Mo Gawdat
Mo is the author of Solve for Happy, Scary Smart, and more recently, That Little Voice in Your Head. He’s also behind the One Billion Happy movement.
Technology
“I’ve always been a strong believer in offering financial services to the unbanked.” Mounir Nakhon on turbo-charging growth at Halan
Mounir shares snippets of his journey since 2017 when he was approached by Indonesian tech unicorn Gojek, then being struck by the pandemic in 2020 and what it meant for Halan’s growth.
“You can’t force a talent to go into production.” Cyril Zammit on Dubai’s evolving design landscape, the role of government support and the future of NFTs
We caught up with Cyril Zammit, design advisor and former director of Design Days Dubai.
“Food is an open ended problem, we’ll never perfect it.” Amir Allam, Founder of Elmenus on his obsession with problem solving & how he will meet his biggest challenge yet - building Elmenus to scale
On this week’s episode, Hashem caught up with Amir Allam, a fellow Egyptian and
graduate of the infamous DEO, the German school in Cairo. Amir Allam is the
Founder of Elmenus, an F&B marketplace boasting digital menus & delivery for
over 6000 restaurants across Egypt. Founded just days shy
“Investors look for traction and founder’s pedigree.” Ramy Adeeb shares his journey from computer science to building his own venture capital firm, 1984 Ventures
As fellow Egyptians and graduates of Harvard College in the 90s, Hashem and Ramy
Adeeb initially shared a similar path that led them from Cairo to Cambridge,
Massachusetts. We caught up with Ramy this week via Zoom in Silicon Valley to
follow his journey from young computer programmer writing software
“Investing is about proving a thesis.” Feras Jalbout on the nascent investing culture in the region, crypto currencies and launching his trading app Baraka
In today’s episode, Hashem caught up with Feras Jalbout, founder of fintech app
Baraka. A UAE-based platform, Baraka’s motto is empowering the investor and
encouraging broader financial literacy among millennials and Gen Z’s in the
Middle East. Hashem and Feras also discussed his pivot from private wealth
#172: Focus mode in iOS 15
In this week's episode, Chirag takes the lead and discusses something
Apple-based. Yep, us Apple Geeks have something new to get excited about to help
us get organised digitally! It's fascinating...really.
Press play to listen to our witty witticisms and review of the new Focus mode.
Hope you enjoy
Technology fiascos, and a conversation about hybridity
Plus, nostalgia galore with memories from Sindbad’s Wonderland.
#161: Following up on Chirag’s New Email System
Earlier this year, Chirag shared his move to a new email system which we spoke about on episode 142. He’s about 4 months in and shares an update on how using the system has been, if it’s helped his email workflow and a couple of new features that
#148: Phone Home Screens
This week Chirag did something miraculous! He helped me to remove almost all the apps from my home screen on my phone! Yep I have about 5 apps now on my screen and that is it. I did this decluttering app binge after talking to him during this episode.