Category Archives: Enterpreneur


What I Wish I Knew Before I Became an Entrepreneur

WHAT I WISH I KNEW BEFORE I BECAME AN ENTREPRENEUR

4 WAYS TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL About three years ago, I and a friend decided to start a business selling women’s shoes around campus. We discussed briefly what we would like to do, got in contact with a distributor and went over to the warehouse and bought 120 pairs of high heels in […]

The Mind Behind Mena’s Step Media Empire

THE MIND BEHIND MENA’S STEP MEDIA EMPIRE

THE GOOGLE FOR ENTREPRENEURS STARTUP GRIND According to founder of STEP, Mr. Ray Dargham, a person has three opportunities in life; his twenties, his thirties and his forties. This is but an example of the candid remarks that Ray made during yesterday’s Startup Grind, hosted by Google for Entrepreneurs, at in5 innovation center in Dubai. […]

THE FIVE F’S OF BUSINESS START UP

THE FIVE F’S OF BUSINESS START-UP

TIPS TO KEEP YOUR BUSINESS AFLOAT IN THE FIRST YEAR. The boxer, Mike Tyson, once said in a press conference “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”. While Tyson might have simply been giving a witty answer in rebuttal to his opponent’s trash-talking, he spoke a profound truth that any business […]

Marketing

BUILD A TECH COMPANY WITHOUT ANY TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

THESE APPS CAN HELP YOU CREATE YOUR OWN APP WITHOUT CODING SKILLS. So you have a great idea for a new app but you don’t speak C++, C#, android, iOS or any other programming language for that reason. Is all hope lost? The answer is no; in fact we live in an age where coders […]

Investing in the UAE

Invest in the UAE.

What ideas come to mind when you hear the word “Dubai”? Does your mind begin to formulate images of the sorts of innovations and technological advancements that have led to the city of Dubai being classified as the most rapidly growing city in the world? Do you begin to form a Guinness Book of World […]

Five businesses you can start in Dubai

Five businesses you can start in Dubai for Dh999 or less

Being successful is cheaper than you think. While everyone is busy looking for jobs around Dubai, there is actually an untapped reservoir for setting yourself up as an entrepreneur in the city. What we’re trying to say here is that why compete in the rat race when for only a couple of hundred dirhams you […]