Starting Up

21 Sep 2019: Find out why more Emiratis are encouraged to start their own businesses instead of taking over the family business or getting a job in government. Natalie and Neil speak to Hamda Khalil Ali Hussain, Senior Manager at Mohammed Bin Rashid Fund for SME, the funding arm of Dubai SME.

14 Sep 2019: Leena Gauba, who runs Imperial Healthcare, a chain of hospitals with a few branches in the UAE. She's our Everyday Entrepreneur.

14 Sep 2019: There is no shortage of salons in the UAE. Another one has just opened - it's called Maria Conchetta Salon. It's owned by Amreen Khan, a marketing executive who decided she wanted to be her own boss. She joins us to tell us about it.

14 Sep 2019: The guys who founded GYM Nation, a homegrown chain of gyms that are now going up against BIG international fitness chains. Frank Afeaki and Loren Holland tells why they deserve to be our STARS and SUPERHEROES.

14 Sep 2019: The owner of the newest vegan joint to open in town, Manisha Advani of Soul Sante.

14 Sep 2019: The man behind Gates Hospitality, Naim Maadad joins us in studio to tell us how he launched & operated some of the world’s best Hotels, Resorts, Spas & Lifestyle Restaurants.

07 Sep 2019: Haroon Juma, Founder of Simply Solved, gives SMEs some advice on dealing with VAT.

07 Sep 2019: Meet the guy who runs one of the top ten drone companies in the world: Rabih Bou Rashid of Falcon Eye Drones (FEDS).

07 Sep 2019: What are the skills that we can't learn in university? Deena Al Hashimi, CEO of Sxill, tells us!

07 Sep 2019: Paul Haddow, MD Expat AC, says maintenance guys in the UAE are hit and miss.

07 Sep 2019: Where do the ultra-rich hang out? Romika Fazeli, Managing Director of Emirates World Club, gives us the scoop.

07 Sep 2019: Scoopi is home to the world's most expensive ice cream. Would you pay AED3,000 for the Black Diamond?

31 Aug 2019: Diana Hamade is the founder of Diana Hamade Attorney at Law and partner at EKP based in Dubai. She gives us her Top 5 Legal Tips for Startup Up. 

31 Aug 2019: Attorney Preeya Malik started The Daily Prep Company with her sister Puja in Canada. She tells us how they both juggle their full-time professional careers to run their company across timezones.

31 Aug 2019: Idriss Al Rifai is the CEO and co-founder of Fetchr, now entering it's Series C fundraising stage and he says it's not easy, even for a (not-so) Everyday Entrepreneur. 

31 Aug 2019: Rob and Katherine quit their day jobs to launch Furchild a raw organic pet food business when their dog Maximus fell ill and they haven't looked back.

31 Aug 2019: Amanda Perry, CEO of Vitality, the region's first female-focused business accelerator, is in the Career Clinic answering your questions on entrepreneurship and small business.

24 Aug 2019: Stuart Douglas is a chef, turned restaurant supplier, who founded Chef 2 Chef and gives us his Top 5 Tips on business success.

24 Aug 2019: Ola Sinno from Spill the Bean talks single-origin coffee, organic food, and the juggle that comes from starting a chain of outlets and a family at the same time.

24 Aug 2019: What is a trashbot? Simran Chowdhry from Bluephin explains how she and her fellow students at American University of Sharjah invented the award-winning "Roomba for the water".