Jewelry Entrepreneur on Rebuilding Success in Agriculture and Global Business
episodePreviously titled “Iranian Jewelry Entrepreneur on Rebuilding Success in Agriculture and Global Business” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 2, 2026
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What is Behrokh Haghdan's background and entrepreneurial journey?
I delivered everything I had earned during my jewelry business to him. And after a few months, I found out he betrayed me. I lost everything I had. Bibi Hagdan is a visionary, resilient, and globally-minded CEO and serial entrepreneur and the leader of Hagdan International LLC. From building a jewelry empire in Iran to launching ventures across Oman in Canada, she has repeatedly turned adversity into opportunity while mentoring founders and helping startups scale with strategy, courage, and lasting impact. After exploring different opportunity for business, I should get back to my roots and I should start to marketing and selling agriculture things. Other people just are crazy who's growing, you know, the crops here.
I think your story is that great story of resilience because it's not a straight line to success. What are the biggest lessons from all of this? Because we've talked a lot about the story, but for people listening, what would you tell them after all this? If someone is resilient, it doesn't mean they never go and cry. The difference for the people like me, we learn to be resilient because we define for ourselves there is no choice. We should be successful. it spans the globe like a super high school internet elvis today apple is going to reinvent the phone it's not over until i win the living your legacy podcast for those who live to leave a legacy that's extraordinary the impossible oh that is sensational
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How did Behrokh rebuild her business after facing betrayal?
Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet. You can live your dream. Hello and welcome back to another episode of Legacy Makers. Joining me today is Bebe, fascinating journey, a journey that may resonate with a lot of entrepreneurs, built a business, lost it all, relocated, and now she's back for round two and doing great things. So excited to dive into her journey, her story, and all the personal development and mindset tips you'll get from it. Welcome to the show. Thank you. So let's start with who are you, where you're from, and what do you do? My name is Behrokh and people call me Bibi. It's easier. I was born in Iran. I was born and raised in Iran. And when I was 32, I moved to Oman. And since that time, I'm running a business, agriculture engineering firm, which I'm leading the company as a CEO.
I had another immigration to Canada.
What lessons did Behrokh learn from her failures?
I have been there for four years. And right now I'm Canadian. And yes, I'm here with you. And tell us about your, you know, your kind of story of your entrepreneurial journey and lessons. Like, you know, you had an e-com business. Now you're back into the family business running a big worldwide company. Give us a summary of that. Since childhood, I have been really ambitious. Although I grew up in a wealthy family, but never it was enough for me. I wanted more and more and more. My first sale, it was when I was 10 in school. Then I started to do some different businesses on that age as a teenager. And... In university, I have decided to go and work with my father. After a few years, my father promoted me to be a CEO of his company.
How important is resilience in entrepreneurship according to Behrokh?
But after a time, I found out it's not for me because always I have been under my father's name and, you know, I get bored. I decided to start my own business. I found out that jewelry is my passion. And I start to, you know, take a step to become a designer and manufacture the jewelry. I start, I think, when I was 24, 25, with support of my husband, because my father was disagreeing as I wanted to, you know, leave his business. I start from scratch. my husband and I decided to sell everything we had to help, you know, provide the capital. I mean, I love that part. I think there's so many people resonate with that. Like, you know, some people call it the burn the ships moment, right? You left, you know, a CEO role, family company,
You know, and then it's like you have nothing. You've got to start all over again. You've got to fund this venture. Right.
What role does belief play in achieving success?
And there's a very, you know, not a high chance of success. Most businesses fail. Right. So what made you believe in this and why did you do that?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Behrokh Haghdan's background and entrepreneurial journey?
0:00–1:50
2
How did Behrokh rebuild her business after facing betrayal?
1:50–2:55
3
What lessons did Behrokh learn from her failures?
2:55–3:53
4
How important is resilience in entrepreneurship according to Behrokh?
3:53–4:56
5
What role does belief play in achieving success?
4:56–5:53
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How can networking impact business recovery?
5:53–7:13
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What strategies did Behrokh use to adapt to new markets?
7:13–8:16
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What are Behrokh's future goals in her business journey?
8:16–21:47
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