What's the secret to building a business that keeps customers coming back?

Ray Chan, founder and CEO of Candypants, reveals how he turned a party concept into one of Dubai's best-known brunch brands, attracting tens of thousands of guests every year.

Plus, is opening a beauty salon in Dubai still a smart business move? Mariela Marcantetti, CEO of Furless Holdings, and Rasha Abdulrazak, Director at Audax Investments, discuss the real costs, challenges and opportunities in the UAE beauty industry.

What's the secret to building a business that keeps customers coming back?
Ray Chan, founder and CEO of Candypants, reveals how he turned a party concept into one of Dubai's best-known brunch brands, attracting tens of thousands of guests every year.
Plus, is opening a beauty salon in Dubai still a smart business move? Mariela Marcantetti, CEO of Furless Holdings, and Rasha Abdulrazak, Director at Audax Investments, discuss the real costs, challenges and opportunities in the UAE beauty industry.

The Agenda’s Tom Urquhart and our partners at Virtuzone discuss the big issues affecting startups and SME’s in the region. Hear everything you need to know about starting your own business from getting a license to growing your company. Highlights include interviews with entrepreneurs and experts, covering topics including e-commerce, leadership and how to get investors for your business.

The Agenda’s Tom Urquhart and our partners at Virtuzone discuss the big issues affecting startups and SME’s in the region. Hear everything you need to know about starting your own business from getting a license to growing your company. Highlights include interviews with entrepreneurs and experts, covering topics including e-commerce, leadership and how to get investors for your business.

Starting Up with Virtuzone Podcast

Starting Up with Virtuzone

The Business of Brunch and Beauty: What It Takes to Succeed in Dubai

Thinking of launching your own online business? Sourcing expert Kian Golzari and Titan Network co-founder Dan Ashburn join Tom Urquhart and Virtuzone's Paul Bryson to explore how to find the right products, navigate supply chain challenges, attract customers and turn an idea into a profitable e-commerce brand. 

Plus, how Virtuzone's new E-commerce Accelerator Programme can help aspiring entrepreneurs get started.

Thinking of launching your own online business? Sourcing expert Kian Golzari and Titan Network co-founder Dan Ashburn join Tom Urquhart and Virtuzone's Paul Bryson to explore how to find the right products, navigate supply chain challenges, attract customers and turn an idea into a profitable e-commerce brand.&nbsp;
Plus, how Virtuzone's new E-commerce Accelerator Programme can help aspiring entrepreneurs get started.

How to Build a Successful E-Commerce Brand

Can you really make money as a content creator? And do you need millions of followers to build a successful business?

On Starting Up with Virtuzone, Tom Urquhart and Paul Bryson speak to former CNBC journalist turned entrepreneur Uptin and Hollywood producer Patrick Caligiuri about the creator economy in Dubai, brand deals, monetisation and turning content creation into a sustainable business.

Plus, we meet Maria El Fassi and Julien Toïgo from Wondergifts the Dubai-based start-up changing the way we give gifts. They share how they built their experience-gifting platform, scaled the business and expanded internationally.

Essential listening for entrepreneurs, start-up founders and aspiring content creators in the UAE.

Can you really make money as a content creator? And do you need millions of followers to build a successful business?
On Starting Up with Virtuzone, Tom Urquhart and Paul Bryson speak to former CNBC journalist turned entrepreneur Uptin and Hollywood producer Patrick Caligiuri about the creator economy in Dubai, brand deals, monetisation and turning content creation into a sustainable business. Plus, we meet Maria El Fassi and Julien To&iuml;go from Wondergifts the Dubai-based start-up changing the way we give gifts. They share how they built their experience-gifting platform, scaled the business and expanded internationally. Essential listening for entrepreneurs, start-up founders and aspiring content creators in the UAE.

How to Make Money as a Content Creator in Dubai

What does it take to build trust — in a business, in a deal and in yourself?
In this episode of Starting Up with Virtuzone, brothers Rishi and Jash Vaya, founders of SellYourGold.ae, share how they took their family’s experience in the gold business and turned it into a modern digital platform built around transparency and trust.

Then we ask whether soft skills are becoming some of the most important business skills of all. Neil Orvay, founder of Evolution-U and business coach, and Yasin Kasirga, entrepreneur, trainer and founder of Qasirga Advisory, discuss communication, confidence, influence and the people skills entrepreneurs need to lead, sell and grow.

What does it take to build trust &mdash; in a business, in a deal and in yourself? In this episode of Starting Up with Virtuzone, brothers Rishi and Jash Vaya, founders of SellYourGold.ae, share how they took their family&rsquo;s experience in the gold business and turned it into a modern digital platform built around transparency and trust.
Then we ask whether soft skills are becoming some of the most important business skills of all. Neil Orvay, founder of Evolution-U and business coach, and Yasin Kasirga, entrepreneur, trainer and founder of Qasirga Advisory, discuss communication, confidence, influence and the people skills entrepreneurs need to lead, sell and grow.

The Business of Brunch and Beauty: What It Takes to Succeed in Dubai

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