Abdulrahman Jiffry E56 | The Mo Show Podcast | Accelerators, Fintech, The Business landscape in KSA

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Abdulrahman Jiffry is the Accelerator Manager at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology's TAQADAM startup program that invests in promising startups from around the world. With funding, tools, mentorship, and hands-on resources, the accelerator program aims to help startups advance rapidly over the course of six months. Mo and Abdulrahman talk about what it takes to be a successful founder, what fintech is, the Saudi business landscape, and much more in this episode.
0:00 Introducing Abdulrahman
3:46 Saudi entrepreneurs
5:30 Startup incubator and accelerators
8:20 Startup pitfalls
11:50 Program & application process
17:15 Business regulations
19:23 Competition & criteria for TAQADAM
26:09 Equity, loans, financing
33:17 Repeat applicants
38:00 Venture Capital & availability of funding
41:26 Qualities of great startup
44:41 Fintech
52:27 Metaverse, video games & Web3
57:48 Education and student loans
1:02:40 Remote work
1:04:47 Advice to aspirational entrepreneur
1:07:14 Book recommendations
1:09:00 Closing words
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To find out more and to apply for TAQADAM see link below. (Deadline May 21st): taqadam.kaust.edu.sa/
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