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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

Or worse yet they may never get financed. Raise at “ the top end of normal &# but not so high that future financings in a corrected market become impossible. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe.

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Reducing Risk And Optimising Business Opportunity In The Middle East

YoungUpstarts

But nowadays with oil reserves diminishing at an alarming rate in some countries of this vast region, diversification into relatively new sectors such as tourism and finance is the new game in town. But what’s it actually like living and working in the MENA region? Depends, is the answer, and in which country.

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. Perhaps this is why the Kuwait Investment Authority put $165 million into Jawbone and Saudi’s PIF put $3.5 Ok, Suster. So WTF happened? Why no winter?

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10 Entertaining Things to Check out While You’re Waiting in Line Today

Up and Running

In today’s incredibly busy, globally interconnected world, it can be easy to unintentionally start taking things for granted. As we reported last week, this was the year of the inaugural Women’s Entrepreneurship Day during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Women can now be attorneys in Saudi Arabia. The feel-good news.

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Founders Interview: Atlas Group London – ConstructionTech Transforming Healthcare

The Startup Magazine

As entrepreneurs with a passion for helping others, they’ve built a company that is vastly accelerating the ability to deliver healthcare to the most needy global communities. Her work has been commended in leading industry publications and gives her unique strategic insights into the global healthcare ecosystem.

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The Artificial Intelligence Opportunity: A Camel to Cars Moment

Occam's Razor

You’ll learn all about the Global Maxima, definitions of AI/ML/DL, and the implications related to the work we do day to day. I lived in Saudi Arabia for almost three years. Saudi Arabia is a country that saw massively fast modernization. Working at DHL was a deeply formative professional experience.

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This I Believe: A Manifesto for a Magnificent Career

Occam's Razor

My professional career spans three countries: India, Saudi Arabia and the United States. My career spans customer service, engineering, finance, product development, marketing, sales, and corporate functions. The last people to get laid off in a company are the ones closest to creating revenue. I should know.