Erika Widen

"When Elan was established 12 years ago, the advertising industry in Qatar was still nascent," remembers Jaber Al Ansari, Group CEO, Elan Group.

The founder says that they saw potential for their business in Qatar, as most production agencies operating there tend to stick to traditional approaches.

The Daruna concept is simple; provide quality and affordable accommodations for the working community in Qatar, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and throughout the world.

The startup empowers students with an academic planner designed to help students make the right course selection.

UrbanPoint decided to move to Qatar to implement their plan, despite the fact that none of them had ever lived nor visited Doha before, being aware that Qatar was a fast-growing market with lots of governmental support for entrepreneurial initiatives.

The CEO of Injaz Qatar Emad Al Khaja discusses how the organization enhances the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Qatar by supporting the youth and the next generation of leaders in business.

QBD, launched in March 2015, was created to answer the local market need for a platform to sell products and provide end-to-end shipping and customer service.

Abu Issa wanted to create a facility for the mass market and provide the public and amateur athletes access to knowledge on training and lifestyle.

From being incubated in the Digital Incubation Centre in Qatar, to receiving funding from Khalifa Saleh Al Haroon, founder of the I Love Qatar network, to receiving the Silver YouTube Play Button- Raqami TV tells its story.

Amruda Nair, Joint Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Aiana Hotels & Resorts talks about her new enterprise, which is a joint venture with H.E. Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, one of Qatar's leading entrepreneurs.

According to St. Valery, Links Group partners, protects and enables foreign companies to enter the Qatari market, while safeguarding their status as business owners

Meddy, launched in September 2014, is an online platform which helps people living in Qatar in their quest to find the best doctors based on patient reviews and credentials.

Qatar Shell and Bedaya recently announced 22 university semifinalists for the 2015 Enterprise Challenge Qatar.

Founder Layla Al-Dorani talks about Raw ME, the 100% Qatari-owned startup and recognizing the gap in the market when it came to readymade healthy products.

Earlier this year, more than 150 Qatari SMEs attended the third annual Qatari SME Business Opportunities Workshop, where more than 60 local SMEs showed their interest to participate and compete.

Doha Tweetups is an online community that regularly hosts offline events with the basic purpose of networking and bringing people together in Qatar.

Catlogram is an online platform devoted to designing market- ing collateral such as flyers, brochures, catalogs and posters for businesses

Qubicle is a web and mobile design agency that also offers e-commerce solutions and digital marketing- and it was founded by the same team as that of Evently.

Launched in August 2015, the on-demand app WASHNOW currently has more than 200 customers in Qatar.

Get to know one of Doha's fresh business enterprises.

The company delivers diverse projects ranging from conferences and product launches to large-scale events and exhibitions.

Girnaas launched the first Qatar-produced game called Giddam in December 2013, with already more than 350,000 downloads in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Qatar Green Building Council was the initial Green Building Council in the Middle East and North Africa, which was primarily established with the assistance of volunteer workers, says engineer Meshal Al Shamari, Director of QGBC.

Avaya is transforming the hospitality and events industries across the region by building networks enabling effortless conversion of the sector.

Qatar's hospitality sector is tilted towards serving the upper end of the market– more than half of the new hotels being planned over the next five years will be five star properties.

Established by Essam Al Tamimi in Dubai in 1989, Al Tamimi & Company is today the largest law firm in the Middle East.

Qatar is a market where Carat expects to see continued economic and population growth. With this significant momentum, the country is becoming of increasing interest to advertisers.

CEO Aysha Al Mudahka sees Qatar's entrepreneurs today as the future of Qatari business success and economic growth.

The German Industry and Commerce Office Qatar (AHK) is an official institution authorized by the German Federal Government and the Association of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK).

"Bedaya designs activities to address the needs of young people aged 18 to 30, wishing to develop their skills and capabilities as entrepreneurs, or their employability and work based skills for a career."