Swenglanese - talking business in the UAE

On this weeks episode Barry and Oskar discuss procrastination. The art of mastering it for good and not letting it stifle your creative self from moving forwards with projects you want to undertake.

Oskar has been researching this topic as part of his continual self development and professional coaching and wants to help business owners get a hold of this thing that sometimes gets in the way of greatness!

This week on Swenglanese we have the pleasure of speaking with Olivia and Ahmed from hellochef.me a great company that's trying to help us all eat good food and make it easy for us to do so. 

Olivia and Ahmed have a contagious passion that will see hellochef.me go from strength to strength.

Their biggest learning point. Keep It Simple. Usually the simplest solutions are the most effective.

This week on Swenglanese we had the pleasure of Mahmoud Adham's company. Mahmoud is the owner and managing director of Munchbox.

His story and insight from idea to successful company is one that we certainly learnt from and would like other aspiring entrepreneurs or business owners on the ground here in the UAE to learn from.

The major take away? Don't get to caught up on what your original idea is, get it out there and adapt once it's out there!

This week Oskar had the pleasure of speaking with a pretty impressive fellow Swede whilst he was in the UAE to take part in Wings For Life World Run. Aron Anderson is a Swedish adventurer and motivational speaker. 

He's a 4 time cancer survivor. The result of one bout at a very young age left him wheel chair bound. Business is often about over coming obstacles and Aron aside from being an adventurer and motivational speaker also runs a business. 

Listen to Aron explain how overcoming obstacles is what drives him to do better every single day! 

We had the absolute pleasure of speaking with The Box owner

Wadih is a serial learner, constantly updating himself and

This week we had the pleasure of speaking to Sian and Rebecca who are putting on an event to really help SME's here on the ground in the UAE. They tell us a little bit about their entrepreneurial journeys so far and why How To Rocket is the culmination of their learning so far. 

The ladies share some lessons learnt, the power of face to face interaction in the sales process and why How To Rocket is a must attend for all SME's in the region.

This week Oskar gives us some insight into his outlook on business. He delves into the idea of setting up your business to support your lifestyle - not necessarily having millions and millions (unless that's what you really want) but having more than you need. 

Business in the UAE is different - no two ways about it. 

This week Oskar and Barry talk about business setup, marketing of a fledgling business, where to spend your limited marketing budget and how important it is to localise whatever product or service you are bringing to the market. 

This week Oskar was fortunate enough to have a conversation with fellow Swede Magnus Olsson - the co founder of Careem. Such a start up feel and buzz and so busy in the office that the only place they could record was in the server room!! 

Magnus gives a very candid insight into the process undertaken and the hard work put in, to take a fledgling idea to a powerhouse international company.

This week Barry gives us an insight into Search Engine Optimisation - SEO. It's one of the pillars of digital marketing and something that has become more and more mainstream over the last few years. Yet still seems to confuse many. Not least of which those looking for a 'decent' SEO agency that will actually make a difference to your company's bottom line.