The power of a “Personal Vision” for Leadership!
As he sat down with his coach at a career coaching session the corporate he just joined provides, he told his coach that he sees himself as the General Manager in 15 years, the coach requested a logical path for this to be the result and he was told it’s just what it is, a […]
How Founder of Otlob.com continued to “Pivot” and Grow!
Everyone remembers him as the co-founder of Otlob.com one of the earliest successes of the dot com boom in Egypt, the magic startup that was sold after 7 month of operations for an undisclosed amount. There seems to be two conflicting attitudes about his story among entrepreneurs in Egypt, one is that he was too […]
Why being initially underfunded can turn out GREAT for your business?
Southwest Airlines is one of the world’s most profitable Airlines, in an extremely competitive space, Southwest Airlines Turns a Profit, year, after year, after year while majority of competitors are struggling to even cover their costs. Diving deeper into the reason why this happens, in Foundation of Business Strategy course, Professor Lenox highlights that, Southwest […]
Understanding Business Competition for Entrepreneurs/Startup CEOs
Competition is a very big part of business, yet it often cloud entrepreneurs’ minds – and hearts as well – to the degree that they start acting, thinking and planning irrationally and often in a counterproductive way that would hurt their startups or even kill it. I’m an entrepreneur myself so I’ve probably had first […]
Best Group Format for Optimizing Team Work and Maximizing Productivity!
While building teams and managing group work, the question comes in: What is the best format for the group to maximize its productivity? To assign tasks individually or to get the whole group working on the same task at the same time. I asked myself this recently while working with a fabulous group of AIESEC […]
Startup Business Circles Kick-started at Egypreneur Club
Entrepreneurship and rigidity are two aspects that rarely ever share the same grounds. Sadly, as many entrepreneurs venture into the field, they are greeted by the rigid shackles created by the government and well established businesses. Alone, it becomes almost impossible to tear down the walls of bureaucracy; but together, entrepreneurs can shift the status […]
Tourism Business Circle kick-started at Egypreneur Club
Egypt has established a worldwide brand for being a touristic destination, and tourists are interested in its rich culture and sceneries. However, the political instability is the main off-putting factors when they decide to travel to Egypt. The question whether the Tourism industry in Egypt is recovering soon or the whole sector will continue going down […]
الريادي أحمد سليمان: الصورة الكبيرة
لو بصيت على الانشطة الطلابية فى الكلية هاتلاقيهم نوعين: 1. بيمثل شركة ما, زى ميكروسوف او جوجل او غيرها, و واخد تدريب و عارف هو بيعمل ايه و فى رسالة واضحة بيوصلها 2. نشاط طلابى مستقل او اسرة, بدأها طلبة هدفهم “يفيدوا” زملائهم. الفكرة هنا فى نوع “الافادة”. هاتكلم عن الجانب العلمى من الافادة, و […]
الريادية: إيمان الشاذلي ,تغيير مسار
تغيير مسار… انا إيمان الشاذلى, سنة تانية فى كلية تجارة English جامعة عين شمس. عايزة اقولكو اصلا ان دى كانت اخر كلية انا ممكن اتخيل انى ادخلها. طول عمرى بحلم انى ادخل كلية هندسة و كل شوية كان حلمى بيكبر انى اطلع مهندسة و اشتغل و اعمل شركة و ابقى مشهورة عالميا و حجات كده, […]
Please, don’t die with your music still in you. Join us Dec 31 at El-Sakia!
I randomly stumbled upon this scene from my favorite movie The Shift: from ambition to meaning, finding your life’s purpose by Dr. Wayne Dyer I stopped a bit by the time he said “Please, don’t die with your music still in you” and found it not only deep but it got me thinking: Isn’t that […]
