Around the world, the events industry is booming. Last year’s American Express Meetings and Events 2016 Forecast predicted the largest growth globally in spend since 2011, while Alpen Capital noted the ‘GCC hospitality industry remains firm on its growth trajectory.’...
First, let’s start with what’s on everyone’s mind here. The very phrase ‘woman entrepreneur’. Why are we pigeonholing people by their gender? Well, I’m using this particular phrase for one reason and one reason alone: the many misconceptions when it comes to women...
Flying firefighters and driverless cars, almost-instant portal travel, and buildings that seem to lack solid foundations. It might sound like science fiction, but all this and more is happening in Dubai. Whether your startup is looking to innovate in tech, or simply...
In the immortal words of Shakespeare – what’s in a name? When it comes to your business, the answer is a lot! In most cases your business name is one of the first things your potential customers will know about you, so it’s vital that it makes a good impression. When...
There’s an expression in sporting circles – ‘walking the course’. It describes visiting a competition venue before your event takes place to scope out opportunities and make yourself aware of any possible dangers. Golfers do it, jockeys and show jumpers do it, and...
‘Entrepreneur’ is an uplifting word. It speaks of optimism and ambition, of innovation and gritty determination. Entrepreneurs have pioneering spirits and vision; they spot business opportunities and pursue them with vigour. And for the ambitious entrepreneur, if they...
As the fourth most visited city in the world, Dubai’s reputation as the leading leisure destination in the UAE is firmly established. Now as the city gears up to host the World Expo 2020, it is expanding its horizons and encouraging entrepreneurs to think big again....
When you’ve lived and worked in Dubai for as long as I have, you would be forgiven for becoming almost desensitised to the rapid acceleration of the city. Barely a week goes by without word of another new development, or murmurings of the next big startup that’s about...
Office space. Not exactly a word pairing that gets the entrepreneur’s heart racing. For many in fact, it’s a term that brings about feelings of dread – particularly for entrepreneurs who are familiar with the potentially high costs that come with any new office. But...
Note this article also appeared in Entrepreneur Middle East and can be viewed here. What’s in a name? About USD 100m in the case of Accenture, which reputedly spent that sum in transforming its brand from Andersen Consulting way back in 2001. Okay, not all of that...
The pace of growth and expansion in Dubai is unrivalled anywhere in the world. Spend a year outside the emirate and you will return to see new buildings, new infrastructure and even entire areas of the city that weren’t there before. You only need to look back as far...
Time for a lunch break? Or maybe it’s not even about lunch, but an entrepreneurial opportunity in the making. Because you may have noticed a change in Dubai recently: An abundance of food trucks. It’s a trend spreading throughout the UAE and the world – according to...