Today’s episode is with Amir Allam, the CEO and Founder of Elmenus, a food discovery platform with over 12,000 restaurants and over 1.5 Million monthly users. Their mission is to share the best dishes in each city in the region by combining a social, visual and personalized experience to help connect restaurants with the diners.
Amir is an ex international ... Show More
Aug 2021
The future of digital payments and moving money in MENA
Today’s episode is with Asim Janjua, Co-Founder of MamoPay. As CXO he drives and leads organizational-design, operations, growth, and expansion with a human-first approach. Before MamoPay, Asim spent over six years working as a Technical Design Lead for Google Switzerland. We tal ... Show More
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Aug 2021
How to scale healthcare through augmented reality technology with Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram, BEM.
Today’s episode is with the founder of Proximie - Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram, BEM, the recipient of the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2018. She is an NHS surgeon, lecturer and clinical entrepreneur. Nadine drew on her passion for innovation, education and ... Show More
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Aug 2021
The future of cryptocurrency and blockchain in MENA
In this episode, I speak with Talal Tabbaa, the co-founder and COO of Jibrel; a Swiss blockchain development company building decentralized financial products on Ethereum. He is also the co-founder of CoinMENA, a regulated crypto-currency exchange and serves on the Board of Middl ... Show More
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Nov 2021
“Food is an open ended problem, we’ll never perfect it.” Amir Allam, Founder of Egypt’s biggest food discovery platform 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 jus ... Show More
41m 16s
Apr 2023
Omar Al Mheiri | Inspiring Growth, with du | Ramadan Miniseries
Joining me today is Omar Almheiri, founder and Chief Technical Officer at Letswork. Omar graduated in 2017 from Northeastern University in Boston with a degree in electrical engineering. Right after graduation, he was selected for the E25 entrepreneurship program at EMAAR, where ... Show More
14m 11s
May 2020
E5: Samer Hamadeh on building F&B brands that people love
My guest Samer Hamadeh is a serial entrepreneur in the entertainment and Food & Beverage space having built some great concepts such as Republique, Stereo Arcade, Akiba Dori and more. I met Samer way before his food and beverage days when he was at Impact BBDO, where 7 months in, ... Show More
46m 2s
Sep 2020
Episode 8: Part 1 Take a Big Bite of Entrepreneurship with Mantoushe's Founder and CEO Sophia Sleiman (literally means big bite in Arabic)
My guest Sophia Sleiman, Founder and CEO of Mantoushe, Real Food, Lebanese fusion restaurants operating Four branches out of UAE. In this first instalment of two episodes, Sophia and I talk about her beginning, what inspired her to become an entrepreneur and all that she has lear ... Show More
36m 36s
May 2025
How to Turn One Restaurant into a National Brand | Ep 857
In this episode of The Game, Alex (@AlexHormozi) helps Calvin and Air, owners of a $3.5M Thai restaurant, strategize their second location launch. From boosting weekday sales and alcohol revenue to creating scalable systems, this is a masterclass in turning a great product into a ... Show More
53m 4s
Apr 2024
First Time Founders with Ed Elson – A Founder’s Mission to Solve Hunger in America
Ed speaks with Dilip Rao, co-founder and CEO of Sharebite, a corporate meal benefits platform. They discuss Dilip’s inspiration for founding the company, including his personal experience with food insecurity and a near death experience that motivated him to lead a more purposefu ... Show More
28m 40s