About Basil Bassam
Basil Bassam is a former pilot for one of the Middle East's largest airline companies. He was made redundant from his position due to the unfortunate downsizing within the company due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead of being miserable, Basil picked himself up and decided to create his own company from scratch along with his childhood friend. The company is called ‘Fix a Home’ and it specializes in home & office maintenance and renovation.
The company has managed 3 buildings and multiple homes within a year, as well as winning the MEA award for 'Best Office Renovation'. With the raised profit, Basil decided to open two more companies - S3 Consultancy, a full-service marketing agency, and a real estate firm called Breton properties.
About this episode
In this episode Shirin talks to Basil about his life in the aviation industry as a pilot, where he shares some behind the scenes stories and more. As well as discussing his life post losing his job as a pilot and moving into his possible true calling, entrepreneurship. Basil tells us about his new businesses and their successes in a short time and also shares tips based on his own experiences.
Quotes
"As a pilot, you know you have the responsibility on you, that’s what we have been trained for, that’s what the whole job is, that’s what we’ve been paid for behind it to make those tough decisions when someone else can’t"
"As you grow older in the aviation industry, it would take a toll on your life and your family life"
"If there is something that I have lost, I don’t look back to it. I wanna move forward and I wanna continue on with my life"
"Before being made redundant I didn't have the push towards to go start on something. After this happened, this is a great time for me and turn around myself and I took the push"
"My advice to anyone who lost their job and is feeling lost, is to look forward even if you don’t succeed in what you’re going to try, at least you can tell yourself that I’ve tried"
"I’m sad about being let go but at the same time I’m very happy, because it’s made me push my boundaries to a level that I didn’t even know that I had"
Useful Links
Website: https://www.fixahome.com/ https://s3-consultancy.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/basilbassam/ https://www.instagram.com/fixahome.uae/ https://www.instagram.com/s3consultancy_/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/basil.bassam.58 https://www.facebook.com/S3ConsultancyMENA/ https://www.facebook.com/fixahome.uae/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/s3-consultancy/about/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/fixahomes/posts/?feedView=all
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