Idea to Empire | Founder Stories from UAE
by Luxe Incorporations
Every empire starts as an idea. Idea to Empire is about everything that happens in between. Hosted by Jenna Jenkins, each episode sits down with entrepreneurs and business owners from across the UAE to hear how they actually built what they built. The idea, the risk, the setbacks, the lessons and the moments that changed everything. No scripts. No polished corporate answers. Just honest conversations with interesting people doing exciting things in one of the most ambitious business destinations in the world. New episodes weekly. Brought to you by Luxe Incorporations.
Episodes
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She Landed in Dubai With No Job and Built a Multi-Brand Empire | Kelly Marie Mackinnon | Idea to Empire
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Kelly Marie Mackinnon arrived in Dubai in 2008 for a job that fell through the moment she landed. She stayed anyway. A year later, in a recession, she launched her first agency in a city she...
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From Emirates Uniform to Two Exits: Kelly Lundberg on Identity Lag | Idea to Empire
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Kelly Lundberg was 27, still in an Emirates uniform, and wrote “Porsche” on a car loan form. She knew something about herself that the rest of the world did not yet. Shortly after, she…
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Zero to 500+ Homes in Three Years: How Harrison Moore Built Vacationer | Idea to Empire Podcast
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Harrison Moore had already seen the inside of a short-term rental business before he started Vacationer. He had also seen the spreadsheets, the patchwork of software, and the chaos that came...
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A Camera, a Cancer Diagnosis, and an Empire | Yasmin Hussain | Idea to Empire Podcast
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Yasmin Hussain left Manchester, landed in Dubai in 2012 with a camera, and started again. What followed was a photography studio, a makeup institute, thousands of faces through the door, and a...
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From the Dance Floor to House of Her: Building a Women’s Empire on Softness | Melissa McAllister & Lucy Trott | Idea to Empire Podcast
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Melissa McAllister was a professional dancer in Dubai. Then the glamour stopped being enough. She found breathwork at one of the lowest points of her life, broke in Dubai with no home and no...
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2.2 Billion AED Sold and the Truth About Dubai Property | Liam Jeffrey | Idea to Empire Podcast
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Thirteen years. AED 2.2 billion in sales. A front-row seat at the very top of the Dubai property market. Liam Jeffrey has closed nine-figure deals, built AI tools to sharpen his edge, and…
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About this show
Every empire starts as an idea. Idea to Empire is about everything that happens in between.
Hosted by Jenna Jenkins, each episode sits down with entrepreneurs and business owners from across the UAE to hear how they actually built what they built. The idea, the risk, the setbacks, the lessons and the moments that changed everything.
No scripts. No polished corporate answers. Just honest conversations with interesting people doing exciting things in one of the most ambitious business destinations in the world.
New episodes weekly. Brought to you by Luxe Incorporations.
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Luxe Incorporations
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