Season 2

Saoud Khalifah:
Building with Obsession, Challenging Comfort Zones and Needed Cultural Shifts in the Arab World
Building with Obsession, Challenging Comfort Zones and Needed Cultural Shifts in the Arab World

Leena Khalil:
Building a Community-Centric Platform, Managing Complex Supply Chains, and Navigating Exit Opportunities
Building a Community-Centric Platform, Managing Complex Supply Chains, and Navigating Exit Opportunities

Mohammad AlRazaz:
Building a Remote Logistics Powerhouse and Global Ambitions for Regional Startups
Building a Remote Logistics Powerhouse and Global Ambitions for Regional Startups

Amal Dokhan:
Championing Innovation, Inspiring Women Leaders, and the Transforming Saudi Venture Landscape
Championing Innovation, Inspiring Women Leaders, and the Transforming Saudi Venture Landscape

Mohammed Alzubi:
Treasuring Entrepreneurial Scars and Bringing Back Silicon Valley Insights to the MENA region
Treasuring Entrepreneurial Scars and Bringing Back Silicon Valley Insights to the MENA region

Ameer Sherif:
From Bootstrapping During Turmoil to Building a Regional Employment Powerhouse
From Bootstrapping During Turmoil to Building a Regional Employment Powerhouse

Rama Kayyali:
Building a mission-driven company, adopting cutting-edge tech to improve Arabic language literacy and pivoting several times
Building a mission-driven company, adopting cutting-edge tech to improve Arabic language literacy and pivoting several times

Hasan Haider:
Embracing Non-Obvious Outliers, and his Early Stage Investment Thesis
Embracing Non-Obvious Outliers, and his Early Stage Investment Thesis

Hasan Haider:
Embracing Non-Obvious Outliers, and his Early Stage Investment Thesis
Embracing Non-Obvious Outliers, and his Early Stage Investment Thesis

Hasan Haider:
Embracing Non-Obvious Outliers, and his Early Stage Investment Thesis
Embracing Non-Obvious Outliers, and his Early Stage Investment Thesis

Ahmad Takatkah:
Leveraging Data Science in Venture Capital, Experiencing Silicon Valley Hypergrowth and Processing Failure in Startups
Leveraging Data Science in Venture Capital, Experiencing Silicon Valley Hypergrowth and Processing Failure in Startups

Wael Nafee:
Transitioning from operator to investor, YC's secret sauce and building Careem in its growth phase
Transitioning from operator to investor, YC's secret sauce and building Careem in its growth phase

Waleed Kadous:
Decoding LLM-based approaches and startup versus big tech culture
Decoding LLM-based approaches and startup versus big tech culture

Asher Siddiqui:
Thriving through boom and bust, VC fundraising, GP/LP dynamics, and architecting billion-dollar mega-deals
Thriving through boom and bust, VC fundraising, GP/LP dynamics, and architecting billion-dollar mega-deals
Season 1

Eman Hylooz:
The power of listening to your customers: evolving from a community to the biggest Arabic digital reading platform
The power of listening to your customers: evolving from a community to the biggest Arabic digital reading platform

Belal El-Megharbel:
Serving the underserved, acquiring their way into Morocco, and leveraging data for hypergrowth
Serving the underserved, acquiring their way into Morocco, and leveraging data for hypergrowth

Roberto Croci:
Insights on the Gulf startup environment and how the Arab startup ecosystem has evolved in the past decade
Insights on the Gulf startup environment and how the Arab startup ecosystem has evolved in the past decade

Romouz Sadeq:
Pivoting Mrayti from an Uber-like to a product-centric business model, and introducing her new startup, OVU, for the first time!
Pivoting Mrayti from an Uber-like to a product-centric business model, and introducing her new startup, OVU, for the first time!

Omar Hagrass:
Early challenges, Trella’s fast growth, and a winning founder’s mentality
Early challenges, Trella’s fast growth, and a winning founder’s mentality

Ayman Ashour:
Corporate vs Startup world, challenges in fundraising, and insights about mergers and acquisitions
Corporate vs Startup world, challenges in fundraising, and insights about mergers and acquisitions

Tambi Jalouqa:
Product first and encouraging regional collaboration
Product first and encouraging regional collaboration

Noureddine Tayebi:
Founder of Yassir on hypergrowth, building in the region and other observations
Founder of Yassir on hypergrowth, building in the region and other observations

Mai Medhat:
A founder’s journey: Taking Eventtus from a base in Cairo, to Dubai, to the US (with Bevy)
A founder’s journey: Taking Eventtus from a base in Cairo, to Dubai, to the US (with Bevy)

Afnan Ali:
Business with a purpose, Eureka Tech Academy, and having a lasting impact
Business with a purpose, Eureka Tech Academy, and having a lasting impact

Tarek Fahim:
What is different about making investment decisions in the Arab region?
What is different about making investment decisions in the Arab region?

Ayman Rashed:
The Otlob Story and MENA region’s opportunity for startup founders
The Otlob Story and MENA region’s opportunity for startup founders