An early step to manage a product is to map infrastructure that maximizes user feedback — what they think and do. This article provides an example of how I plan and start capturing user insights, particularly if few or no systems are in place. As I tell all of my teams — we can only build the market-leading product […]

Today’s entrepreneurial world is more exciting than it has ever been. Experts are just a few clicks away; the world is accessible from your favorite device. But, with so much at your fingertips, it still can be frightening to give up the comforts of a regular paycheck and strike out to create your own business. […]

Running a business is hard. There’s a ton of work to do, from launching your business to day-to-day operations. But it’s not just the work that makes owning a business stressful. Business owners also feel immense pressure to succeed at the business into which they’ve poured their heart and soul. It’s enough to send anyone’s […]

Viresh Harduth, Vice-President, New Customer Acquisition for Sage Africa & Middle East opines that when you want to grow your startup business, the best approach would be to keep it simple, and suggests a few strategies to adopt. The start-up scene in the Middle East, and particularly the UAE, is ripe with opportunities and booming […]

Vic Bageria is the UAE Chapter President of Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO). EO UAE Chapter is a global, reputed hand-selected group of entrepreneurs who have scaled their businesses in the region and have established themselves as pioneers and leaders in their space and contributing to regional impact. How to add life to small businesses? As we […]

Lack of funds is usually the biggest concern among aspiring entrepreneurs. Securing the much-needed capital can be daunting, but this should not discourage you from pursuing and eventually building your own businesses.       Establishing small enterprises with little capital is feasible. There are numerous examples of companies worldwide that started out with very minimal funding […]

TORONTO — Vic Fedeli, Minister of Finance, has completed a successful week-long investor relations tour of the U.K., France and Germany, during which the messages of Ontario’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and being open for business and open for jobs were heard loud and clear by international investors and CEOs. Minister Fedeli met with business […]

Being an entrepreneur has awarded me a number of personal and professional successes. It has been exciting, fulfilling and a lifelong dream worth pursuing. You probably sense a “but” coming, and your instincts are on point. The entrepreneur journey is not a road free of obstacles. In fact, it can be a mountainous backroad with […]

Companies across the globe are coping with major disruption caused by enterprises such as Amazon in retail and Uber in transportation. Where are they innovating and seeking growth? Gabriel Hamani is CEO of BHI, a division of Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s leading financial institution. He discusses some of the key trends BHI is seeing among its […]

Adopting the Right Mindset for Experiential Marketing Steve Kurniawan is content marketing and digital marketing strategy of Nine Peaks Media. He outlined some of the concepts small businesses need to pay attention to before they get started. “The main idea is customers are more likely to buy based on emotion, not logic,” he writes. He […]