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Learn how the best in the business went about building their enterprises–be it with the local upstarts in the UAE, or the international entrepreneurs that are role models for us all, here are the stories that will serve you the right boost of inspiration to take your startup to the next level.

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Dubai-Based Telehealth Startup Helps Patients Consult Doctors From A Distance During COVID-19 Pandemic

As people across the world were forced into a lockdown and 'socially distance' to curb the outbreak, the World Health Organization and other health authorities also called for 'medical distancing' to minimize physical contact between patients and healthcare providers in order to limit exposure and transmission as well as allocate hospital capacity to more critical cases. And while not a solution to the emergency, telemedicine has fast become an essential part of the response to the outbreak.

How Companies Can Embrace New Business Models Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic

No match for popular conglomerates-backed giant hypermarkets and without the infrastructure of the now much-favored e-grocery sector, a little corner shop in one of Dubai's oldest low-cost residential districts has found its own way to digital transformation to stay afloat amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

How Huda, Mona, And Alya Kattan Built Huda Beauty Out Of Dubai

The Kattan sisters on building the Huda Beauty megabrand out of Dubai (and no, they aren't done with their ambitions just yet).

UAE School Students Show Off Their Innovative Prowess At The Assembly’s Show & Tech 2019

Organized by The Assembly, a one-of-a-kind collaborative community makerspace and Smart lab located within the in5 innovation center in Dubai Knowledge Park, the not-for-profit initiative brought together learners, students, entrepreneurs and makers to learn and share hands-on tech skills, explore new ideas and bring them to life.

Scaling Up From The Middle East: Mona Kattan, Sima Ved, and Kunal Kapoor Explain How At Dtec Forum

This year's second edition of the Dtec Forum, powered by Entrepreneur Middle East, focused on building impactful businesses out of the Middle East.

Follow The Leader: Harmeek Singh, Founder And CEO, Plan b

Harmeek Singh, when he first arrived in Dubai 15 years ago, could probably have not imagined that he’d become the founder and CEO of a homegrown business known for redefining the UAE’s events industry- but you could perhaps tell he was on his way there if you were to hear his recipe for startup success.

Listen Up, Corporates: Working With Startups Is Not Your CSR

Why supporting startups cannot be part of your corporation's social responsibility plan

Rewarding Returns: Allied Investment Partners MD Iyad Abu Hweij

Allied Investment Partners, a partnership between Al Hail Holding and Future Capital, is raising an AED5 billion fund to invest in products that straddle across the risk spectrum.

The Recap: Achieving Women Awards 2019

Entrepreneur Middle East's 2019 Achieving Women Awards, in association with RiiSE, presented by du and Accor, celebrated the accomplishments of women across the MENA region

Entrepreneur Middle East’s Achieving Women 2019: Medea Nocentini, CEO, C3

Nocentini is one of a growing number of UAE-based professionals using their spare time to build commercially sustainable solutions for social issues.

UAE Investment In Space Sector Marks Position As Global Platform For Startups In Space Sciences

The historic launch of Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansoori’s mission to the International Space Station has placed the UAE as a key player in the changing landscape of the global space economy, state news agency WAM said in a report on Thursday.

Equal Opportunity (For Outsized Returns)

In the Middle East, supporting female entrepreneurs has a significant knock-on impact on society.