Innovators: Page 5

Growth Strategies

Building A Legacy: Tala Al Ansari, Director, Scale2Dubai, District 2020

The Director of Scale2Dubai, District 2020 is leading a global initiative aimed at growing Dubai's innovation economy.

Leadership

Rising To The Challenge: Tim Cordon, Senior Area Vice President - MEA, Radisson Hotel Group

Radisson Hotel Group's Tim Cordon on balancing flexibility and (meticulous) detail in the hospitality industry.

Buying / Investing in Business

Investors Need to Bet On Startups in 2020

Entrepreneurs and innovators will lead the way out of this crisis to adapt our economy.

Innovation

Does Your Organization Need a Chief Innovation Officer?

A CINO isn't just a one-man ideas machine. They help to create a company culture of innovation, and get investors on board with visionary change.

News and Trends

Spinneys' F&B Incubator Program Selects 24 Winners As It Aims To Enhance The UAE Food Security System Through Innovation

The supermarket chain aims to help boost innovation among small food producer and manufacturers in the UAE by reducing barriers to entry in the supermarket industry.

Growth Strategies

Value Systems: It Shouldn't Take A Crisis To Catalyze Innovation

Businesses that embraced tech and innovation from the start have made a smooth transition to crisis conditions with the least disruption. Those that have had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the digital era are finding it is costing a lot more to adapt by virtue of necessity.

Entrepreneurs

Driving Progress By Enabling Innovation Anywhere, Anytime

Along with our efforts to grow sustainable communities, however, comes an emphasis on removing execution barriers in order to preserve the possibilities for developers and startups. As many entrepreneurs grappled with the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, so came the need to identify new ways to provide them with the resources they needed.

Leadership

Proactivity Exemplified: Ethan Xue, President - Middle East And Africa, OPPO

"A good leader should be humble, and have a generous heart to welcome team members with comprehensive backgrounds and believe in them."

Growth Strategies

Riding The Wave: Building A Resilient Culture Of Innovation For Corporations In A Post COVID-19 World

Developing a robust culture of innovation may seem daunting for many corporations, but it's necessary if they wish to survive the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to thrive in a post COVID-19 world. With this predicament in mind, I believe it's time that corporations worldwide consider internalizing the spirit of the popular corporate innovation outpost trend.

Entrepreneurs

Flying High: JT+Partners Founder Joe Tabet

Lessons on taking the leap into entrepreneurship- from someone who did exactly that.

Technology

Technology Hubs Are Setting the pace for Nurturing Innovations

The technology labs - or hubs, or incubators, or accelerators, are setting the pace when it comes to nurturing innovations globally

Science & Technology

In Technology, Entrepreneurs Must Take the Biggest Shots to Make the Biggest Gains

Here's how "moonshot thinking" can transform entrepreneurship - and three areas it could benefit the most.

Franchise 500 Annual Ranking

Can Jon Taffer Fix Franchise Restaurants?

The Bar Rescue star is out to perfect food-service franchising with Taffer's Tavern, a low-cost, high-quality sous-vide concept.

Entrepreneurs

Competitive Advantage: Serial Entrepreneur Peter Schatzberg, Founder And CEO, Sweetheart Kitchen

Sweetheart Kitchen founder and CEO has the street cred and the team, and now he's got the MENA on his mind.

Starting a Business

Building To Last: Okadoc Founder And CEO Fodhil Benturquia

Benturquia's hope is to build an enterprise out of the Middle East that follows the stories of companies like Amazon and Apple, one that will stand the test of time, and have a legacy that will be remembered as well.