Beginning of Career

Abubakir Gulyamkadyrovich Rashidov

The history of the creation of the Holding and an interview with the founder of the Holding Rashidov Abubakir Gulyamkadyrovich (01.12.1961-01.03.2019) for the magazine dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Holding in 2016.

It all started with attracting him to pharmaceutical activities, as a serious responsible person, as a director of a representative office of an English pharmaceutical company. Then in 1993-94, a historian by education and former activity, he did not even suspect that this direction would become the main one in his life. The ability to approach everything thoroughly, efficiency and excellent quality of learning new things led Abubakir Rashidov to the opening in 2002 of his company LLC “Novbahor-Savdo”.

“Cause? Probably, it was more interesting for me to work in the pharmaceutical direction. This was my first serious work in this field. I am a historian who practically had a PhD, found my vocation in commerce,” admits the General Director. Probably, this is correct when life tells a person his true vocation. However, according to Abubakir Gulyamkadirovich, there have always been good mentors in his life.

I want to say that I have always had good teachers. And I was always surrounded by good people. And those who work with me are also just such people – decent, honest, hard-working,” he says. Among the mentors for him are, first of all, close people who once attracted to this field of activity, and taught a lot. Including the fact that honesty and decency of a partner are most valued in business.

“No business can be accomplished without honesty and courtesy”

“If you want to stay on the market for a long time, it is important to be well spoken about. It plays an important role in business. Here your honesty, decency comes first. Nothing can be achieved without this”. About the difficulties that have arisen, which, among other things, were on the path of development of his native company, he says:

“This is life – it is never even. There are recessions, there are ups. And during this time we had a lot of our own tests. During this time, we were always supported by the partners with whom we work. Partners who completely trust you. This must be conquered.“

Abubakir Rashidov fully implements these set of rules in the team, through his backbone, including those people who have been working with him since 1996-97. There are other important secrets to success. Here’s an interesting answer to the question of how to calculate the steps of a business.

“From the very beginning, I have a rule that came from my mentors. When calculating a project, take the worst version of its development. That is, how to avoid damage if what you are counting on suddenly does not work out. Let there be no profit, but no damage. Well, and, of course, intuition is important for business success, the one that comes with experience. “

Things that are great in theory can be bad in practice

So why doesn’t everyone manage to stay afloat? Abubakir Gulyamkadirovich has his own opinion on this matter. “I met a lot with those whose business did not go out. I think the problem is that people invest a dollar, they want to get one and a half.And having not yet received this profit in reality, they are in a hurry to spend it on something. However, not everything that works well in calculations happens in reality. Theory and practice are completely different things. And you need to invest in business. This is my personal rule, my opinion. “

And one more rule, which over the years of work, has become one of the main ones. It is important to settle accounts with partners in a timely manner. There can be no change in this.

“We, frankly, built everything on this, as it seems to me.” As for the problems arising in business, one of the reasons lies in the person himself. “Man still creates problems for himself. When everything is going smoothly, a person can become bored, and he takes on another matter that he does not know. And this is where problems can begin. “

Another important element of business success is the intuition that comes with experience.

Business leaders not only feel secure with a reputable CEO. They also know that the head of the company fully assigns responsibility for the work of their departments to them. This, first of all, is reflected in the selection of personnel who are accepted into each department under the responsibility of its head. Independence and initiative, the CEO believes, are very stimulating for people.

“And then we solve topical issues with them. They are informed in more detail; they work directly with the subdivisions. Therefore, we discuss and summarize. In addition, we are listening to other urgent questions in the divisions”.

And his view, as a person with experience, on the role of youth in business development is also very interesting. “Now their time has come. Computers are developing, technologies are developing, this is not really ours. Knowledge of foreign language. In this I envy our youth. And for the development of the company it is necessary, it is obligatory”. Like this. Positively and kindly. This is also the secret of the success of Abubakir Rashidov and his brainchild – to see good and promising. He also believes that it is important to support the efforts of the proactive.

“When they come up with ideas, they need to be given freedom, as the saying goes, “don’t hit hands. Otherwise, there will be no such initiative. If I know that this can be done, I try to support”. Perhaps that is why in the group of companies “NAVBAHOR”, specialists are often raised, which is called “from below”. There are many examples of the fact that by taking a small position and showing his diligence, a person grows to a good position. The secret is simple. “From each according to his ability and to each according to his participation. And our rules are the same for everyone,” says Abubakir Gulyamkadirovich.

Do not forget to stimulate the one who works without sparing himself, sometimes in excess of the norm, if necessary. “We will definitely stimulate. In order to support them, so that their hearts would light up even more, they wanted to work even better”. What are the conclusions from what the leader said? They seem to be about the fact that the head of the company must understand the people with whom he works. And then having created a team, you can already rely on it. This is confirmed by Abubakir Gulyamkadirovich himself: “Of course, there is a saying: “One is not a soldier in the field”. And then a person alone will never master the whole work. Physically, he will not be able to. Especially when you are still expanding. Other directions are emerging. You can’t live without good people who can support you.”

“I couldn't make it alone”

So why doesn’t everyone manage to stay afloat? Abubakir Gulyamkadirovich has his own opinion on this matter. “I met a lot with those whose business did not go out. I think the problem is that people invest a dollar, they want to get one and a half.And having not yet received this profit in reality, they are in a hurry to spend it on something. However, not everything that works well in calculations happens in reality. Theory and practice are completely different things. And you need to invest in business. This is my personal rule, my opinion. “

And one more rule, which over the years of work, has become one of the main ones. It is important to settle accounts with partners in a timely manner. There can be no change in this.

“We, frankly, built everything on this, as it seems to me.” As for the problems arising in business, one of the reasons lies in the person himself. “Man still creates problems for himself. When everything is going smoothly, a person can become bored, and he takes on another matter that he does not know. And this is where problems can begin. “