Swenglanese - talking business in the UAE

This week Barry was lucky enough to get some time in Tanaz's diary to learn a little more about her journey from idea to successful business here in the UAE. 

Insydo was born from a need for recommendations on what to do in the city, but not hundreds of recommendations when asking one question, but more like a trusted friend who would give you one, or maybe 2 ideas about where to go and why. 

Tanaz is a true entrepreneur with a number of irons in the fire and takes the time to give her insights and tell a bit about her story and most importantly, the lessons learned along the way. 

This week Oskar and Barry have a chat about the impact of technology in our world. There is no doubt that technology is changing our world. Is it a good thing, is it a bad thing? 

The discussion goes from wearable tech, to machine learning, to artificial intelligence to the workplace. 

Have a listen and let us know what you think. We would love to hear from you.

This week on Swenglanese we had the pleasure of Jill E. Fagan`s company in the studio. Jill shared how powerful your own story can be. By sharing those everyday things about you, you show that you are human and at the end of the day, when it comes to business, people by from people. 

Listen in to find out how Jill and her husband, who are raising 9 children, also have time to run super successful businesses! 

Martin Rosocha is the general manager of Caparol on the ground in Dubai. He has taken a team of many nations and got them running in true German style, as optimally as possible. 

This isn`t something that has happened overnight and Martin gives some insight into his approach and how is vast and varied experience in the business world has been implemented in the Dubai operation with great success. 

This week on Swenglanese we had the pleasure of chatting to Bhavik Haria, the founder of a video production company called Cincera. 

Bhavik is an inspirational young entrepreneur who is setting a blazing trail in the world of video creation. He is passionate about video and content creation and has been from a very young age. He has taken his passion and turned it into a thriving business. 

Listen to Bhavik`s story and why video is so important in the marketing mix going forwards. 

On this episode of Swenglanese we sat down with Muhammad Salman, a Dubai-based coach and trainer. He share's his story on how he went looking for fulfillment from the family business. Not all journeys into entrepreneurship are because something is necessarily wrong but in Muhammad's case, it was about looking for something more. 

We particularly like his idea of turning your car into a classroom. 

To start the new year we thought the topic of passion might be a good one. With that in mind, Oskar tracked down the passionpreneur, Mr Moustafa Hamwi to have a discussion about how to build more passion into your life and more importantly discussing what really matters! 

Barry and Oskar discuss the "Swenglanese" year. What was some of the common threads among all the successful entrepreneurs they interviewed? Some of the lessons learned and some of the mistakes to avoid. 

They also discuss the difference between New Year resolutions and goals that you actually achieve. As we approach the end of 2016 lots of people start talking about new years resolutions, but so many are made and so few are attained. Why is that? 

This week's episode comes from Sweden where Oskar got to sit down with Rosie Kropp - the CEO and Senior Advisor at Lavandel who have offices in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Turkey.

Rosie and Oskar discuss the broad subject of branding - what it is, who does it well, education, brand ambassadors and promise. 

Rosie then delivers some great tips for aspiring entrepreneurs, SME's and start ups.

This week on Swenglanese Oskar interviews Barry about the not for profit initiative he setup with Wayne Denner. 

As an owner of a digital marketing agency, Barry is online all day every day, helping companies to optimise their digital presence. In doing so he identified a big gap that needs to get smaller. That is the gap between parents and children and the digital environment. 

Listen in to find out about cyberbullying, cybersafety, online reputation and how we can all help to make all of our digital experiences safer.