Starting in November and running for three consecutive Saturdays, local entrepreneurs Rama Chakaki (Founder, Baraka) and Medea Nocentini (Founder, Consult and Coach for a Cause) will…

Jatta Tjurin will be offering a free yoga course designed with entrepreneurs and professionals in mind at Shelter on Saturday the 22nd of September. Although yoga and entrepreneurship might seem like an unusual…

Arab entrepreneurs are getting set to leap into action as the heat of summer (finally) starts to wane. With conferences and contests in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi already filling the fall calendar, it is time for entrepreneurs in…

The first Future Innovation Lab will be held at Shelter Dubai on Tuesday, August 28th. The Lab will be an open platform for discussion and reflection that seeks to change the fundamental ways that we solve problems in our communities. We interview host Kamyar Houbakht about the goals of the meet-up and the path that had led him to…

Sport entrepreneurs Ravi Bhusari and Didier Brun spoke at the "Sport and Community" panel discussion at Shelter on May 25th. For more on insights from the event, click here. 

When Ravi Bhusari arrived in Dubai, he “quickly realized that…

Earlier this week, I came across a very interesting interview between a financier and an educator, both in the business of support entrepreneurs. Mr. Dalius Budvytis, Vice President of Delta Partners Corporate Finance in Dubai, was speaking to Mr. Philip Anderson, a professor of…

Certainly the biggest piece of news to hit entrepreneurship circles across the globe this week was the successful launch on Tuesday of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, setting the stage for the first-ever commercial flight to the International Space Station.



How does a rocket launch in Florida affect entrepreneurship in the United Arab Emirates?



The spirit…

Everybody starts a business with a plan. Whether its a ten-page bulleted-and-fact-checked document, or a scrawl on a sales receipt, you aren't going to leap into the chasm of entrepreneurship without at least an idea of what you plan on doing.

But do successful entrepreneurs follow a bit-by-bit plan, like a chemist in a lab, or do they "go with the flow," trusting their instincts to lead them…