Tell us about yourself. What is your background and what is it that you currently do? My entrepreneurial journey began in my early 20’s upon entering the financial industry at Merrill Lynch in Washington, DC. Once I was a series-7 licensed stockbroker, the nuances of successful businesses and I learned first-hand how to generate wealth […]
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Author Showcase: Alexander Thomas
Tell Us Your Name And What You Do Alex Thomas Sauriol. I’m both a writer (Alex Thomas) and tech entrepreneur. In my business career I founded a tech company focused on air traffic control technology. The company grew organically from an idea hatched in a coffee shop to having customers in over 30 countries. The […]
Young Entrepreneur Spotlight: AbdulAziz AlZarooni, Co-Founder GoPadel
Tell us about your background. In 2009 I graduated from high school and headed to the US to continue my undergraduate studies at Rochester institute of technology. 2 years later the university opened a branch in Dubai (DSOA) and I moved back to Dubai and graduated from RIT Dubai in 2015. After graduating from RIT […]
Company Spotlight: The Loop, Naheed Maalik & Rachel Lloyd
Tell us more about what you do? The Loop is a boutique marketing, communications and PR consultancy based in Dubai. Specialising in education, small business, and non-profit sectors, we offer a one-stop solution to help clients ‘close the loop’ on their marcomms requirements. Our services include strategy and planning, content creation, brand, PR and media […]
CEO Spotlight: Urvashi Deshpande, Bar-Enthusiast
Congratulations on the launch of bar-enthusiast.com! How did you find yourself launching an ecommerce company during the global pandemic? Starting a brand of my own has been something that I have been working on for a few years and I was looking for the right niche to start my first venture in. The pandemic was […]
Thought Leader Interview: Alan Smithson, Co-Founder MetaVRse
Tell us about your background and your rise to Co-Founder of MetaVRse I started working in the technology industry as a DJ in 2010 when we launched the Emulator Touchscreen System for musicians. From there I was invited to perform at Eric Schmidt’s (Former Google CEO) Curiosity Camp where I tried VR for the first […]
NFT Spotlight: Abu Crypto
Abu Crypto was formed five months ago and in that time they have developed their first NFT line Abu Crypto NFT. They have sold over 1400 NFT’s and have made over 5000% profit from the initial investment. They are continuing to work through their roadmap with Abu Crypto NFT and have started to build new […]
Thought Leader Interview: Brad Hart, NFT Expert & Crypto Community Founder
Tell Us About Your Background And What It Is You Do My career started in finance back in NY in 2008… right when the crash was happening. I decided that cold calling on Wall Street during the financial crisis wasn’t for me, so I transitioned to Real Estate, where I grew a lot in a […]
NFT Spotlight: Nabil Alsayed, NIFTY Souq
Congratulations on the successful launch of the first NFT marketplace in MENA and for selling out on 2 collections on the first day! For our readers, what is an NFT marketplace? Simply put, an NFT is an online shop for user-owned digital goods and assets, they use the powerful technology of the blockchain. The blockchain […]
Company Spotlight: Shugah
Q1. Tell us more about both of you? How did you connect and form Shugah? Farhan: Abhishek and myself are school-fellows and have been together ever since our school days. As childhood friends, we have many common interests and that is why we decided to work together and found Shugah. Abhishek: After leaving school, Farhan […]