March 29, 2023
#77 Unleashing the Potential: A Platform for Our MENA Region's Startup Ecosystem
In this episode, we explore the dynamic startup scene in our region and discuss the need for a dedicated platform to support and nurture local entrepreneurs. We dive into the unique challenges and opportunities faced by startups in our area and outline the potential features and benefits of a centralized platform for networking, collaboration, and resource sharing. Join us as we envision a thriving and innovative startup ecosystem powered by a dedicated platform tailored to our region's needs.
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Hello and welcome to the CTO
show with Muhammad.
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My name is Muhammad.
And in each episode, I will be
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00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:17,400
exploring the latest trends,
insights and strategies.
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00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:22,100
In topics, like cybersecurity
digital transformation, emerging
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Tech startups and
Entrepreneurship from thought
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leaders and innovators to
intrapreneurs and Founders who
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We'll hear from experts.
Across a wide range of
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Industries who are driving
change and making an impact in
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the world of tech and business.
Thank you for tuning in.
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00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:45,800
Let's get started.
In today's episode, I want to
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00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:50,300
explore with you a topic that I
wanted to bring up for quite
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some time.
The topic is startups in our
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region Middle East, North Africa
and turkey.
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Of course, this is something
very close to my heart.
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I love startups.
I'm so passionate about watching
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the Journey of successful
Founders from the very early
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moments.
I would say until they get, you
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know, the success that they wish
to have.
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I believe there are a lot of
more opportunities to have.
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We have huge potential and this
is why I'm seeing that.
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There is a pressing need to
unify the effort and get
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something dedicated to support
and nurture, our local startup
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scene in the region.
Little bit of background.
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So the startup ecosystem in our
region has been seeing
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significant growth in recent
years with an increasing number
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of entrepreneurs venturing into
various sectors such as fintech,
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e-commerce, prop, Tech
entertainment.
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And so on some notable startups,
of course, you all know about
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them have emerged from our
region like Kareem for example,
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which was the first unicorn
coming up from specifically the
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yui.
But they were not the The only
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ones.
So we have an army for example,
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that they were also in the
entertainment that they have
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done a huge success.
We have heard about swivel, for
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example.
So a lot of these startups came
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from our region which also made
us out say proud of having this
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now, To continue on this aspect.
I believe there is still a gap.
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What is this Gap?
I want to discuss a little bit
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more with you in details and
then I would put my, as they
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say, two cents on what can be
done to help the local startups.
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So while the region sold, as I
discussed this thriving Moment,
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The Challenge is mainly that I
believe they are still Hold on,
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we have a lot of entrepreneurs.
We have investors, we have
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talents, we have infrastructure,
we have the proper regulations,
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but despite all these there is
still nothing that unify all
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these together.
Let me give you an example, a
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lot of time, and I heard it.
And I've seen it.
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I met a lot of entrepreneurs,
they have brilliant ideas.
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They even have a Product Market
fit out say, but unfortunately,
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they were not able to find the
proper funding on the other
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side.
I've seen investors struggling
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to find proper startups to
invest in.
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Talents.
I have seen Founders struggling
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to find talents while I've seen
also talents struggling to, you
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know, collaborate with other
Founders to come up with the
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next big thing.
So if you see the trend we have
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like a skater don't set up and
just fuel of these startups they
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are matched to the proper
investors, proper talents and
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then they go to the next step.
So, of course, we have a lot of
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structure in place as I said, so
we have local incubators and
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this is across all the region
where you can find.
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A lot of them here in the UAE,
in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
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in even other in Bahrain, Qatar
and so on.
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So we have this incubators we
have accelerators, we have
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government initiatives right?
And These programs have helped
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these startups but this is what
I'm talking about.
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There is still room for
improvement and this is the main
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topic of today.
There is a need of a dedicated
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platform to better support our
local startups.
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I believe that such a platform
could address some of the gaps
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in our ecosystem by connecting
Founders to talents talents, to
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Founders investors to Founders
or startups and not only in
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Connection in sense of just have
a page and tell us what you are
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doing and then we will decide.
I believe it's something more
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advanced than this and it's
something more holistic where
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the platform should not only be
kind of a listing similar to
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what you do in a real estate
listing website or similar to
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what you would do if you are
Saying, something, and you're
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looking for a bias, it should
not be the only aspect of it.
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It should be a full ecosystem
with even the incubators, even
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the accelerators, the talents
involved.
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And having this open networking,
having the events having the
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mentorship access to resources
and promoting collaboration.
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I'm talking about a platform.
Like this would not be only to
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empower entrepreneurs but also
to contribute to the overall
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growth and vibrancy of the
regional startup scene.
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Division.
We have and we have something
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that we are planning to lunch.
With my counterpart.
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Mohammad, not there.
Is.
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Having the platform first and
foremost to be a centralized hub
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for networking and
collaboration.
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Sharing ideas, sharing
experiences.
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Connecting of course, local
startups with investors mentors,
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incubators accelerators service
providers.
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Getting the know how majority of
the time and I have heard this
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also from a lot of young
graduates that they don't know
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how things are done.
They they have ideas.
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They have you know Vision but
they don't know.
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How to start.
They don't know if the
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technology is the fit for their
ideas, they don't know which
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technology to choose on the
other side.
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Some people would have already
something implemented but they
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don't know what is the best
business model for that.
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So here we wet The Hub.
Is the place we're having all
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these resources, whether it's
educational resources, workshops
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webinars, you know, access to
Industry, experts.
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It's all centralized in one
platform.
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And of course, the platform
could facilitate sharing of best
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practices.
Success, stories Lessons Learned
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fostering a supportive Community
for local entrepreneurs.
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I believe implementing such
platform could have wide range
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of benefits and lasting impact
on the regional startup scene.
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As I said, providing the support
and resources, can help more
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startups to come up to overcome
the challenges, if they face it
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and succeed.
In the long run.
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I believe this could lead to
proper ecosystem, increase, in
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job, creation, economic growth
and Innovation with our region.
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I believe we have the potential
now with all the changes
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positive changes that happened
in the recent years and the way
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The government support is given.
We have a really opportunity to
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make our region a capital for
startups.
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And I believe you will have more
verticals to focus on.
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And you know, if I start to name
them you know, this episode will
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we go long and long but just we
did.
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Good job in fintech with a good
job in e-commerce.
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We did good job in prop tag.
But I see there's still a lot of
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potential in deep Tech in real
Technologies to be.
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Coming out of our region.
In conclusion, I believe that
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this dedicated platform will
have a huge impact on the
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startup scene.
Not only necessary for the
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potential of as I said matching
between startups and investors
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but it's more about addressing
the existing gaps and providing
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the support.
We can reach a place where we
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have a thriving and if setup of
startup ecosystem that benefit
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the whole region, I invite you
to sign up to our platform that
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we are planning to build.
Would love to hear your feedback
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would love to know your thoughts
about it and we would be more
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than happy to discuss.
Special use cases that you would
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like to see in such platform, we
are still in the early phases
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and we hope that we will be able
to make an impact, a positive
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impact of course, on our region.
Thank you very much for joining
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me on this episode.
I will be sharing the link for
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sign up.
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any questions about this topic
or any other topic, feel free to
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Bye bye.
00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,000
Hello and welcome to the CTO
show with Muhammad.
2
00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,300
My name is Muhammad.
And in each episode, I will be
3
00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:17,400
exploring the latest trends,
insights and strategies.
4
00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:22,100
In topics, like cybersecurity
digital transformation, emerging
5
00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:26,100
Tech startups and
Entrepreneurship from thought
6
00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:30,400
leaders and innovators to
intrapreneurs and Founders who
7
00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,300
We'll hear from experts.
Across a wide range of
8
00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:36,900
Industries who are driving
change and making an impact in
9
00:00:36,900 --> 00:00:40,300
the world of tech and business.
Thank you for tuning in.
10
00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:45,800
Let's get started.
In today's episode, I want to
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00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:50,300
explore with you a topic that I
wanted to bring up for quite
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00:00:50,300 --> 00:00:54,400
some time.
The topic is startups in our
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00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,200
region Middle East, North Africa
and turkey.
14
00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:01,700
Of course, this is something
very close to my heart.
15
00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:06,000
I love startups.
I'm so passionate about watching
16
00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:11,900
the Journey of successful
Founders from the very early
17
00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,500
moments.
I would say until they get, you
18
00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:17,100
know, the success that they wish
to have.
19
00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:24,200
I believe there are a lot of
more opportunities to have.
20
00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:31,100
We have huge potential and this
is why I'm seeing that.
21
00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:38,000
There is a pressing need to
unify the effort and get
22
00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,100
something dedicated to support
and nurture, our local startup
23
00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:45,800
scene in the region.
Little bit of background.
24
00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:50,300
So the startup ecosystem in our
region has been seeing
25
00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:53,800
significant growth in recent
years with an increasing number
26
00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,600
of entrepreneurs venturing into
various sectors such as fintech,
27
00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,700
e-commerce, prop, Tech
entertainment.
28
00:02:02,900 --> 00:02:08,000
And so on some notable startups,
of course, you all know about
29
00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,200
them have emerged from our
region like Kareem for example,
30
00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:16,900
which was the first unicorn
coming up from specifically the
31
00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:20,000
yui.
But they were not the The only
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00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,600
ones.
So we have an army for example,
33
00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,800
that they were also in the
entertainment that they have
34
00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,700
done a huge success.
We have heard about swivel, for
35
00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:33,300
example.
So a lot of these startups came
36
00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:39,400
from our region which also made
us out say proud of having this
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00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:48,600
now, To continue on this aspect.
I believe there is still a gap.
38
00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:52,100
What is this Gap?
I want to discuss a little bit
39
00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:57,600
more with you in details and
then I would put my, as they
40
00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:04,500
say, two cents on what can be
done to help the local startups.
41
00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:10,500
So while the region sold, as I
discussed this thriving Moment,
42
00:03:10,900 --> 00:03:16,000
The Challenge is mainly that I
believe they are still Hold on,
43
00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:22,300
we have a lot of entrepreneurs.
We have investors, we have
44
00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:28,000
talents, we have infrastructure,
we have the proper regulations,
45
00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:34,500
but despite all these there is
still nothing that unify all
46
00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:37,300
these together.
Let me give you an example, a
47
00:03:37,308 --> 00:03:39,900
lot of time, and I heard it.
And I've seen it.
48
00:03:40,700 --> 00:03:44,000
I met a lot of entrepreneurs,
they have brilliant ideas.
49
00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,600
They even have a Product Market
fit out say, but unfortunately,
50
00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,600
they were not able to find the
proper funding on the other
51
00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,900
side.
I've seen investors struggling
52
00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:58,100
to find proper startups to
invest in.
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00:03:59,300 --> 00:04:02,900
Talents.
I have seen Founders struggling
54
00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:07,900
to find talents while I've seen
also talents struggling to, you
55
00:04:07,908 --> 00:04:10,400
know, collaborate with other
Founders to come up with the
56
00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:14,000
next big thing.
So if you see the trend we have
57
00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:21,300
like a skater don't set up and
just fuel of these startups they
58
00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:24,700
are matched to the proper
investors, proper talents and
59
00:04:24,700 --> 00:04:29,700
then they go to the next step.
So, of course, we have a lot of
60
00:04:29,700 --> 00:04:34,000
structure in place as I said, so
we have local incubators and
61
00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,800
this is across all the region
where you can find.
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00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,600
A lot of them here in the UAE,
in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
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00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,900
in even other in Bahrain, Qatar
and so on.
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00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:47,900
So we have this incubators we
have accelerators, we have
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00:04:47,900 --> 00:04:54,100
government initiatives right?
And These programs have helped
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00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:56,500
these startups but this is what
I'm talking about.
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00:04:56,500 --> 00:05:00,000
There is still room for
improvement and this is the main
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00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,000
topic of today.
There is a need of a dedicated
69
00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,200
platform to better support our
local startups.
70
00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:12,900
I believe that such a platform
could address some of the gaps
71
00:05:12,900 --> 00:05:19,300
in our ecosystem by connecting
Founders to talents talents, to
72
00:05:19,300 --> 00:05:27,200
Founders investors to Founders
or startups and not only in
73
00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:31,500
Connection in sense of just have
a page and tell us what you are
74
00:05:31,500 --> 00:05:34,800
doing and then we will decide.
I believe it's something more
75
00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:40,800
advanced than this and it's
something more holistic where
76
00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,200
the platform should not only be
kind of a listing similar to
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what you do in a real estate
listing website or similar to
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what you would do if you are
Saying, something, and you're
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looking for a bias, it should
not be the only aspect of it.
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It should be a full ecosystem
with even the incubators, even
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the accelerators, the talents
involved.
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And having this open networking,
having the events having the
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mentorship access to resources
and promoting collaboration.
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I'm talking about a platform.
Like this would not be only to
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empower entrepreneurs but also
to contribute to the overall
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growth and vibrancy of the
regional startup scene.
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Division.
We have and we have something
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that we are planning to lunch.
With my counterpart.
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Mohammad, not there.
Is.
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Having the platform first and
foremost to be a centralized hub
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for networking and
collaboration.
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Sharing ideas, sharing
experiences.
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Connecting of course, local
startups with investors mentors,
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incubators accelerators service
providers.
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Getting the know how majority of
the time and I have heard this
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also from a lot of young
graduates that they don't know
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how things are done.
They they have ideas.
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They have you know Vision but
they don't know.
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How to start.
They don't know if the
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technology is the fit for their
ideas, they don't know which
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technology to choose on the
other side.
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Some people would have already
something implemented but they
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don't know what is the best
business model for that.
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So here we wet The Hub.
Is the place we're having all
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these resources, whether it's
educational resources, workshops
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webinars, you know, access to
Industry, experts.
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It's all centralized in one
platform.
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And of course, the platform
could facilitate sharing of best
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practices.
Success, stories Lessons Learned
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fostering a supportive Community
for local entrepreneurs.
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I believe implementing such
platform could have wide range
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of benefits and lasting impact
on the regional startup scene.
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As I said, providing the support
and resources, can help more
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startups to come up to overcome
the challenges, if they face it
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and succeed.
In the long run.
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I believe this could lead to
proper ecosystem, increase, in
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job, creation, economic growth
and Innovation with our region.
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I believe we have the potential
now with all the changes
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positive changes that happened
in the recent years and the way
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The government support is given.
We have a really opportunity to
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make our region a capital for
startups.
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And I believe you will have more
verticals to focus on.
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And you know, if I start to name
them you know, this episode will
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we go long and long but just we
did.
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Good job in fintech with a good
job in e-commerce.
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We did good job in prop tag.
But I see there's still a lot of
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potential in deep Tech in real
Technologies to be.
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Coming out of our region.
In conclusion, I believe that
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this dedicated platform will
have a huge impact on the
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startup scene.
Not only necessary for the
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potential of as I said matching
between startups and investors
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but it's more about addressing
the existing gaps and providing
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the support.
We can reach a place where we
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have a thriving and if setup of
startup ecosystem that benefit
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the whole region, I invite you
to sign up to our platform that
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we are planning to build.
Would love to hear your feedback
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would love to know your thoughts
about it and we would be more
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than happy to discuss.
Special use cases that you would
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like to see in such platform, we
are still in the early phases
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and we hope that we will be able
to make an impact, a positive
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impact of course, on our region.
Thank you very much for joining
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me on this episode.
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sign up.
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