{"id":59,"date":"2007-08-05T15:17:40","date_gmt":"2007-08-05T11:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dxb.com\/?p=59"},"modified":"2007-08-05T17:23:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-05T13:23:00","slug":"starting-a-business-and-a-life-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/starting-a-business-and-a-life-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a business (and a life) in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s up y&#8217;all. My name is Kyrre, I&#8217;m an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entrepreneur\">entrepreneur<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/tags\/norway\/interesting\/show\">Norway<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/tags\/malaysia\/interesting\/show\">Malaysia<\/a> looking to establish a few new businesses in Dubai.<\/p>\n<li> What are Dubai&#8217;s most popular websites or <a href=\"http:\/\/dinarstandard.blogs.com\/editors\/muslim_lifestyle_market\/index.html\">brands<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li> Are there any online retailers in Dubai?<\/li>\n<li> Where can one find market research data for Dubai and the Middle East?<\/li>\n<p>My MSN is <strong>el-sino@hushmail.com<\/strong> \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009d hollar and maybe we can chit-chat, exchange ideas, or establish businesses together insha Allah. Why study for half your life, only to end up working like a slave for some company, doing stuff that will only benefit your boss? <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idea\">Good ideas<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Design\">good design<\/a> (both are free), coupled with a strong will ofcourse, is all it takes to start your own company, and getting the chance to make things better for people, while you yourself get to do what you&#8217;ve always wanted, like travelling the world, supporting your family, or whatever.<\/p>\n<p>There are more ideas that can succeed in Dubai than there are stars in our galaxy. Click on the photos for some inspiring talks:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/speakers\/view\/id\/29\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.ted.com\/images\/ted\/1409_254x191.jpg\" alt=\"Seth Godin\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Seth Godin may be the ultimate entrepreneur for the Information Age,&#8221; Mary Kuntz wrote in Business Week nearly a decade ago. &#8220;Instead of widgets or car parts, he specializes in ideas &#8212; usually, but not always, his own.&#8221; In fact, he&#8217;s as focused on spreading ideas as he is on the ideas themselves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/speakers\/view\/id\/101\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.ted.com\/images\/ted\/3411_254x191.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Bezos\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Jeff Bezos didn&#8217;t invent online shopping, but he almost single-handedly turned it into a multi-billion-dollar enterprise. His Amazon.com began as a bookstore in 1994, and quickly expanded into dozens of product categories, forcing the world&#8217;s biggest retailers to rethink their business models, and ultimately changing the way people shop.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bless all of you. Contact me yea?<\/p>\n<p>Kyrre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s up y&#8217;all. My name is Kyrre, I&#8217;m an entrepreneur from Norway and Malaysia looking to establish a few new businesses in Dubai. What are Dubai&#8217;s most popular websites or brands? Are there any online retailers in Dubai? Where can one find market research data for Dubai and the Middle East? 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