29 Feb 2020: Ibrahim Abudyak, co-founder of The Smash Room tells Natalie about the role failure has played in his success as an entrepreneur. #StartingUpwithVirtuzone #BeYourOwnBoss

29 Feb 2020: Ibrahim Abudyak, co-founder of The Smash Room tells Natalie about the role failure has played in his success as an entrepreneur. #StartingUpwithVirtuzone #BeYourOwnBoss

StartingUp is your weekly guide to launching a new business in the UAE. Every Saturday we bring you inspirational stories, business news, and expert advice to help you get your idea off the ground.
Whether you’re tuning in because you’re curious about how the top entrepreneurs made their first million, or you need specific legal advice to scale up your side hustle, join the conversation with Natalie Lindo Taylor and a Virtuzone co-host on Saturday afternoons from 1pm to 3pm.

Starting Up

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Two-thirds of UAE and KSA consumers say they have boycotted a brand following a scandal, according to a recent YouGov study. What's your take on this? Have you ever participated in one? A PR professional and a behavioural scientist join us to discuss.

Two-thirds of UAE and KSA consumers say they have boycotted a brand following a scandal, according to a recent YouGov study. What's your take on this? Have you ever participated in one? A PR professional and a behavioural scientist join us to discuss.

Do boycotts work?

With more and more companies changing their policies when it comes to maternity and paternity leaves, we speak to some of them on what they have in place.

Listeners are also sending their comments on what they had experienced and what they think should be done

What does it take to be a real estate agent? Haus & Haus guides us

We bust myths as Global Wellness Day is nearing with J Club’s Jamie Moore

And after motorists are warned following a rise in vehicle fires due to mechanical failures and modified cars, the Big Z of the UAE automotive industry briefs us on what’s safe and what’s not when it comes to car modifications.

With more and more companies changing their policies when it comes to maternity and paternity leaves, we speak to some of them on what they have in place.
Listeners are also sending their comments on what they had experienced and what they think should be done
What does it take to be a real estate agent? Haus &amp; Haus guides us
We bust myths as Global Wellness Day is nearing with J Club’s Jamie Moore
And after motorists are warned following a rise in vehicle fires due to mechanical failures and modified cars, the Big Z of the UAE automotive industry briefs us on what’s safe and what’s not when it comes to car modifications.

Did you have enough leave after giving birth?

With a new study showing the UAE as the second most hardworking nation in the world, we ask, how’s your work-life balance? 
With more couples opting for ‘sleep divorce’, we speak with sleep expert Claudine Gillard and health and fitness professional Rose O’Donovan to see if this is really healthy or it’s better to find its root cause and solution to avoid it
Discussing retirement planning in the UAE with National Bonds
And as we broadcast from the Arab Media Forum, we speak with media professional Omar Qirem of Edelman Middle East.

With a new study showing the UAE as the second most hardworking nation in the world, we ask, how’s your work-life balance?  With more couples opting for ‘sleep divorce’, we speak with sleep expert Claudine Gillard and health and fitness professional Rose O’Donovan to see if this is really healthy or it’s better to find its root cause and solution to avoid it Discussing retirement planning in the UAE with National Bonds And as we broadcast from the Arab Media Forum, we speak with media professional Omar Qirem of Edelman Middle East.

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