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As one of the world’s most influential business hubs, the Middle East requires expert attention. Business Extra provides those experts, as well as news and insights from The National’s esteemed team of business editors and reporters, who are on top of the markets, technology, the energy sector and more.
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Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Noor Sweid on how to pitch start-up investors in a challenging time
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
What do Toyota, Disney, IBM and Airbnb have in common? They were started during – or right after – a crisis. Whether the Great Depression, the Second World War or the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, major struggles have led visionary founders to build some of the world's biggest, most durable companies. So what will 2020 yield?
Host Kelsey Warner is joined this week by Noor Sweid, founder and general partner at UAE venture capital firm Global Ventures, to discuss how entrepreneurs can capitalise on opportunity even during times of uncertainty.
In this episode:
What is Global Ventures? (0m 50s)
Investor appetite in the UAE (1m 59s)
What tech will stay after 2020? (4m 57s)
The change in dynamic between the founder and the investor (7m 09s)
The path to liquidity (11m 33s)
Headlines (13m 25s)
Read more on our website:
• UK retailer Debenhams to close, putting 12,000 jobs at risk
In this episode:
What is Global Ventures? (0m 50s)
Investor appetite in the UAE (1m 59s)
What tech will stay after 2020? (4m 57s)
The change in dynamic between the founder and the investor (7m 09s)
The path to liquidity (11m 33s)
Headlines (13m 25s)
Read more on our website:
• UK retailer Debenhams to close, putting 12,000 jobs at risk
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