> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://daoud.blog/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Figuring It Out in Public - URL: https://daoud.blog/figuring-it-out-in-public/ - Published: 2026-06-15T06:24:18.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-15T06:24:18.000Z - Description: The honest story of the last 30 months — building, shutting down, relocating, and trying to figure out what to call myself next. - Author: Daoud - Tags: English, Palestine, AI I did not figure it out yet, but since many build in public, I thought let's figure it out in public 😄 most of you know me from my previous work in Palestine during my work with [uMake](https://umake.space/?ref=daoud.blog) coworking space, running uMake while doing a lot of events, [Founder Institute](https://fi.co/?ref=daoud.blog) cohorts,[ IGNITE](https://ipsd.ps/content/programs/ignite-program.html?ref=daoud.blog) sessions, and [Startup Palestine](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/startup-palestine/?ref=daoud.blog) gatherings, or my work in helping other organizations in their work such as the [BuildPalestine summit](https://buildpalestine.com/what-we-do/reclaiming-funding/?ref=daoud.blog), where I spent 7 good years building and contributing to the Palestinian ecosystem and community with love and ambition for the future we can build for our country as Palestinians. But since the big events of October 2023 just the same morning we were waking up to start the first day of the BuildPalestine annual summit as contracted director of the summit I knew the coming days will not be the same. and it didn't! It became a transitional period for me and many in my community who are now in different places around the world, for me in the beginning of 2024 I started building [@ghamir](https://ghamir.co/?ref=daoud.blog) in UAE and I had to shut down uMake — after piling huge debt on my shoulder and my not so successful trials to keep it alive, between the lines I was relocating to a new country while trying not to leave Palestine, I was trying to build a new business while not losing another, the opportunity that led me to UAE did not fly, and I had to create another but also was not very successful or successful at all, lol. so I became doing projects here and there, advising a corporate, help another one enter UAE market, build a new product for a friend's referral, build another friend start a new startup, get another company get funded and scale, and drink coffee with many others who want my advice but don't want/or can't pay me yet :D and the list goes on. in the past, I used to say I am a geek who turned entrepreneur, it made sense for me, I was a born geek and still! worked 7 straight years in everything-tech while doing side project on the side, then I transitioned to entrepreneurship fully with uMake, it was easy to explain what I do or what is my title, right? but with the transitions I went through it became a dilemma on what is it that I do or how to identify my professional title, since the human mind is used to a specific specialization, but for me I was a software developer, network manager, infrastructure technician, systems admin, mobile shop manager while fixing broken screens, systems architect, founder, CEO, program manager, consultant, event manager, live video producer, coach, mentor, partner, advisor, and many boring stuff, the thing is for someone like me I couldn't find my path back to employment or corporate world since part of me while was able to some jobs was not convinced that I can be there and also it will be confusing for such organizations to absorb my CV since it fell between overqualified, someone jumping between things, fake cv maybe, or how can someone do all these things?! ( I don't know too :P but I did!) in the middle of all of that professional transitions my personal life was in substantial transitions as well… so I thought to write about this for multiple reasons that start with my own reflection on this, and share my experience with other fellows who may had similar journey where we can re/connect and reflect, as well as explain my unfinished conversation with many of you who I may have lost track of and ghosted unintentionally while I am figuring things out, during the past 30+ months 😜 in other words, it was feeling weird for me what or how to introduce what I am doing, feeling stuck with many previous professional identities and many other new things that I currently do, such as getting my hands dirty again in building products with AI and again doing customer interviews for a new startup and I was writing about this while journaling and reflecting with my AI assistant to re-introduce myself professionally or in other words reposition myself to the market I want to serve and the community I want to work with, to make it easier for me to set my direction for the coming period and might be easier for the people I may work with. then the idea of writing this after I completed listening to April Dunford's book [Obviously Awesome](https://aprildunford.com/obviously-awesome/?ref=daoud.blog) to write about my journey and just share it out there…. Recently I was working on a new venture related to Muslim mental health building the tech and business which is on a pause now hopefully will resume it soon as I am very excited about it, I moved to Indonesia (yup another relocation :D) enjoying the remote work while I am supporting [Flowless](https://flowless.co/?ref=daoud.blog) in their sales operations and market expansion. Part of my figuring it out I'm exploring to support growing startups on fractional roles and support ambitious individuals in their journey through advisory and coaching. If we've crossed paths before and I owe you an unfinished conversation — find me [here](https://daoud.blog/contact/)" --- *Reach me at* [*here* ](https://daoud.blog/contact/)*or* *on* [*LinkedIn*](https://linkedin.com/in/daoudghannam?ref=daoud.blog)