YousefHamidaddinOasis 500

'THE NEED TO BE RELEVANT; AN APPROACH FOR COUNTRIES TO ACCELERATE GROWTH’ MUST HAPPEN TODAY

IT IS THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE

1841. On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History

5 years & we are still learning …

Over $37M raised by our startups. I asked our investors why? Delivered 42

Business Development Boot camps training with around 2,300 entrepreneurs

9,700 Submitted a business idea. We started to analyze the profile? To Date

Oasis500 Invested in 121 & 40 Shut Down. We started to understand

the reasons. The 80+ companies are generating $129M in Value. Where does value come from?

A PLACE FOR IDEAS TO GROWYoung, Unconventional, Unorthodox, Revolutionary, & Totally Disruptive

REBUILDING TOMORROW CANNOT BE LIKE YESTERDAY

rebuilding needs innovation. 18 months to deliver economic welfare will not work

WE HAVE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY. CRISIS MINDSET IS KEY.

We have been trying to become knowledge based economies. We failed. Now we need to become knowledge based economies.

SEED STAGE INVESTMENTS: MAKING IT WORK FOR COMMUNITIES

Our investments need to work. Seed stage isn't tech only. No one can be left behind.

THE REGION ISN'T US IN THE ROOM

The best angel investors are 70 years old. They get it. What they don’t get is the logic behind the “value” of the startups today.

BIG EXITS ARE HAPPENING AWAY FROM OUR ECO SYSTEM

If valuations determine the unicorn. We have many unicorns in the last 5 years.

ACCELERATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH MENA IN MIND

We cant invest and accelerate like others do

SOME FINAL THOUGHTS

STEP I: WE NEED TO BE INCLUSIVEI have a simple target … raising capital from the old guard with our terms

STEP II: CREATE OPEN LAB PARTNERSHIPS FOR EXPONENTIAL GROWTH

Every touch point can grow you exponentially

STEP III: SOLVE LOCAL & REGIONAL PROBLEMS

Get early adoption through becoming an open lab