E80:Mazen Kanaan on Unilever ouster, House of Pops success, and a Shark Tank deal that went south!| Listen on Anghami

Aug 18

Jayesh Patel (Wio Bank): The Playbook Behind the UAE's Fastest-Growing Digital Bank

Jayesh Patel is the CEO of Wio Bank, the digital bank that in less than four years has become the account 1 in 3 new UAE businesses choose and the fastest way to see how AI, ownership and the Gulf economy are actually changing on the ground. Before Wio, Jay built Liv. at Emirates ... Show More

1 h

Jul 16

Ahmad AlZaini on Building a $13B Restaurant Operating System From Al Khobar

Is the software business dying? Loulou sits down with Ahmad AlZaini, co-founder and CEO of Foodics, at the 11-year mark of the company for the operator's read on the biggest question in tech this year: what happens to software when AI agents replace the human at the login screen. ... Show More

56m 36s

Jun 30

Peter Middlebrook on Dubai as the New New York and the Return of the Golden Age

Is the Middle East entering a new golden age? Loulou sits down with one of the most well-connected geopolitical economists working today for a structural read on the region recorded as the US-Iran 60-day MOU process opened, Strait of Hormuz traffic restarted, the IMEC corridor re ... Show More

51m 43s

Jun 2024

Harnessing the Transformative Impact of Storytelling in Sales with Akeem Shannon

Today, I want to share with you an incredible journey of resilience, innovation, and the art of storytelling from my recent podcast episode. I had the pleasure of interviewing Akeem Shannon, the entrepreneur behind the consumer brand Flipstick, which has made waves through Shark ... Show More

25m 1s

Mar 2022

Ep#2 - Maaz Sheikh (CEO of STARZPLAY) on being hyper focused & respecting every human interaction

Maaz Sheikh is the co-founder and CEO of Starzplay, a regional media streaming platform. Maaz discusses how he became a millionaire at a young age (only to lose it all), worked his way up the OSN hierarchy and follow his entrepreneurial ambitions in his forties. I heard Maaz say: ... Show More

55m 32s

Apr 2024

#32- Abdulmajeed Al Sukhan (Co-Founder & CEO of Tamara) on why building companies is tougher than fighting cancer

This episode was recorded live at the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SEF). Our first live show!Abdulmajeed is a serial entrepreneur in the true sense of the word. He is co-founder of Nana (the largest grocery delivery platform in KSA) and currently co-founder and CEO of Tamar ... Show More

42m 50s

Jul 2020

Episode 3: Perspectives with Marc Kandalaft Founder of RAP -Rethink Act Provoke

In this episode 3 of Here's Good News, Season 1 You Can Make it, my Guest and old school friend Marc Kandalaft and I talk all about creativity, communication, art, music and how his passion was the pathway for building his successful business. As an entrepreneur, Marc saw all the ... Show More

1h 7m

Apr 2022

The Ingredients To Be A Successful Entrepreneur | SSAC22 Keynote

<p>Today's episode is a recent keynote I had with Michael Rubin, Executive Chairman of Fanatics.</p> <p>We started by telling the story of how we started working together during the pandemic and our work during the All In Challenge. Then we look at the current state of the NFT ma ... Show More

52m 25s

Sep 2023

52. MelRish Studio: Tragedy to Triumph

In this episode of the Women on the Rise Podcast, host Jen Blandos sits down with Melon Perez, the co-founder of The MelRish Studio. Melon shares her incredible entrepreneurial journey, which started with a devastating setback. She and her husband had big dreams of opening a Fili ... Show More

17m 44s

May 2022

Selling Deodorant for $100M and How to Find Your Best Competitive Advantage with Moiz Ali

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) sits down with entrepreneur and former CEO of Native, Moiz Ali (@MoizAli), to talk about how to find the competitive advantage for your business, three common mistakes DTC brands make, investment tips and more. ----- Links: * Native * Haldirams * Manscaped * ... Show More

1h 35m

Aug 2020

Landing a Million-Dollar Shark Tank Deal (And The Lessons Learned From Facing a Sudden Surge in Demand)

There are a lot of twists and turns in Joe Demin’s journey to founding Yellow Leaf Hammocks. It opens with a childhood refugee turned successful real estate developer, then twists into a story of entrepreneurship and an appearance on Shark Tank, and then turns again when a reques ... Show More

51m 2s

Oct 2019

How Leaders Can Create Happiness in a Company with Brandin Cohen

<p>Podcast listeners, this is a great episode with Brandin Cohen who runs LiquidIV, a company I invested in. On today's episode we talk about the fundamentals of leadership and starting a business from scratch and dealing with different stages of growth. There's a lot of tips in ... Show More

36m 49s

E80:Mazen Kanaan on Unilever ouster, Hou...