Season 2
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
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