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Fida Chaaban is the Chief Communications Officer of KBW Investments, a privately held Dubai-based investment concern that works across multiple sectors. Prior to her most recent appointment, Fida was the founding Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Middle East and Entrepreneur Qatar magazines. She is a big believer in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region's startup ecosystem, and endeavors to use both print and web to positively encourage development in various entrepreneurial spaces and across industries. Based in Dubai, UAE, Fida is a social media enthusiast and sees it as the medium of today's effective enterprises.
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Good Full Circle Communications Strategies Start At The Top (Really)
Recruiting a strong corporate comms executive in-house pays for itself .
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Change Is Good: Entrepreneur Middle East Has A New Editor-in-Chief
Our consistent readers and our friends in the entrepreneurial ecosystem -both online and offline know us as the "real talk" medium. That transparency extends to shifts in direction and to changes in the existing team and setup.
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How I Learned To Stop Whining And Start Doing From #EntMEWomen
This edition, we have some of the region's biggest achievers, and all of them come across more calm and more "stable" than I do when you encounter them in real life (I promise).
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Entrepreneur Middle East’s Achieving Women 2016: Amy Cole, Head of Brand Development EMEA, Instagram
Cole was Instagram's sixth employee, and today, she heads the business for the EMEA region, with her team focused on how they can help brands and businesses get the best out of Instagram.
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HH Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed Al Maktoum: Dubai Culture Wants Creative Entrepreneurs To Go Global
H.H. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) talks about encouraging creative entrepreneurship in the Middle East region.
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Learning The Ropes: Hisham Samawi Talks Enterprise Proficiency, Profits, And Progressing As A Brand
"We didn't know the first thing about running a restaurant," says Hisham Samawi, when recalling his and his brother Ashraf Samawi's journey starting up the Middle East's first Clinton Street Bakery Company in Dubai.
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Less Talk, More Action: It’s Time To Inject Some Reality Into The PR Blitz Around Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs are not a promotional tool, they are businesspeople who are trying to build commercially viable and stable enterprises.
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Asking For A Favor: Apply Reciprocity As A Constant, Not An Anomaly
Using your skillset and influence to spread around success is great for your business (and Internet) karma. Give it a try.
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Doing Your Part: Encouraging Entrepreneurship Is Everyone’s Responsibility
Editor in Chief Fida Chaaban asserts the importance of everyone's responsibility to encourage entrepreneurship in the region.
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We Learn Things Too: Entrepreneur MENA Is Now Two Years Old
Happy anniversary to our readers! We're excited that this edition marks two years of us supporting entrepreneurship across the MENA region.
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Clear And Prescient Danger: The Importance Of Foresight For Your Business
Did your mind automatically see Clear and Present Danger when you read the headline? I did mean prescient, and I'll get to the popular film title a bit later.
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Protecting Your MVP: Going To Great Lengths For Your Team Is In Your Best Interest
Entrepreneurs, when I use the acronym MVP here, I am not referring to your Minimum Viable Product, I'm referring to your Most Valuable Player.
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The Nitty-Gritty: Knowing The Details Of Your Business
Entrepreneur Middle East Editor in Chief Fida Chaaban on the importance of knowing the ins and outs of your business.
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The Legacy Of Roja Dove
U.K.-based entrepreneur crafts haute fragrance for the MENA bespoke client.
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Ecosystem Karma: You Get What You Give
To work at this magazine, you have to believe in what we're doing, and that means that you are committed to being more than just a magazine. You are committed to the ecosystem, all the way.
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Bader Abdullah Al-Darwish, Chairman And Managing Director, Darwish Holding On Leadership And Doing Business Responsibly
Bader Abdullah Al-Darwish on the factors that makes a great leader and how to do business responsibly.
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Harnessing Heritage: Bader Abdullah Al-Darwish, Chairman And Managing Director, Darwish Holding
The Chairman and Managing Director of Darwish Holding leverages legacy and learning curves for a broad portfolio that is rounding off a century of enterprise agility.
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Advocating Agility: H.E. Sheikha Al-Zain Sabah Al-Naser Al-Sabah Won’t Let Kuwait’s Entrepreneurs Go It Alone
The Under Secretary of the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs talks about Kuwait's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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Put Your Ethical Compass Into Perspective: Why You Shouldn’t Forget The Middleman
If I can help two entities or two people develop a mutually beneficial, fruitful relationship, I consider it terrific for everyone involved.
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Social Entrepreneurship Is On The Rise: Soushiant Zanganehpour’s Advice for ‘Treps Acting As Agents Of Change
Zanganehpour, in his capacity as a judge for The Venture, a global social enterprise initiative looking to fund social entrepreneurs, says that when pitching to investors, founders should be able to support their claims.
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Bringing Your Enterprise To A New Destination: Rizwan Kassim On Importing La Cantine Du Fauborg
Kassim gives his tips on what questions to ask yourself as a 'trep in F&B, and how it related to his business.
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Reserveout Founder and CEO Khalil Shadid On Acquisitions, Expansions And More
Reserveout was launched to shift restaurant and consumer behavior when it came to restaurant operations and reservations, and enable a more transparent and easy experience for anyone who wants to discover, view or make a reservation with restaurants in the Middle East.
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Attack Of The Clones: Wannabe Entrepreneurs Need To Get Original
If you are thinking of copycatting a concept, it's a good idea to import a concept that the MENA ecosystem doesn't have yet. It's a very bad idea to launch the exact same online model as an already established enterprise, and just slightly tweaking the concept.
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Follow The Leader: Sobhi Batterjee, President and CEO, Saudi German Hospital
President and CEO of Saudi German Hospital Group talks about his strategies for managing staff and driving a business' profit and social purpose.
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Your Tough Experiences As An Entrepreneur Can Help Your Peers Succeed With Their Endeavors
Reading about the pitfalls of starting your own business (and the negative moments when no one believed it could be done) is just as useful as the story about the time when you won an award for your innovation.
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Follow The Leader: Ronaldo Mouchawar, Founder And CEO, Souq
Ronaldo Mouchawar still thinks of Souq, the mammoth enterprise that it is today, as a startup.
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Follow The Leader: Anan Fakhreddin, CEO, Damas
"Our clients have an eye for luxury and quality, and they know what to expect from a name such as ours."
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Follow The Leader: Poonam Bhojani, Founder and CEO, Innoventures Education
As the Founder and CEO of Innoventures Education, Bhojani has played a pivotal role in the inception and leadership of a number of schools and nurseries in the UAE.
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Entrepreneur Ziad Sankari Distinguished At The White House
As a 'trep, there might be almost no bigger validation of your success and innovation than having an award presented to you by a head of state, and that validation only increases when your enterprise is based in a highly competitive and developed market.
