women entrepreneurs in the arab world
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A Women Entrepreneurs Breakfast Roundtable” seminar hosted at the Latham & Watkins office in Dubai, examined challenges and opportunities for women entrepreneurs in the Arab WorldTRANSCRIPT
women entrepreneurs in the arab world
challenges & opportunities
March 5 2012rama [email protected]
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A global challenge .. a MENA reality!
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rama@baraka
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SOFTWARE: Social Media Platform
Fundraising • USA - Keybridge - $60 M - 3 wks (VC)• MENA Fundraising - zeedna - $500k - 3 yrs (F&F)
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Investment Landscape
PRIVATE EQUITY
• venture capital• seed• angel networks• grant organizations• lending banks
other
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Challenges
• entrepreneurs • Humility & poor self-promotion
• family & society• seek stability
• family first
• build cupcake businesses
• investor profile• risk averse
• accustomed to brick and mortar model
• lacking industry knowledge
• underdeveloped eco system• insufficient seed & angel investment networks
• Majles recommendations
• global pressure to invest in developed markets
• Media & Multinationals• Solving the wrong problems
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CONSUMER INTERNET: eCommerce & Augmented Reality
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT - Gaming
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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: Mobile & RETAIL & eCommerce
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT - Science & Education
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Opportunities
• An eco system - Women centric everything
• angel networks & vc firms
• consumer internet & mobile
• increased collaboration between academic & private sectors
• services
• web design, custom software development,
• e-education, digital agencies,
• social ventures
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what we must do..
• enable the powerful with knowledge & tech
• tell stories & celebrate success & failure
• identify role-models
• Network
• push into the media
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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: Volunteer Tourism
BUKSHA
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