Rafat AliAn Ode To My Father I Am Finally Ready To MournOn Oct 18,1999, my dad wrote me a letter. Yes, an actual physical paper letter, six pages long in his bold, clear writing with his ink pen.4 min read·Jul 4, 2020--2--2
Rafat AliThe Challenges In Building An Inclusive Organization Even As A Minority FounderI’ve created two companies that have employed a couple hundred people during the past 15 years. Much through that time, I’ve shared…7 min read·Jun 26, 2020----
Rafat AliinSkift’s Team BlogOur Dining Vertical Is Now Part of Our Main Travel CoverageMany of you have watched us at Skift as we expanded beyond our main focus of covering travel in to the business of dining through Skift…2 min read·May 8, 2019----
Rafat AliinSkift’s Team BlogHow We Connect Our Boutique Vertical Media Company To Larger Global IssuesAs the consumer economy moves to “experiences, not things”, Skift has expanded to cover the experience culture, by covering…2 min read·Feb 24, 2019----
Rafat AliDigital Media: What *Really* Went Wrong in 2018Seven years into running Skift as a fiercely independent business media company, I have become a fan of this financial term called…4 min read·Feb 2, 2019----
Rafat AliIt *Should* Be Freakin’ Hard To Be In MediaI have usually held unpopular views well enough, so I will go for it: it *should* be hard. Starting something in media, building in, being…2 min read·Nov 29, 2018----
Rafat AliinSkift’s Team BlogGetting a Job At a Company Like Ours: It Is All About the BasicsI’ve conducted hundreds of interviews over my lifetime as I’ve built two different companies over the last decade. During this year, we’ve…2 min read·Aug 31, 2018--1--1
Rafat AliinSkift’s Team BlogHow We Use Conferences As A Strategic Weapon For Company GrowthIt took us about six months to pull off our first conference. Little did we know how those six months would end up changing our small…5 min read·Aug 25, 2018----
Rafat AliSix Essential Reads to Understand My Building PhilosophySince 2015, I have increasingly been writing about the process of how I look at building companies — specifically boutique media companies…1 min read·Aug 18, 2018----
Rafat AliPatience: The Radical New Business ModelSkift is turning six. Of all the achievements anyone can ask of a company from its infancy, staying power — mere survival — is the toughest…9 min read·Aug 4, 2018----