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SUMMARY:UAE Chapter: From Start-Up to Stars with Dana Baki
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Dana Baki – Chief Commercial Officer at The Exploration Company \nPrior to joining the Aerospace Industry\, Dana started Munch:On ground up that got acquired by Careem in 2022. Her story inspires us on choosing the route of entreprenuership and getting investments to scale up\, leading to getting acquired by Careem in 2022 \n\nDISCUSSION TOPIC\nThis session is for those pursuing entrepreneuship\, or currently an entrepreneaur wishing to scale or sell their business. Topics discussed: \n\nWhy entrepreneurship and the challenges faced.\nWas fundraising easy? How does one secure investments from VCs? Is there a blueprint?\nWas selling the ultimate goal? How can a business attract buyers? How do you decide on the time/price to exit?\n\n\nMORE ABOUT THE SPEAKER\nDana Baki is the Chief Commercial Officer of The Exploration Company\, one of the fastest growing space companies globally\, building reusable space capsules and lunar landers. This Nyx capsule will be the first to use green propellant globally\, while flying at a fraction of the cost of global competition.\nPrior to joining The Exploration Company\, Dana was the co-founder & COO of MUNCH:ON\, a food technology platform based out of the Middle East\, that was acquired by Careem (Uber’s subsidiary in the region). Before starting MUNCH:ON\, Dana was a Partner of Business Development at AlJal Capital—a financing and venture capital firm in the United Arab Emirates. Previous to that\, Ms. Baki worked for Procter & Gamble in the United States for 7+ years\, benefiting from a wide range of assignments within the company and gaining expertise in Corporate Strategy\, Marketing and Consumer Insights.\nShe holds an MBA from Georgetown University and B.A. in Economics and English Literature from The University of Michigan. \nDana has achieved many accolades: \nSelected as:\nTop 20 Women Behind Middle Eastern Brands – Forbes 2022\nTop 10 Women Behind Middle Eastern Brands- Forbes 2021\nTop 10 Women Behind Middle Eastern Brands- Forbes 2020 \nEndeavor Entrepreneur since July 2019\n“She Loves Tech UAE” Award Winner 2018\nTop 5 Women Founders in the UAE – SME10x 2019 \nMUNCH:ON Awarded:\nTop 100 Startups of the World Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution – World Economic Forum in 2017\nTop 100 Most Promising Startups in the Middle East – Forbes in 2018\nTop 50 Hottest Global Tech Companies – Crunchbase in 2019\nHomegrown Brand of the Year – Entrepreneur Middle East in 2020\nBest Food App of the Year – Entrepreneur Middle East in 2021\nBest Food Delivery App in the GCC – MEA Markets & UAE Business Awards in 2022 \n\nAGENDA\n\n6.30pm Registration and networking\n7.00 Welcome and network update\n7.10 Member spotlights\n7.20 Workshop\n8.20 Closing\n\n\nCONTRIBUTION\n50 AED per person – cash only\, please bring change \n\nCALL N’TELL\nThis is a new initiative by the Alumni where the person who brings in most Alumnus will get a reward. So\, bring your ex-P&G friends along. Learn\, network\, have fun\, and get rewarded! \n  \nLOGISTICS \nPlease log in to see the location (it will be visible at the bottom of this page) \nPublic parking available\, first come first served \n\nRSVP\nRegistration is mandatory as this event is only open to P&G Alumni. \n–> Click here to save your spot \nIf you have any issues\, drop us an email on uae.chapter@pgalums.com with your full name.  \nDon’t forget to add the event to your calendar!
URL:https://www.pgalums.com/event/uae-chapter-dana-baki/
LOCATION:Hult International Business School Dubai\, Hult International Business School Dubai\, First Floor\, Injaz Building\, Dubai Internet City\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Global,Homepage,UAE (Dubai)
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