Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

At a party in NYC recently, I was challenged by a VC to name the biggest company currently using Lean Startup practices. In Saudi Arabia, for example, where screening rates are low due to both cultural stigma around the female body and women’s fear of diagnosis, healthymagination has looked to solutions going far beyond just new equipment.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

And whether that is, you know, in the book I tell the story of my eight year battle with the Pentagon over this stupid policy they had that was totally denigrating to our women serving in Saudi Arabia. They had to, basically, they were treated like Saudi women, which is essentially property, you know, at the time. powered by.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

Although most Latin American countries have significantly improved working environments for women, few companies would yet dare send a women employee to work in Saudi Arabia. Watch your product naming. Product naming is always a major effort and mistakes can result in costly failures. HR rules are local.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

This should cheer you up if you’re a feminist, an entrepreneur, both, or a person of any age just starting out who needs encouragement! Women can now be attorneys in Saudi Arabia. Al-Zahran is going to focus on labor and women’s rights cases, and was recently named one of the world’s most powerful Arab women.

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