Starting Up with Virtuzone Podcast
Episodes
Business partners who found a niche market in football stars
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
23 March 2023: Coach Nic and Nabil know when the world's biggest football stars are in town, because they work with them. Find out how they built a bu...
What UAE startups and VCs can learn from SVB's collapse
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
16 March 2023: Tom and Neil find out if any UAE startups and VCs have been badly hit by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.We also...
Donna Benton's biggest regret when she exited The Entertainer
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
09 March 2023: We're celebrating female founders on Starting Up! Tom asks The Benton Group's Donna Benton about her experience exiting her first bu...
Freelancing 101: Everything you need to know
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Felice Hurst of The Work Crowd tells us everything we need to know to get started as a freelancer. Ruya Partners' Omar Al Yawer tells us how the pri...
Food meets tech
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we looked into how a digital bank can help SMEs, why a startup wants to tackle food waste in restaurants, and dining in the Metaverse - is i...
The power of short form videos for your business
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
14 February 2023: 25-year-old Fahad Kaleem is building an empire by creating shortform viral videos for businesses in the UAE. See omnystudio.com/lis...
Tourist Boom
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
07 February 2023: As Dubai posts booming tourist figures for 2022, the team speaks to start-ups hoping to capatalise.See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
Caroline Stanbury talks personal branding
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
31 January 2023: The TV personality and podcaster believes being bold and different will set you apart from the crowd. See omnystudio.com/listener ...
The Business of Edtech
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
24 January 2024: The education market in the UAE is set to grow by over $700 million from 2021 to 2026, according to market analysts Technavio.See omn...
Zayed Sustainability Prize
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
17 January 2023: Prize winners Ynsect discussed their protein product with Virtuzone on Starting Up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...
Focus on Football
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
13 December 2022: The beautiful game is big business and entrepreneurs are making their share of money out of it.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
Federal Corporate Income Tax
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
06 December 2022: From June the 1st 2023 the Emirates will introduce its first ever federal corporate income tax.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
Reverse Mentoring
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
29 November 2022: The team discussed the idea that a junior employee can share their expertise with a senior colleague less knowledgeable in a skill s...
From radio to TV Star
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
22 November 2022: The team talked to a successful DJ who's also a successful businessman and just so happens to be a TV personality. See omnystudio.c...
Female-Focused Businesses
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
15 November 2022: On this edition the team discussed whether companies catering for women are big business.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
Emirati Entrepreneurs
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the government regularly implementing strategies to encourage nationals to start up their own businesses three Emiratis discuss their experiences...
Teen Entrepreneurs
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The focus of this episode was all about people in a hurry - to start making money. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Charity Start-Ups
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Starting Up with Virtuzone met with charities making a difference here an abroadSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Education support
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Starting Up spoke to companies in the ed-tech sectorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Coping with Stress
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
11 October 2022: Setting up and running a business takes motivation, dedication and extremely hard work. We talk to companies who are helping entrepre...
World Space Week
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
04 October 2022: Morgan Stanley estimates the global space industry could generate revenue of more than $1 trillion or more by 2040.See omnystudio.com...