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What started as a community service to provide resources to start-up Italian businesses has now gone on to becoming Italian Chamber of Commerce, an entity that holds workshops, events, exhibitions to cater to a variety of topics and backgrounds for businesspeople all around Qatar. One of their biggest annual events, Back to Business Qatar being held at the W Hotel on 29th October 7 PM onwards.

We've been hearing a lot about "green buildings," so we decided to learn more about this concept and how businesses can turn green. And who better to turn to but Qatar Green Building Council?

Wouldn't it be great if you could access medical practitioners catered to your needs in the comfort of your home? With Hesham Elfashawy's app, At Home Doc app, you get access to doctors and health experts at the tip of your fingers, at any time of the day or night. In this episode, we talk to about the concept behind At Home Doc, the healthcare industry in Qatar, challenges faced when setting up an e-commerce business, and more!

Servcorp isn't your typical commercial rental agency. Conceptualized in Australia because of an observed lack of entities assisting entrepreneurs and start-ups set up a tangible workspace for their businesses, it is not one of the biggest multinational serviced office space and business rental companies in the world.

To all the meat lovers in town, this is the episode for you! If you're a vegetarian, this episode will show you how even vegetarians can have a great steakhouse experience. Steak houses have been around since the late 1600s. Over the years, they've had many changes to suite current needs in such as providing choices for vegetarians, or technological developments like using the 'dry ager' method.

Paula Manzanera Smith has traveled to many parts of the world and has discovered many cultures. Starting in a boarding school in the UK, then working as a teacher with the proficiency in many languages, she eventually settled in down to a career in marketing.

From living in a village of 500 people in Sweden as a child, Marcus Svensson grew up to be a fitness coach in one of the biggest football teams in the world, Arsenal. He now trains young Qataris in Aspire Academy. Listen to this episode as we navigate career choices, work-life balance, and more. 

This episode is sponsored by Breathe Group, a premier turnkey fit-out company that will fulfill all your office needs.

Libraries invite very distinct images in our minds—an old lady with glasses sitting behind a desk and books collecting dust on wooden shelves. The Qatar National Library contests these images.

Real estate is a broad term that affects many of the aspects in your day to day life, whether it's dealing with your accommodation and landlords, or your finances. In this episode, Jeffrey Asseltine, the founder and Managing Director of Nelson Park Property, scratches the surface of the real estate market. We discuss its affects on our daily life, how the blockade has affects the sales and the country, the issues expats face upon arrival and the future of the real estate market in Qatar.

When Simon Joss moved to Qatar in 2008 from the UK, he faced many difficulties in adapting to the new business market along with realizing that he had many misconceptions about start up businesses.

Now, the CEO of Breathe Group, a turnkey fit-out company in Qatar, has witnessed the drastic developments in Qatar and witnessed effects of the blockade on his business and its strategies.