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Why Dubai is leading in innovation – and how you can follow suit
For any company or startup – across any industry – it’s worth considering the benefits of launching in Dubai. And now is a perfect time to consider taking advantage of this world-class innovative business hub. For forward-thinking entrepreneurs, the emirate offers an...
Past Versus Present – How Has Entrepreneurship Evolved with the Times?
It’s a fact of life that almost everything changes and almost everything evolves. Entrepreneurship is no different, and successful entrepreneurs are those who learn to embrace these changes. This may come as a surprise to some, as the basic definition of an...
Recovering from disaster: How smart companies handle a PR crisis
Public relations (PR) disasters come in all shapes and sizes, from annoying service suspensions to fatal acts of sabotage, with brand capital that has taken years or decades to build up evaporating in the turn of one unfavourable news cycle or social media storm....
E Channel UAE System: The Benefits of Online Immigration
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of a simplified and effective immigration system for the UAE. The advent of E-Channel immigration has revolutionised the process of moving to, living in and working in the United Arab Emirates. While Dubai and Abu Dhabi use...
Building a company without financing – can it be done?
Something may come from nothing. It takes hard work and commitment, but it can happen. At the end of 2015, there were 350,000 SMEs in the UAE, providing jobs to over 86% of the private sector. They accounted for over 60% of the country’s GDP, and the National Agenda...
The Copycat Approach – Why Imitation Could Sink Your Business
Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur or an executive of an established business, at some point you may have thought of how to ‘uberfy’ your business or ‘Netflix’ your profits. But the graveyard of copycat business ideas is full – remember Zune? Or Amazon Fire...
App attack – the business applications that can help your SME succeed
Is there an app that can genuinely help your small business? It’s a big question. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the ‘app’ – those handy little pieces of software that help us navigate our day-to-day needs – sometimes needs we didn’t realise we had. It’s...
Company formation in Dubai (2018 Guide)
If you’re looking for a foothold for your business in a strategically well-positioned marketplace, you’ll no doubt have considered company formation in Dubai. The emirate is popular with entrepreneurs from every corner of the world and it’s not hard to see why. Once...
Out-of-Office: Why a ‘work anywhere’ culture can benefit your business
With three-quarters of UAE employees reporting that a remote and flexible work schedule increases their productivity, entrepreneurs and business owners are increasingly looking at the potential gains of adopting a remote ‘work anywhere’ culture. And it’s a worldwide...
Setting up a company in Abu Dhabi Global Market
Any entrepreneur launching a business in the UAE should at the very least think about one of the nation’s free zones. With 0% corporate and personal tax, 100% company ownership, 100% repatriation of capital and profits, no currency restrictions, and 100% import and...
Who are Millennials Exactly? And is it True They Make Bad Workers?
Millennials are the demographic cohort of young adults born between 1980 and 2000. Also known as Generation Y (or ‘Nexters’ – from ‘Generation Next’), there are estimated to be 92 million millennials worldwide. Like other generations, millennials are subject to...
Business changes coming to the UAE
You may have heard about some of the changes occurring in the UAE at the moment with respect to the so-called "Certificate of Good Conduct" and the E-Channel Immigration System. As always, Virtuzone aims to get this important information to you as quickly and as...
