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5 great quotes for startups
Whether as part of those posters hanging around offices or pasted at the bottom of our email signature, let's face it, when you see an inspirational quote, you can't help but want to read it. A truly great quote does have a fair bit of power. Not only do the...
The Amazing Pull of “Brand Dubai”
What is a brand? While that question might seem easy to answer, it's not nearly as clear-cut as people think. Take your favourite company or product or logo. Why do you like it? How does it makes you feel? It is that last question which holds the most importance, as...
How to be a successful freelancer
The freelance economy is booming. In fact, it is the fastest growing sector of the global workforce, as workers from all over the world continue to say goodbye to their day jobs and embrace self-employed life. So many have taken the plunge, in fact, that it is...
How to be more powerful
It’s been almost twenty years since Robert Greene’s bestselling book "The 48 Laws of Power" was released to a fanfare of praise and scepticism in equal measure. The book examined power, or rather, how to get it, and despite critical success, many felt that some of...
What is happening in the solar energy space in the UAE?
The global energy landscape has never faced as many challenges as it is facing today. Increasing demand from emerging markets, rapidly fluctuating energy prices, and pressure to reduce carbon emissions are encouraging governments the world over to get serious about...
The top mistakes startups make
There are countless statistics which make for quite difficult reading when it comes to startup survival rates. For example, stats out of the United States tell us that nine out of ten startups fail in the long-run and only a quarter of new startups make it past the...
Business networking in the UAE: Why you should do it and how
Despite all of the tools the modern entrepreneur has at his or her disposal in the digital age, there is still one old business trick that has always stood the test of time – networking. And we mean real networking, as in face-to-face, shaking hands. Face-to-face...
The amazing story of Facebook
It’s already been five years since the blockbuster movie "The Social Network" roared into cinemas, giving us a Hollywood-style view of Mark Zuckerberg’s meteoric rise from Harvard dropout to tech billionaire. At the time of the movie’s release, Facebook was just six...
Can you be employed and self-employed at the same time?
Note: This article also appeared in Entrepreneur Middle East, and can be viewed on the site here. Ask any successful entrepreneur and they’ll tell you running a business was a dream long before it became a reality. For many, the biggest hurdle was taking the...
How to properly screen job candidates
There are few bigger decisions in business than who to hire. Searching for and screening talent is no easy task, and even after it all, you still do not really know if you’ve made the right decision until the individual has started working alongside you and your...
Expo 2020 and how expos stimulate economies
Having won the right to host the prestigious annual event back in 2013, Dubai’s Expo 2020 is now less than five years away. It will be the first time the event has been held in the Middle East, and Dubai has already begun to steel itself for the arrival of...
How to manage a remote workforce
As technology transforms the way we communicate, the virtual workforce is on the rise. Many of us now regularly work with team members who are not physically present – whether they are telecommuting from home, working remotely in the coffee shop around the corner, or...
