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Entrepreneurs

Creating Impact (At Scale): Mundo Crypto Founder Mani Thawani

Mani Thawani, founder of Mundo Crypto, is on a mission to educate 20 million people in blockchain and crypto for free.

News and Trends

KAUST Holds First Ever In-Person Bootcamp Of Its Online Course Entrepreneurship Adventures

The three-day Entrepreneurship Adventures bootcamp aimed to continue fine tuning the business ideas that the founders came up with during the online course in the months prior.

Entrepreneurs

Patrick Mendes, Yigit Sezgin, And Markus Keller On How Accor Has Consolidated Its Leading Position In The Hospitality Sector

"Today, our strong recovery is fueled by the widespread desire from people to find new experiences and take advantage of freedoms after more than two years living with restricted travel opportunities."

Growing a Business

The 3 Most Common Excuses for a Lack of Innovation – and How You Can Conquer Them

Below are three everyday excuses you may hear in your own organisation that may make your hairs stand on end, and set alarm-bells ringing. Included are some tips on how you can make excuses a thing of the past, while creating real innovation for the future.

Entrepreneurs

Meet Abdallah Of Arabia: Abdallah Abu-Sheikh, The Serial Entrepreneur Behind UAE-Based Barq And Rizek

Abdallah Abu-Sheikh is the co-founder and CEO of Barq, the first-of-its-kind tech-driven network of electric vehicles built to serve the MENA region's last mile delivery sector.

Entrepreneurs

Kyma Co-Founders Farida El Agamy, Dima Samaan, And Samar Sayegh Want To Engineer A "Refillution" To Safeguard The World That We Live In

Kyma's refill and reuse model is an attempt by three women to disrupt the manufacturing processes of an industry that they believe has been quite limited on innovation.

Thought Leaders

What Thomas Edison's Relationship With Jazz Teaches Us About Innovation

The prolific inventor was vocal in his dislike for jazz.

Thought Leaders

Why Self-Awareness Is Key to Innovation

To be truly innovative, learn to harness your enthusiasm. But first you have have to overcome the mental challenges.

Leadership

The Future Role of the Chief Innovation Officer

Nowadays, companies cannot be too passive with innovation.

Thought Leaders

Inventors Are Defined By Their Ability to Overcome Obstacles

Serious inventors -- inventors who repeatedly come up with great inventions -- don't stop.

Entrepreneurs

Eyes On The Prize: Lal Bhatia, Chairman, Hilshaw Group

As someone at the helm of an enterprise overseeing global projects worth more than US$40 billion, it's all about the endgame for this businessman.

Entrepreneurs

Serial Entrepreneur Samer Hamadeh Explains Why It's All About The Endgame

The founder of Akiba Dori shares the why, what and how for his quest for agency and independence.

Entrepreneurs

Kitopi's Mohamad Ballout Is Aiming To Have His Cloud Kitchen Platform Dominate MENA (And The World) With A US$415 Million Funding Round Led By SoftBank

According to Allied Market Research, the size of the global cloud kitchen market is expected to grow at US$71 billion by 2027- a market that Dubai-headquartered state-of-the-art managed cloud kitchen platform Kitopi is striving to take a bite out of.

Entrepreneurs

Follow The Leader: Nicolas Girotto, CEO, Bally

Infusing innovation into a brand that already has 170 years of history in the luxury market may seem like an impossible task to many, but it's one that Nicolas Girotto has skillfully taken on in his stride in his role as the CEO of the Swiss luxury brand, Bally.

Leadership

Follow The Leader: Karim Awad, Group CEO, EFG Hermes

"If you are not flexible enough in a region like this, it will become more difficult to survive."