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Market Validation Before Setup: A UAE Expansion Playbook

Expanding into the UAE? Don’t start with licenses and leases—start with proof. This playbook shows how to validate demand, avoid false positives (including event hype), and convert tested insights into a confident setup strategy.

How I Support Founders: From Idea to Revenue, and Beyond

Over the past decade, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside founders, startups, and innovation teams across the UAE, MENA region, and beyond. Whether launching coworking spaces, advising venture programs, or helping businesses navigate expansion into new markets — my focus has always been practical, values-driven support that helps founders

Change your lane or not?

When you are driving on the freeway, which lane are you usually taking? Do you stick to the right side, left, middle or do you just move around depending on traffic, direction, speed? I found that our life has some similarity we can learn from driving on the freeway. For

An Empty Chair, a Full Heart: Offering Space & Time in Dubai

Because barakah grows in shared soil

Bismillah: Launching Daoud’s Blog

Salaam everyone, I bought daoud.blog about a year ago and then let it gather digital dust—waiting for the “perfect day,” the “perfect design,” the “perfect first post.” Perfectionism is a polite form of procrastination. Today I’m hitting publish and choosing to learn in public. A dash of