A few weeks back, I wrote about creating an online resource (in a comment below) to connect startups to co-founders in the MENA region. The idea is to...

I read the book Poor Charlie's Almanack in 2020/21. It cost me more than a few dollars to get it shipped from the US to the UAE, and I remember wiping...

When incumbent banks start neo banks, it can be tricky to make it work. Now complicate it further by launching a Neo bank in a new geography- one that...

In 2020, Apple made an estimated $8.8BN from Apple Care, Apple Pay, and Other services (no breakup given in Apple’s financials as to what: “Other ser...

It was quite clear that with my limited understanding of technology as it applied to my industry, my future career was going to be bleak if I did not...

This is a common issue or problem that I hear during my conversations with would-be entrepreneurs. They have amazing ideas that could change the world...

Influencers have created a $15BN industry that a number of GenZ generation want to join. The market is big, estimated to be over 50Million+ people who...

When I was posted to Shanghai during the last financial crisis in 2008, most of the top financial institutions were traditional banks. A number of the...

#WorldMentalHealthDay 🧠 — How do you take care of your mental health as a Startup founder? It has become "cool" to show that we are always switched on...

Operating a retail finance company or an issuing bank and still confused about whether to offer BNPL as a product feature? PayPal CEO Dan Schulman sa...

Indra Nooyi was in Dubai 4 months back (Feb 2022), for the Emirates Literature Festival , and we went to watch her speak about her book. We thought of...