Startup Hustle Middle East

This year Startup hustle Middle East is a media partner again at Step conference, and we are giving away two tickets to Step conference, taking place on 11th and 12th feb, at Dubai Internet City.

All you need to do for a chance to win is, leave us a rating and review wherever you listen to the podcast, screenshot the review, post it as an Instagram story and tag @startuphustleme

We are giving away two tickets to two lucky winners! Winners will be announced on 2nd Feb on our Instagram channel - @startuphustleme

In this episode, we also talk about our experience as visitors, speakers, exhibitors and media partners at STEP conferences in the past years, and why it’s a must-attend event for all entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and people interested in the startup scene.

Check out STEP here: https://stepconference.com/

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Email us on: [email protected]  Visit our Car rental startup: https://ejarcar.com

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If you are looking to start a new business in the Middle East, or are looking for information on how to grow your startup, this podcast is for you!   Join us on our journey as we build our own startup, Ejarcar.com, and hear success stories from established entrepreneurs and VCs in the Middle East.  Startup Hustle Middle East is a weekly podcast, hosted by Siddharth and Mamta Varerkar. This podcast will cover topics like how to build a lean startup, how to pitch, growth-hacking tips to market your product and we also interview leading thought-leaders in the Middle East.  You can find our audio podcast on all podcast platforms - apple podcasts, google podcasts, castbox, spotify, itunes etc. If you have the Anchor app, you can also leave us a voice note to be featured in an upcoming episode.

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At the Sharjah entrepreneurship festival 2019, we had the chance to catch up with one of the speakers, Jonas Kjellberg, who is one of the co-creators of Skype, a respected lecturer, author, and venture investor. Jonas is currently part of BCG Digital Ventures, a corporate investment and incubation firm.

As one of the founding partners of Skype, Jonas was part of one of the internet’s biggest businesses – a simple, innovative idea that has gone on to revolutionize and disrupt the telecommunications sector.

We spoke to him about what he has learned from his experience with Skype, what their monetization model was and what he his methodology is when consulting aspiring entrepreneurs. Listen and find out more.

Check out Jonas here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonas-kjellberg-2bb1317/?originalSubdomain=se

You can also watch this episode on YouTube here: X

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Email us on: [email protected]  Visit our Car rental startup: https://ejarcar.com

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Startup Hustle was a media partner in the recent Sharjah Entrepreneurship festival 2019. Aside from some amazing talks and panels, we got to witness 70 startups go head-to-head for a chance to win AED 100,000 for their business. Five startups were shortlisted based on their one minute pitch and competed in the second round. The startups ranged from a data-driven customer service solution for SMEs, to a podcast broadcast production company, to a local home-made food delivery solution. Who do you think won the pitch? Was it Callix, Fireflies education, Caravan, Snackat or Finyal Media?

You can also watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/5uy5WAceJ0o

Check out the shortlisted startups here:

https://www.finyalmedia.com/

https://www.callix.ae/

https://www.fireflieseducation.org/

https://www.my-caravan.co/

https://snackatcafe.com/

Check out Sharjah EF here: https://sharjahef.com/

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Email us on: [email protected]  Visit our Car rental startup: https://ejarcar.com

Get in touch with Yellow here: https://welcometoyellow.com/

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Find out how Ahmed Ben Chaibeh leverages Social media to get hundreds of Influencers to talk about his company Aquafun.

Links to Aquafun

Website: https://aquafun.ae/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aquafunme/

Link to Siddharth Vlogs video about Aquafun:

Aquafun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W6uhVjqBNQ

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Email us on [email protected] 

Visit our Car rental startup: https://ejarcar.com 

Get in touch with Yellow here: https://welcometoyellow.com/

If you are looking to start a new business in the Middle East, or are looking for information on how to grow your startup, this podcast is for you! 

Join us on our journey as we build our own startup, Ejarcar.com, and hear success stories from established entrepreneurs and VCs in the Middle East.

Startup Hustle Middle East is a weekly podcast, hosted by Siddharth and Mamta Varerkar. This podcast will cover topics like how to build a lean startup, how to pitch, growth-hacking tips to market your product and we also interview leading thought-leaders in the Middle East. 

You can find our audio podcast on all podcast platforms - apple podcasts, google podcasts, castbox, spotify, itunes etc.

If you have the Anchor app, you can also leave us a voice note to be featured in an upcoming episode.

Follow us on Social or use #StartupHustleME to connect:

https://www.facebook.com/startuphustleme 

https://www.instagram.com/startuphustleme/ 

https://www.twitter.com/startuphustleme 

www.linkedin.com/company/startup-hustle-middle-east/ 

Email us on: [email protected] 

Visit our Car rental startup: https://ejarcar.com 

If you are looking to start a new business in the Middle East, or are looking for information on how to grow your startup, this podcast is for you! 

Join us on our journey as we build our own startup, Ejarcar.com, and hear success stories from established entrepreneurs in the Middle East.

Startup Hustle Middle East is a weekly podcast, hosted by Siddharth and Mamta Varerkar. This podcast will cover topics like how to build a lean startup, how to pitch, growth-hacking tips to market your product and we will interview leading thought-leaders in the Middle East. 

You can find our audio podcast on all podcast platforms - apple podcasts, google podcasts, castbox, spotify, itunes etc.

If you have the Anchor app, you can also leave us a voice note to be featured in an upcoming episode.

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What does a VC 2.0 look like? Arif Saiyad, founder and CEO of ASA ventures, started out with a mere 250 Euros from his dad to exiting several businesses and being involved in more than 100 ventures. ASA Ventures, a VC firm based in the UAE, was started to make compelling ideas happen, and to give founders the tools to best execute their idea - through operational support and expertise. Now set to launch something that will disrupt traditional ecommerce in emerging markets, with the launch of ZON in 2020, this VC firm is set to make some serious waves in the region and beyond.

Check out Arif Saiyad here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arif-saiyad/

Check out ASA ventures here: https://asa.ventures/

Check out Nasab here: https://nasabdubai.com/

Check out the ASA Ventures  7 day challenge here: http://bit.ly/31f3dPU

Check out about Zon's launch here: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/retail/426859-uae-vc-firm-aims-to-disrupt-e-commerce-in-emerging-markets

You can also watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/QVuMj0xIcf4

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Email us on: [email protected]  Visit our Car rental startup: https://ejarcar.com

Get in touch with Yellow here: https://welcometoyellow.com/

If you have the Anchor app, you can also leave us a voice note to be featured in an upcoming episode.

Setting up a business can be challenging, especially trying to understand if you should get a free zone license or a mainland license in the UAE, what the differences are, cost of setting up and the time that this takes. Scott, from Creation Business Consultants tells us about the differences, so startups can get the best start, and can go into business informed and making the right regulatory decisions. Check out this episode to help navigate these very crucial decisions.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/v_snd4466E0

Check out Scott here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-cairns-5001a95/

Check out Creation business consultants here: https://www.creationbc.com/

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Email us on: [email protected]  Visit our Car rental startup: https://ejarcar.com

Get in touch with Yellow here: https://welcometoyellow.com/

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We had a chance to talk to Niki Mukhi, the founder of Brapp. in this episode find out how Niki put together a team and built the foundation to bring a new kind of musical social media to the world.

Brapp is an app that allows people to collaborate on music and post stylized content on the Brapp app. 

Check out Brapp here: https://www.brapp.tv/

Follow Niki on instagram : @NikiMukhii

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Email us on: [email protected]

Visit our Car rental startup: https://ejarcar.com

Get in touch with Yellow here: https://welcometoyellow.com/

If you are looking to start a new business in the Middle East, or are looking for information on how to grow your startup, this podcast is for you!

Join us on our journey as we build our own startup, Ejarcar.com, and hear success stories from established entrepreneurs and VCs in the Middle East.

Startup Hustle Middle East is a weekly podcast, hosted by Siddharth and Mamta Varerkar. This podcast will cover topics like how to build a lean startup, how to pitch, growth-hacking tips to market your product and we also interview leading thought-leaders in the Middle East.

You can find our audio podcast on all podcast platforms - apple podcasts, google podcasts, castbox, spotify, itunes etc.

If you have the Anchor app, you can also leave us a voice note to be featured in an upcoming episode.

#KeepOnHustling

F***up Nights is a global movement and event series that shares stories of professional failure. Each month, in events across the globe, three to four people get up in front of a room full of strangers to share their own professional f***ups. Present in over 318 cities, Startup Hustle got the chance to cover volume 18 of F***up nights (branded Fun DXB) in Dubai. It was our first time covering a live event, and it was a very interesting format with really great speakers. First up was Aya Sadder who shared her professional failures. She is a TedX speaker and Ex-incubator manager at Intelak, an aviation and travel incubator. Next speaker was Philip Bahoshy, who we had a chance to interview at Step conference. He shared the story of his F***ups and learnings as he was building Magnitt. Wissam Younane unfortunately could not attend, but he did send in a video which was as insightful as it was funny. However, we did not include Wissam's session, as he did promise he will be there in a future F***up night (Fun DXB event)

The event was hosted by Fari Zolf and was one of the largest Fun DXB events to date.

Check out F***up nights here: https://fuckupnights.com/

Check out the Dubai edition Fun DXB here: https://www.facebook.com/talksaboutfailure/

https://www.instagram.com/fun__dxb/

Check out Aya Sadder here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aya-sadder-b2b68922/

Check out Philip Bahoshy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipbahoshy/

Check out Magnitt here: https://magnitt.com/

Check out Wissam Younane here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wissamyounane/

Check out Entrepreneur ME here: https://www.instagram.com/entmagazineme/

Check out Fari zolf here: https://www.instagram.com/fari_zolf/

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Email us on: [email protected] 

Visit our Car rental startup: https://ejarcar.com 

Get in touch with Yellow here: https://welcometoyellow.com/

If you are looking to start a new business in the Middle East, or are looking for information on how to grow your startup, this podcast is for you! 

Join us on our journey as we build our own startup, Ejarcar.com, and hear success stories from established entrepreneurs and VCs in the Middle East.

Startup Hustle Middle East is a weekly podcast, hosted by Siddharth and Mamta Varerkar. This podcast will cover topics like how to build a lean startup, how to pitch, growth-hacking tips to market your product and we also interview leading thought-leaders in the Middle East. 

You can find our audio podcast on all podcast platforms - apple podcasts, google podcasts, castbox, spotify, itunes etc.

If you have the Anchor app, you can also leave us a voice note to be featured in an upcoming episode.

#KeepOnHustling

Wisam has a problem with the term ‘entrepreneur’ and all the myths propagated by media about ‘entrepreneurship’. According to him, if you aren’t ready to commit for the long haul, and show up every single day humble and ready to learn, it may not be for you.

The focus should be on building your business, making a difference and solving a problem. Wisam can comment on this with authority because he and his co-founder danish Farhan have built their company Xische from the ground up, pivoted and expanded where they saw an opportunity and have done this for more than 17 years! 

Xische & Co. Now operated across several verticals and in four regions.

Check out Wisam here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wisamamid

Follow xische here: https://www.instagram.com/xische

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Email us on: [email protected] 

Visit our Car rental startup: https://ejarcar.com 

Get in touch with Yellow here: https://welcometoyellow.com/

If you are looking to start a new business in the Middle East, or are looking for information on how to grow your startup, this podcast is for you! 

Join us on our journey as we build our own startup, Ejarcar.com, and hear success stories from established entrepreneurs and VCs in the Middle East.

Startup Hustle Middle East is a weekly podcast, hosted by Siddharth and Mamta Varerkar. This podcast will cover topics like how to build a lean startup, how to pitch, growth-hacking tips to market your product and we also interview leading thought-leaders in the Middle East. 

You can find our audio podcast on all podcast platforms - apple podcasts, google podcasts, castbox, spotify, itunes etc.

If you have the Anchor app, you can also leave us a voice note to be featured in an upcoming episode.

#KeepOnHustling