@okassim

Founder and CEO of @Nomod — we’re small business obsessed. Occasional stories of startups and businesses shaping the future of MENA

 Dubai
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Joined September 2010
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1. Be genuinely interested in what you’re building 2. Get to a place where there’s nothing else that you’d rather be doing paulgraham.com/ace.html
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A few takes: 1. If your motivation is to attempt to build and scale a truly generational startup, the best place to do so remains SF and the Bay, and by extension YC, which I continue to highly recommend. Many attempts have been made to emulate, but as with most things, you can
Suraj Sharma
@suraj_sharma14Oct 3
Up to $5.5M to move your startup to Qatar. Just an MVP gets you in the door. The Startup Qatar Investment Program (backed by QDB) funds tech startups to launch or expand in Qatar. Two tracks: START: up to $1.1M if you have a proof of concept or MVP GROW: up to $5.5M if you're already established and expanding What else you get: - Entrepreneur visa + flexible work visa - Registration and license fees waived - Subsidized housing - Subsidized co-working space - Access to R&D and innovation grants - Mentoring, training + help hiring talent and interns - Your product showcased at exhibitions Sectors they want: - AI & ML, B2B SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, Cybersecurity, Climate Tech, Robotics + more - Not on the list? It's open to any innovative startup Apply link below 👇 startupqatar.qa/en/investmen… Bookmark this + tag a founder looking for a new market.
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We have a can-do, make-it-happen attitude. We want to do business, because we need to do business. It is the lifeblood of our economy. If you may have had the pleasure of spending time in Doha or Abu Dhabi, they’re very similar in terms of economy and attitude.
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LNG for the former, oil for the latter. Everything else is minuscule by comparison. It’s a nice to have, makes for good PR, and *shrug* if it doesn’t make it. Don’t get me wrong, they love money, and want to keep making lots of it, but they don’t **need** yours, nor your business
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@scottsttsSep 25
My god this is such a good speech that every SWE needs to hear. You know what? Every person should hear it Keep the happy memories, eyes on the reality, be excited about the future. That’s the best that anyone can do
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How my 16 year old responds to my very much handwritten emails
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You're probably not wondering about the conditions under which @Starlink is operating in the UAE, but if you are: $27k initial, $27k recurring, unspecified Frequency Spectrum Authorisation fees, and assumedly negotiated interconnect fees to existing networks
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Data logged, stored, and available via free remote access
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@tdrauae's full license document is here: tdra.gov.ae/-/media/About/LI… (PDF)
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1,862 days later starlink.com/ae

Starlink

Starlink delivers fast, reliable internet at home and on the go. Seamlessly stream, video call, game and more with high-speed connectivity even in the most rural and remote places.

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Omar Kassim@okassim10 Feb 2021
🛰 Freedom coming soon
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In times of adversity, honesty and openness make for a far stronger posture than obfuscation
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You know you're in the deep end when Google's indexed your maintenance page
Omar Kassim@okassimMar 3
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😔 @FABConnects, the UAE's largest banking group in asset terms, is experiencing outages across at least two products, covering the majority of its customer base
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Almost eight days later, @FABConnects' business product remains down, though limited connectivity via their mobile app is light at the end of the tunnel 🚇 Personal banking seems to have been restored
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Foul language is the refuge of rhe inarticulate — Daniel Pacic
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💥 Drone strikes on multiple @awscloud Middle East regions has knocked out a number of financial service providers health.aws.amazon.com/health…
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Adding @SarwaCo, who seem to be partially affected (I was able to kick off a new account..) 🎩 @whymeali
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@OfficialADCB's consumer app is down (without a graceful failover..), though they remain up and running via the web and various other channels 🎩 @haghadi
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