We were glad to have partaken in the EO SGEA UAE Finals, identifying student entrepreneur's who have accomplished so much while balancing life as a student as well as an entrepreneur. Our Managing Partner, Mehrad Yaghmai, was among the judges invited to review and assess the...
Read Morein5 Tech hosted the Dubai edition of the Arabnet Startup Battle. The Championship aims to highlight the best of the best regional startups, by going beyond ArabNet's conference markets (Beirut, Riyadh, Kuwait) and hosting local competition rounds in Cairo, Casablanca and Dubai. Out of the Arabnet...
Read MoreWe want to congratulate our client, eZhire, who recently raised their seed round of funding. With the lean business operations and having a revenue generation right from the very start. We are particularly glad to see the brand & communication strategy we worked with the founding...
Read More"January often represents a new start for people. But then plans get pushed back and we don't start. The best part about starting is you can just start. Doesn't need to be big. Doesn't need to be perfect. Just start." -Mehrad As our Managing Partner put it, there's no better time...
Read MoreAt Power of Art, we are kicking off the new year with some exciting new ventures and are in the process a few new programs for our potential partners and clients. We wanted to address a few problems that we saw kept cropping up for our...
Read MoreWe often come across entrepreneurs who have a business idea they wish to execute whether it's something they had read about or see an existing business and think it's something they would like to run. However when it comes to execution and even fundraising from...
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The following is a note from one of our partners, Mehrad Yaghmai, on a recent event he and his partner attended and delivered work sessions for private and public decision makers. Can follow him on Facebook and his writings at his own blog. I recently had a...
Read MoreFollowing the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report and investigation after a Tesla crash last year where the vehicles autopilot system was vindicated, the benefits of self-driving autonomous vehicles are becoming more and more apparent. The report highlighted the benefits of Automatic Emergency Braking...
Read MoreOften at times, when one thinks of innovation and disruption it's looked as something that comes from startups. If there is innovation at larger established companies it comes in the form of Research and Development and not at the rapid deployment speeds of startups. Innovation can...
Read MoreIn the world of product development, a MVP (Minimum Viable Product) refers to a product with the bare minimum features needed to validate and evaluate a product and it's continued development. Often at times a MVP allows something to built within a short time-frame to better...
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