It’s 2022, and the number of entrepreneurs in the world has grown exponentially; and while it’s never been more convenient to start a business and grow it online, that doesn’t make it easy. So with so many entrepreneurs around, making it into the top 20 company owners is impressive.

That’s exactly what Malik Kurdi has achieved in his short career as a marketing professional and software developer. At the age of just 25, Mr Kurdi has attained a status that makes him the envy of entrepreneurs twice his age; so what is the secret of his success in the app industry?    

Malik Kurdi and his tech company

Exemplary Marketing, a software and mobile app development company based in Chicago, has made incredible strides in the last decade, so much so that they have worked with many Fortune 500 companies and are widely regarded as one of the leading software companies.

With that in mind, it might come as some surprise that the business is owned by Malik Kurdi, a 25-year-old entrepreneur who is the brains behind the company’s success. Since leaving school in 2015, he has grown his software business into a leading light in software and AI development.   

AI and mobile app development

Mr Kurdi began his business as a social media marketing company and achieved early success, but after completing a two-year software development degree, there was no way the company would not grow in the direction of app and software development as the market for these grows.

In 2022, Exemplary Marketing grossed $3 million beating the top competition and making them one of the leading development agencies in the world, but relevance is important. That’s why Mr Kurdi continues to expand his successful agency into new areas such as Artificial Intelligence. 

The secret of Kurdi’s success

Sometimes an element of luck is required in the world of business and entrepreneurship, and if you ask Me Kurdi, he will tell you that some luck helps from time to time, but by no means is success made in this way. Those who rely on luck are doomed to fail; hard work is the secret.

Mr Kurdi started his industry-leading company with only five employees and a vision; after that, it was a case of knuckling down and applying the same work ethic to his business as he did to his studies. Today, Exemplary Marketing has more than 100 employees, and it’s down to hard work.

The future of app development

The market for mobile app development is expected to reach $935 billion globally by the year 2023, making it one of the biggest and most exciting growth markets in the world. Not only does the market offer growth potential, but it has some of the most exciting technological innovations.

Over half of the world’s population now uses a smartphone daily; they have become an indispensable component of modern life, but the story doesn’t end there; with each smartphone, incarnation comes new technology and more functionality that EM intends to develop as well.