Entrepreneurship

Isobel Abulhoul on building book centric businesses & instilling reading habits in children

This week, we’re joined by the CEO of the LitFest Foundation, Isobel Abulhoul, who is at the the center of the UAE & the region’s literary fraternity. Since

Jan 29, 2020

MX-Academy: Mohammed Al Balooshi

Nearly two decades ago, jumping on a dirt bike led a young man down the path to become the UAE’s athlete of the year in 2018 & set up

Jan 21, 2020

Orit Mohammed on launching Boon Coffee & breaking the stereotypes around Ethiopian women and female entrepreneurship

This week, we're talking coffee with Orit Mohammed, founder of Boon Coffee. Orit hails from Ethiopia and decided to reconnect with the coffee culture she grew up with

Jan 16, 2020

The dirty side of dry cleaning, with Elham AlQasm

Happy New Year everyone! We're back this week with the inspiring Elham AlQasm, the first Arab woman to ski to the North Pole in 2010. As she was

Dec 29, 2019

Patrick Rogers on how startup founders can avoid common pitfalls

This week, we're talking to Patrick Rogers whose latest venture, Clara, attempts to solve entrepreneurship legal pain-points by combining human expertise with techonology. And as someone who advises

Dec 21, 2019

Conquering the North Pole, with Elham Al Qasim

The Way We Live: Elham Al Qasim 0:00 /0:00 1× On this episode, I talk with the inspiring Elham Al Qasim, the first Arab woman and first Emirati

Dec 4, 2019

Engaging women for a better future, with Assia Riccio

Assia Riccio is the founder of Evolvin Women, an organization that provides a platform to prepare unemployed women from less privileged backgrounds in Africa. In just 3 years, Evolvin Women

Dec 1, 2019

The business of philanthropy, with Yann Bordstedt

This week, we're talking to Yann Borgstedt, a Swiss entrepreneur turned philanthropist who started the Womanity Foundation in 2005 with a focus on empowering women in countries such

Nov 12, 2019