Advice
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13.6KEvolution of ecommerce: The historical challenges of ecommerce and how companies overcame them
Almost everything you buy online has a 4–5x mark-up embedded in the price. That blue shirt you just bought for $100 and...
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9.3KWhat does the 100 percent foreign ownership law mean for startup ecosystem of UAE
The UAE government has recently confirmed that long-awaited changes removing the requirements for certain onshore companies to have a local UAE partner...
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18.7KThe early-stage investor’s guide to Pakistan
This guide is co-authored by Mubariz Siddiqui and Kalsoom Lakhani, and is a collaboration between i2i Ventures and Sarmayacar, two VC funds...
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42.4KHow Gymshark used negative cash conversion cycles to build a billion-dollar business
Albert Einstein once said, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He, who understands it, earns it, and he, who...
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11.1KProduct lessons from the Musical.ly’s founder Alex Zhu (who now serves as VP TikTok)
This old interview of Alex Zhu, founder of Musical.ly later acquired by TikTok, is a gold mine of product wisdom. (Alex after...
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17.8KThe curse of VC money and unsustainable growth in consumer startups
Following the global economic meltdown of 2008, central banks around the globe loosened their monetary policies, embarking on a money-printing frenzy and...
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23.7KEcommerce post-Covid-19: Few winners and many losers
Churchill once said: ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste,’ and Covid-19 was the perfect crisis for ecommerce. Once suffering from...
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6.0KLessons from a book: Trillion Dollar Coach
Lessons from a book is a weekly series by Farouk Kadous, a tech investor and founder, where he shares his biggest takeaways...
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8.4KA seat at the table with Jack Ma: Seven lessons learned
I remember trying to keep myself calm: “Only a million people are watching this live. And many others will do so later...