Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.

Today’s guest is Nabil Borhanu who is the founder of Graphene Ventures. They invested in both Snap and Lyft before their IPOs. He’s got a very interesting background having grown up in Saudi Arabia. He worked his way up by starting multiple companies and running divisions worth over $100 million dollars with massive clients like Saudi Telecom.

One day, circumstances changed and he then left Saudi to go all the way to America to start afresh. For a time, he wasn’t sure if that move was right or not but today, he’s investing in companies all across the world. Especially focusing on how they can penetrate the middle eastern market.

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Graphene website: https://www.graphenevc.com/

Nabil’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nabilalnoor/

Nabil's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/NabilAlnoor

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)
The early years as an investor and his biggest lesson (1:51) 
You only know what you know (11:14)
The hard reset (26:12)
Taking a chance (32:56)
Building the momentum (39:12)
Breaking into the middle east market (47:10)
The ups and downs of entrepreneurs (48:38)
Common mistakes (50:51)