Maybe All Sharjah Needed Was More Cafés In The Neighborhoods?
byMaybe all we needed for Urban happiness is a little bit more of lenient urbanization, less strictly residential areas, and the growth of cafes and…
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6 Ways to Use Your Failure As Motivation
byMy first business failed, but guess what? That’s okay. Failure only becomes fatal when you stop trying. My experiences trying to establish myself as…
When People Think your Business is a “Hobby”
byWhen people look at your business that you founded and work hard at as a hobby, how do you respond? As I began writing this…
The Perks of Working from Home
byWorking from home is a privilege that requires discipline. As the owner of a small business, where I am solely responsible for all administration, accounting,…
Allowing a Business to Grow
byIn this article, the author shares some thoughts as she tries to work towards expanding her business. The title of this article might be a…
Supporting Female-Owned, Small Businesses
byIn this article, the author describes the annual initiative in her store (Spontiphoria) done to support small businesses. It was late 2014, and I was…
How Running A Business Has Changed My Personality
byThe author examines the changes in her personality that have emerged as a result of owning a business (not as scary as it may sound!)…
Separating Work from Home
byArticle in brief: the author discusses the importance of making a clear distinction between home and work when starting up a small business. It’s so…
“No” is Sometimes Better
byArticle in brief: the author discusses the journey that leads to making conscious choices with your time. There’s one particular journey every business owner goes through eventually….
Insights about Workplace Morale
byArticle in brief: A couple of ways you can be a good boss and improve everyone’s performance abilities. I’m a big fan of formulas. Math…
Constantly Adapting Your Business to Change
byArticle in brief: This article deals with the fluid nature of business processes and dependent success is on the ability to adapt to changing environments. When…
5 Lessons From Being An Entrepreneur, Part 2
byArticle in brief: 5 more lessons the author learnt within the first two months of starting a business. A continuation of January’s article. In the…
5 Lessons From Being An Entreprenur
byArticle in brief: the author shares 5 lessons she learnt within the first two months of starting a business. Don’t you find that the E-word is thrown…
Ladies & Gents of the UAE, You’re Making Me Proud
byWritten by: Fida Chaaban (Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Middle East Magazine) When I first found out about Sail eMagazine’s Editor in Chief, Iman Ben…
Positive Impacts of Large Corporations on Small Businesses
byDuring my time in business school, a common topic of discussion was around the threat to small businesses posed by multimillion organizations moving into the…
The Cardinal Rule of Venture Capital: Good Ideas Get Funded
byThe point where we see a problem that we believe we have a solution for and feel that it would make for a great business plan. By default, any good idea will get funded. With that said, any good idea must incorporate the following critical elements:
Make Your Ideas Happen
byBy Rooda AlNeama (@ThinkDubai) We generate so many ideas during the day, most of these ideas get pushed away and forgotten, and others stick for…
Trekking in India: Business Lessons from the Forest
byBy Rooda AlNeama (@ThinkDubai) Last weekend, I had the pleasure of forest trekking in the South of India. It was great leaving the city and…
The UAE’s Flourishing Entrepreneurial Opportunities
byBy Khalid AlAmeri (@KhalidAlAmeri) In my books, 2011 has been the year of the entrepreneur particularly for the UAE. Think about it, the Khalifa Fund…
Franchising with an Emirati twist
byBy Reem Abdalla (@Reem096) Retail Companies have multiple options for market entry expansion in International territories. They range from: acquisitions, organic growth, joint ventures and…