At 17, she asked her father for a one-way ticket and her first university installment, and left Lebanon alone for Australia. Loulou Khazen sits down with Hikmat to talk about why she skips luxury brands, how AI is flattening the playing field for content, what venture capital actually is, why saving money is not an investment, the red flags she looks for in a founder, whether AI is a bubble, and why the Arab world must back its local brands. A candid conversation about money, risk, investing in yourself and building in this region.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ Who is Loulou Khazen?A Lebanese entrepreneur and investor who left Lebanon at 17 to study in Australia and has been based in Dubai since 2003. After years as a corporate employee, she founded Nabbesh, a platform connecting freelancers with businesses across the region. Today she invests in early-stage tech startups and late-stage global companies, hosts her own podcast, and is one of the most direct voices on money, risk and building in the Arab world.
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