StartupSBA

Check out our new podcast on the topic of hustle culture with professor Ali Khawaja, Mamta Varekar, Dr Mark Aveyard, and Latifa Bin Haider. Professor Ali is an educator and a startup mentor. Mamta is the co-host of the Startup Hustle ME podcast as well as Partner & Digital Director at Yellow. Dr Mark is a Professor of Psychology at AUS. Latifa is the founder of Baytuki and co-founder of Mental Health AE.

Tune in to listen to their unique perspectives on hustle culture!

Check out our podcast with Professor Somia Anwar! She is a certified life coach as well as the co-founder of Bookends. Her startup Bookends is a searchable online marketplace for pre-loved books – the first of its kind in the UAE. We go through her journey of starting up Bookends, acquiring funding, dealing with obstacles like COVID-19, and so much more!

Ali is a co-founder and the COO at a tech-environmental startup; EnvaTechs. He is a founding member of the first American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Jordan. Ali is also a regular and an active volunteer at community service level; mostly in the personal and community development fields and is an active mentor in several mentorship programs.

Omar Ghanem is an AUS alumni. He has his own startup, U-Light that focuses on bringing cheap and sustainable light in remote areas of Africa. In addition, he also has his own podcast, Third Culture Kids.

Diala is a self-made entrepreneur. Her startup (LaunchDXB) is aimed to help other startups connect with each other and expand their knowledge of the startup community.

Latifa is a student at the American University of Sharjah, majoring in business management. She is a mental health advocate and a cofounder of her startup Mentalhealthae. In this podcast, she shares her journey with the startup.

Elnaz is a Student at American University of Sharjah. A brand ambassador at NIKE and Founder of arTabEl.dxb. She is also a soccer player and a member of StartupSBA team.