Ekta

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Startups, Tech, Digital, E-commerce, Mobile

Buzzword of the Day: Relaunching

This one is courtesy of yesterday’s TechCrunch Dubai event. I have to admit, I’ve been guilty of using this in the past when you just can’t admit your product sucks. New buzzword “relaunching” i.e. product doesn’t currently work and there’s a 1% chance it will work in the next version. #startuplife — Ekta (@dollz87) March […]

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TechCrunch Dubai PitchOff 2015 Winners

Yesterday, Dubai hosted its first TechCrunch Meetup and PitchOff event at Turn8 TheCribb in Al Quoz. The pitch format consisted of 2 minute presentation (no slides) followed by a 3 minute Q&A featuring TechCrunch Editor-at-Large Mike Butcher, who’s in town for the Step Conference taking place today. I caught a few of the pitches. Some were […]

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Office Life | Managing Time Zones

Being based in Dubai, you’ll inadvertently have to work with different time zones. Combine the GMT + 4 time difference with the fact that our weekends are Friday/Saturday, working with suppliers can get a bit taxing. Here are a few tools that have made my work life and setting up meetings a bit easier over […]

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