with Loulou
By Loulou Khazen
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Episodes: 100
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With Loulou is a podcast about building freedom, wealth, and meaning in an ever-changing world. Honest conversations with founders, investors, creators, and thinkers about how people build, reinvent, and thrive. For anyone creating a business, a brand, or a new chapter — a reminder that we’re all a work in progress.
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E97: This Dubai Expat Risked Everything—Then Raised $30M to Build a Global Brand
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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E96: أن تكون معروفاً أو أن تُمحى: عن المال والكرامة في عالمٍ تضيق فيه الخيارات | مع خبيرة التواصل والإعلامية نعمة أبو وردة
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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E95: From Refugee Roots to Snapchat VP: Hussein Freijeh on Love, Progress and Authentic Leadership
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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E94: محمد جودت: لأول مرة، ما لم يُقَل عن النجاح والحياة
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May 29, 2025 |
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E93: "زينة خوري تتحدث عن الاستثمار بالنفس، العقارات، و"الدراما
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May 10, 2025 |
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E92: How to Think Big, Start Small, and Succeed at Anything — Lessons from the Founder of the world’s largest tech event!
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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E91 Special Arabic Episode: عن الشهرة، الفشل، الذكاء الاصطناعي وعظمة المرأة المصرية: حوار بالعربي مع رائد الأعمال المصري محمد أبو النجا
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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E90: The deal maker: Ziad Awad on compromise, deal killers, negotiation, and Trump’s ‘drill baby drill’ impact on GCC economies
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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E89: Philip Bahoshy-the startup valley of death, founder burnout, UAE-Saudi ecosystems, M&A drought and venture capital predictions!
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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E88: Sky Kurtz: the $300M agri-tech giant, avoiding down round disasters, founder self-sabotage, the hard truth about MENA exits, tariffs, and bad actors ruining a multi-billion dollar industry
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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E87: What It Takes to Win Big (in MENA): Insights from a $35B Founder and Global Investor
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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E86: Maha Abouelenein: build your brand, bet on yourself and live with no regrets!
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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E85: Talal Tabbaa on the Bitcoin run, Bitcoin ETFs, Altcoins. Is it too late to get in?
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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E84: Where is my seafood coming from? A conversation on turtles, tech and fishy business practices!
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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E83: MENA venture capital crisis management and postmortems with Abdullah Mutawi
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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E82: Charlie Wright: hard work, failure, mindset & the serendipity behind Humantra’s Huda Beauty investment
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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E81:The families that shaped MENA and what lies ahead for them?
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Summer Special - Part 3 of 3: What trends are shaping MENA startups today?
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Summer Special - Part 2 of 3: What makes a great entrepreneur?
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Summer Special - Part 1 of 3: Why should you care about startups in MENA?
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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E80:Mazen Kanaan on Unilever ouster, House of Pops success, and a Shark Tank deal that went south!
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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E79: The art of deal making with private equity veteran Imad Ghandour
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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E78:Vadim Fedotov on leading Groupon, founding Bioniq, health & wellness, mental toughness and the right diet
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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E77:Courtney Powell on scaling 500 global, investing in MENA, motherhood and entrepreneurship
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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E76: The incredible journey of MENA’s e-commerce pioneer, Ronaldo Mouchawar
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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E75: The business of building startups from Rocket Internet to Antler with Jonathan Doerr
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May 27, 2024 |
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E74:From corporate America to corporate lunch. The story of MUNCH:ON
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May 12, 2024 |
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EP73: Why is a Chinese fund scouting for the next unicorn in MENA? Ben Harburg, Managing Partner MSA Capital
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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E72: An insider’s guide to private equity in MENA with Huda Al-Lawati
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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E71: AI for everyone, Hassan Sawaf’s journey to a no-code AI
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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E70: What is a hybrid kitchen and how to build one, with Jihad El Eit
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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E69: A conversation with Steven Bartlett from the Diary of a CEO on fame, authenticity and leadership
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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E68: Learnings from investing in 300+ Emerging Market Startups - Allen Taylor, Endeavor Catalyst
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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E67: Listing on the NASDAQ ahead of an economic downturn and new beginnings - Elie Habib, Co-founder Anghami
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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E66: A deep dive into MENA venture capital trends with Philip Bahoshy
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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E65: 2023’s most practical advice
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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E64: 2023’s biggest AHA moments
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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E63: Ali Halabi on startup failure, pivot and re-birth. An incredible story of resilience
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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E62: Dr. Ryan Lefers on building technologies to feed the world sustainably
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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E61: Tomaso Rodriguez on scaling talabat
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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E60: GV Ravishankar on growth investing in MENA
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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E59: Dr Saliha Afridi on the art of hearing 'no'
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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E58: AI and the future of work with Dr Ali Fenwick
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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E57: Philip Bahoshy on MENA venture capital trends and predictions
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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E56: Marwan & Hassan on Carzaty's multimillion-dollar exit to Kavak
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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E55: Mudassir Sheikha on scaling and reinventing Careem
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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E54: Zuhair & Rawan on building Zest Equity
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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E53: Kareem Elsirafy explains the venture builder model
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May 21, 2023 |
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E52: How to present like a pro with Bill Connor
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May 07, 2023 |
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E51: Basil Moftah on navigating a down cycle as an Egyptian VC
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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E50: Money talk: Inflation, rates, recession and you with Binod Shankar
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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E49: Building a global electric vehicle company from the UAE
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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E48: How to raise resilient girls with Carine el Khazen Hadati
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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E47: Hossam Allam on food security and safeguarding our future
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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E46: How to become a better communicator with Nima Abu Wardeh
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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E45: Emerging Venture Markets Trends and Predictions
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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E44: IFC's Sufyan Al Issa on responsible and inclusive investing
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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E43: Dr. Stephen Druggan on the role of schools, raising kids that are whole, and mental health
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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E42: Amazon Alexa's Dr. Raf Fatani on why technology must cater for Arabic speakers
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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E41: Dr. Noah Raford on the future of gaming, identity, culture and governance
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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E40: NoBueno's Chris Eid on Careem's secret sauce, recruitment and a beginner's mindset
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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E39: Meta's Fares Akkad on the metaverse and the creator economy
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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E38: Basel Anabtawi on podcasts, startups and dropping your ego
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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E37: Sara Chemmaa on how a tantrum inspired her entrepreneurial journey
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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E36: Tough Love Advisors on new beginnings, brand building, marketing and more
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May 26, 2022 |
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E35: Feras Jalbout on building investment platform Baraka
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May 12, 2022 |
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E34: The man behind the US$ 3.4 Million Lykan in Fast & Furious 7
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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E33: Dr. Louise Lambert on applying positive psychology
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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E32: Cafu's Rashid Al Ghurair on disrupting the petrol station
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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E31: Omran Sharaf on reaching Mars and beyond
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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E30: Unifonic's Jonathan Labin on sabbaticals, scale-ups and the metaverse
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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E29: CoinMENA's Talal Tabbaa on crypto's disruptive powers, ICOs and why Bitcoin has won!
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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E28: TikTok's Shant Oknayan on leadership and building a winning culture
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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E27: Kitopi's Mohamad Ballout on how to build a unicorn
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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E26: Nadine Mezher, Co-Founder of Sarwa on passive investing and building a fintech company
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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E25: Clinical Psychologist Dr. Saliha Afridi on women, creativity and power
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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E24: Sexual what? Ketish, the new startup on the block
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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E23: Let's talk about health and wellness with Dubai government advisor Cedric Betis
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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E22: Noor Sweid on Venture Capital and Startups Exits in MENA
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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E21: Facebook's Ramez Shehadi on the digital economy, entrepreneurship and impact
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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E20: Crypto currencies, asset-backed tokens and building a MENA crypto exchange
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May 30, 2021 |
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E19: Kristel Bechara on embracing NFTs & crypto currencies
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May 10, 2021 |
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E18: Brahms Chouity a.k.a Daddy Foody on becoming an accidental award winning food blogger
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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E17: Tara Rogers-Ellis on the vital role of public relations
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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E16: Mishaal Al Gergawi on turning his thirst for learning into a startup
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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E15: Lessons from building LinkedIn's presence in MENA with Ali Matar
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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E14: Let's talk about sperm, with Khaled Kteily of Legacy
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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E13: How a blast injury inspired Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram to create Proximie
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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E12: Sky Kurtz on spearheading technology, sustainability & food security with Pure Harvest
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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E11: Jalil Allabadi on how COVID has created an inflection point for health tech
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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E10: Dina El-Mofty on overcoming barriers to launch an NGO in Egypt
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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E9: Finding yourself and starting over at age 40, with Binod Shankar
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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E8: Abdulaziz Al Loughani on scaling & exits and why regional VCs need to add more value
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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E7: VentureSouq’s Sonia Weymuller on finding your inner Sisu
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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E6: Chris Schroeder shares valuable advice on entrepreneurship and venture investing
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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E5: Samer Hamadeh on building F&B brands that people love
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May 24, 2020 |
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E4: Rayan Karaky on spearheading digital media in MENA
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May 14, 2020 |
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E3: Turning your MBA project into a startup with Magnitt's Philip Bahoshy
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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E2: Why is company culture critical for success? With OMG’s Nadim Samara
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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E1: Elie Habib on building Anghami, a $100 Million+ music streaming service out of Lebanon
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Mar 02, 2020 |