with Loulou

E98: When War Stops Feeling Far Away | Mo Gawdat

E97: This Dubai Expat Risked Everything—Then Raised $30M to Build a Global Brand

E96: أن تكون معروفاً أو أن تُمحى: عن المال والكرامة في عالمٍ تضيق فيه الخيارات | مع خبيرة التواصل والإعلامية نعمة أبو وردة

E95: From Refugee Roots to Snapchat VP: Hussein Freijeh on Love, Progress and Authentic Leadership

E94: محمد جودت: لأول مرة، ما لم يُقَل عن النجاح والحياة

E93: "زينة خوري تتحدث عن الاستثمار بالنفس، العقارات، و"الدراما

E92: How to Think Big, Start Small, and Succeed at Anything — Lessons from the Founder of the world’s largest tech event!

E91 Special Arabic Episode: عن الشهرة، الفشل، الذكاء الاصطناعي وعظمة المرأة المصرية: حوار بالعربي مع رائد الأعمال المصري محمد أبو النجا

E90: The deal maker: Ziad Awad on compromise, deal killers, negotiation, and Trump’s ‘drill baby drill’ impact on GCC economies

E89: Philip Bahoshy-the startup valley of death, founder burnout, UAE-Saudi ecosystems, M&A drought and venture capital predictions!

E88: Sky Kurtz: the $300M agri-tech giant, avoiding down round disasters, founder self-sabotage, the hard truth about MENA exits, tariffs, and bad actors ruining a multi-billion dollar industry

E87: What It Takes to Win Big (in MENA): Insights from a $35B Founder and Global Investor

E86: Maha Abouelenein: build your brand, bet on yourself and live with no regrets!

E85: Talal Tabbaa on the Bitcoin run, Bitcoin ETFs, Altcoins. Is it too late to get in?

E84: Where is my seafood coming from? A conversation on turtles, tech and fishy business practices!

E83: MENA venture capital crisis management and postmortems with Abdullah Mutawi

E82: Charlie Wright: hard work, failure, mindset & the serendipity behind Humantra’s Huda Beauty investment

E81:The families that shaped MENA and what lies ahead for them?

Summer Special - Part 3 of 3: What trends are shaping MENA startups today?

Summer Special - Part 2 of 3: What makes a great entrepreneur?

Summer Special - Part 1 of 3: Why should you care about startups in MENA?

E80:Mazen Kanaan on Unilever ouster, House of Pops success, and a Shark Tank deal that went south!

E79: The art of deal making with private equity veteran Imad Ghandour

E78:Vadim Fedotov on leading Groupon, founding Bioniq, health & wellness, mental toughness and the right diet

E77:Courtney Powell on scaling 500 global, investing in MENA, motherhood and entrepreneurship

E76: The incredible journey of MENA’s e-commerce pioneer, Ronaldo Mouchawar

E75: The business of building startups from Rocket Internet to Antler with Jonathan Doerr

E74:From corporate America to corporate lunch. The story of MUNCH:ON

EP73: Why is a Chinese fund scouting for the next unicorn in MENA? Ben Harburg, Managing Partner MSA Capital

E72: An insider’s guide to private equity in MENA with Huda Al-Lawati

E71: AI for everyone, Hassan Sawaf’s journey to a no-code AI

E70: What is a hybrid kitchen and how to build one, with Jihad El Eit

E69: A conversation with Steven Bartlett from the Diary of a CEO on fame, authenticity and leadership

E68: Learnings from investing in 300+ Emerging Market Startups - Allen Taylor, Endeavor Catalyst

E67: Listing on the NASDAQ ahead of an economic downturn and new beginnings - Elie Habib, Co-founder Anghami

E66: A deep dive into MENA venture capital trends with Philip Bahoshy

E65: 2023’s most practical advice

E64: 2023’s biggest AHA moments

E63: Ali Halabi on startup failure, pivot and re-birth. An incredible story of resilience

E62: Dr. Ryan Lefers on building technologies to feed the world sustainably

E61: Tomaso Rodriguez on scaling talabat

E60: GV Ravishankar on growth investing in MENA

E59: Dr Saliha Afridi on the art of hearing 'no'

E58: AI and the future of work with Dr Ali Fenwick

E57: Philip Bahoshy on MENA venture capital trends and predictions

E56: Marwan & Hassan on Carzaty's multimillion-dollar exit to Kavak

E55: Mudassir Sheikha on scaling and reinventing Careem

E54: Zuhair & Rawan on building Zest Equity

E53: Kareem Elsirafy explains the venture builder model

E52: How to present like a pro with Bill Connor