourg.
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