Why The New Gmail SUCKS!

I’m starting to hate Gmail so much after their recent design update. I’m writing this post hoping that it will reach someone that works in Google and they are going to do something about it. If you use Gmail you’ll know what I’m talking about. My theory is, Gmail was great, but there…

Quick Q&A with Moe Korayem

It feels good to be back..

The next StartupQ8 Monthly Event is this Monday, and we’ll be joined in the interview chair by serial entrepreneur Mohamed Salem Korayem. He co-founded his first startup while still in college, and hasn’t looked back since. Some…

Founding Teams

We often read about the qualities for making a good CEO, a great founder, and more importantly how to successfully lead a team; but we often disregard the importance for startups to have a good founding team.

Fishfishme is Announcing a Partnership with Uber

OK, this is a pure promotional post, but I thought StartupQ8 community will be interested to know what’s going on here in Dubai. Today we are announcing a partnership with Uber (yes, Uber the on-demand black car service App, the company that…

Book: The Year Without Pants

Every aspect of our lives — from relationships to commerce, weddings to funerals — has been forged by conventions that we’ve adopted from those who lived before us. Sometimes these conventions are useful in simplifying our decision-making, by offering us routines to follow. But…

Startup Chile is Coming to Dubai

You already know by now how much I love StartupChile (you can read my posts about Startup Chile here, and here. And my interview with the CEO of StartupChile here). Now they are coming to Dubai in the 15th of Sep to meet new startups that want to join their program…

A tour inside In5

My friend Mohammad MJ is visiting me in Dubai and is helping us at fishfishme.com to create some videos for our boat partners in UAE. During his stay he suggested we do a tour for our incubator in Dubai In5 and meet other startups. Below is the video: