Building an A-list team for a global company

Building a successful team is about more than finding a group of people with the right mix of professional skills. You probably have heard that great leaders “hire the best people and get out of their way.” But how do you identify, nurture, and retain top talent to accomplish a global vision? 

How to help people discover your products across borders

Listen to Meta’s own Global Marketing Manager on Cross-Business and learn to attract users through the power of discovery commerce. In this action-packed talk, Ralph Aoun will guide you to use online tools to, pick the right destination market, set up logistics and localization, build a cross-border creative strategy, and drive international online sales

How I built my first exit strategy

You may be thinking, “I’m not ready to sell!” but many say that creating a startup exit strategy should be part of your startup’s overall business plan. And for anyone seeking venture capital funding or angel investment, it is essential. But as most startups deal with the combined uncertainties of driving growth, profitability, and revenue, how to know what exit strategy is right – and more importantly, how to build one?

14:05 – 14:45

Alternative investments in time of crisis

In times of economic crisis, diversifying investments becomes not only a strategy, but rather a necessity in times of crisis; as they say: “you don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket.” From gold, to real estate, to the stock exchange, this panel will explore the different ways to invest and what are the risks and rewards of each path, especially for young professionals. 

Moving from ambition to action after Cop27: What will it take?

Dubbed the “Africa COP” and the “implementation COP,” COP27 provided an opportunity to table issues critical to the continent and a chance to turn words into action. But as the global food and energy crisis subsides and increasing extreme weather continues to worsen, what are the actionable steps companies can take to contribute?  

17:05 – 17:45

How can we maximize diversity & inclusion in investment?

Around the world, the diversity and gender gap in VC is well known: less than 3% of venture-backed startups are founded by women, and founders are still disproportionately white (71.6%), and based in Silicon Valley (35.3%).

While corporates and support organizations have already started implementing strategies to harness and promote diversity in the workplace, what can the investment sector do to promote more diversity and fund under-represented founders?  

18:30

Startup World Cup Winners Announcement

VCs Decoded: How to Showcase Your Startup’s Numbers to Investor

• Understand the key drivers of Valuation: theory vs practice and how investors make the connection
• Dig into a real-world case study in a gamified manner – tweaking outputs to get to better valuation potential
• Segmentation of Investor types and what triggers their valuation sentiment
• Deep dive into accentuating numbers to maximize valuation potential, tailored towards different startup stages and investor type
• What works vs what doesn’t
• Advice, final remarks, and summary on how startups can maximize their valu-ation

How to Validate and Evaluate Your Business Idea

• Meaning of Idea Validation
• Validation Purposes
• Design Your Research Plan
• 7 Steps to Validate your Idea
• Startup Development Phases
• Comparison Between Multiple Business Ideas
• Most Common Mistakes Startups Face

The Future Tech space

How SME’s and entrepreneurs can benefit from Debt financing

Valuation for startups

The processes of creating loT solutions

The Internet of things has become a trending topic over the past years, whether you need to automate devices or machines, aggregate data, or build complex logic networks across several systems. Understanding the abstract concepts behind IoT systems is fairly easy, but building such systems is not. In this session, we will discuss the applications and implications of IoT solutions, business needs and challenges, and common design patterns and architectures

How to invest in start-ups for Muslim investors?

• What is Shariah compliance?
• What does it mean for a start-up to be shariah compliant?
• What factors are considered by Muslim investors?
• Choosing the best instrument – SAFEs, Ordinary shares, preference shares and convertible notes
• How to monitor your investment

17:40 – 18:25

Angel Groups/Building new investor groups

13:00 – 16:00

1:1 Mentorship

17:00 – 19:00

1:1 Mentorship