How this incredible female founder met Obama, Zuck and exited her tech business | Mai Medhat

Guest: Mai Medhat from Ginni.aiLinkedIn: in/maimedhat/Mai is a software engineer from Egypt and wanted to be a part of the startup ecosystem but nothing really existed. After a chance meeting with her future co-founder Nihal at an event they started Eventtus. 10 years of building this event tech platform to a global force they sold the business to Bevy a US-tech giant. Along the way Mai also had the chance to share stages with the likes of President Obama and Mark Zuckerberg.CONNECT WITH James:- LinkedIn: /in/james-farnfield/SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST:- Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6MnUbU9YzCVcbsoGJsJtJ0- Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-everyday-founder/id1732914477OUR SPONSORS:- Done-for-you LinkedIn media company: shakecontent.com00:00 - Start00:01:25 - Introduction to Ginni00:03:36 - What is eventtus00:04:58 - did Mai imagine Eventtus would become so successful00:06:01 - The importance of change and pivotting effectively00:07:51 - How Mai and eventtus pivoted during covid00:10:26 - taking a huge risk with covid virtual events00:13:08 - having a remote team during covid00:15:18 - moving location as a requisite to gaining funding00:16:26 - How Mai met Obama and Zuck00:19:55 - How mai came to be on stage with obama and zuck00:22:57 - Mai ending up on the front cover of forbes middle east00:24:52 - How does mai balance work to life00:28:46 - advice to emerging market new founders00:32:20 - How early on are you looking for acquisition partners00:34:00 - Going from founder to employee post sale00:38:49 - how do you feel when informing your team that the business has been acquired00:40:29 - how does it feel to receive exited money00:41:19 - round 2 as a founder with ginni.ai00:43:35 - best advice to an exited founder00:44:39 - being a mum and starting a new business00:45:48 - you find out who your friends are when you start a business00:46:58 - managing self guilt of fomo with friends00:49:18 - how did Mai acquire customers with eventtus00:51:57 - how important is network to Mai00:54:08 - how networking should be done offline00:56:28 - you never know where a network connection will take you01:00:21 - Where can you find Mai online Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.