Bio

• Utmost joy to lead on the inception, development and deployment of SANDBOX; the first-of-its-kind 12-month Startup Program for MVP-to-Seed stage tech entrepreneurs in UAE (sandbox.dtec.ae) • Providing early-stage VC (seed & growth) • Championing entrepreneurship across the GCC, especially aligned to the #Dubai2040 vision ______ I sit on the intersection between business growth, people and technology. Sometime in Q4 2018 I was going about my day - work, meetings, emails (maybe you can relate?) - then out of the blue, realised that I wasn't ''living.'' I was merely ''existing.'' Since then, I mustered up the courage to volunteer my way around the world; paying my dues by giving back. It's been awesome. Here are some of the things I've done... Cleaning toilets 🚽 Cutting onions 🌰 Cementing walls 🔧 Teaching surfing 🏄 Hosting ski trips ⛷️ Driving minibusses 🚌 Learning languages 🗺️ Building pitch decks 🏆 Leading scuba dives 💦 Founding businesses 📊 Keynoting conferences 🙊 Raising Series A rounds 💸 Optimising web presence 💻 Advising Startups' growth 🌱 Throwing downward dogs 🕉️ Developing sales strategies 💰 Reviewing architecture plans 🏗️ Enhancing customer experiences 🙋 ______ Philosophies • Process evolution > problem solving • Whether B2B or B2C, never forget H2H (human-to-human) • Run experiments, split test and fail fast • Put the customer in the centre then work outward • Create win-win-win situations for truly sustained growth • ''Overnight success'' doesn't exist • Have fun, laugh often • Work hard, play harder • Stay hungry, stay humble