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Understanding the UAE startup opportunity with Brad Gerstner and Ibrahim Ajami | E1751

This Week in Startups

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The Power of Partnership

The four seasons in Abu Dhabi, we walk into the lobby and it's like being in the lobby at the Rosewood Sand Hill Road in the heart of Silicon Valley. I want to partner with somebody like Mabattala, where when my founder says, Hey, who are your partners? We know you're partnered with great university endowments and great families, etc. And I really know that they're going to deliver value, enduring value. Yeah, it's very powerful to see the pace of change here. That's what I found shocking. The Saudi government, the kingdom is now trying. They're doing a lot of reforms, but it seems like reforms here started much earlier

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