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EPISODE 43 WITH ABDULLAH MUTAWI

Our host Vuk Zlatarov overheard Abdullah's statement at the GITEX Conference: "If I had 50 million dollars to distribute in the region, it would be a difficult job." After hearing that, he had to invite him on the show!

In this episode of The Change Officer, we take a deep dive into the mind of an experienced Angel Investor and the man recognized as one of the MENA Super 50 lawyers - Abdullah Mutawi.

Abdullah serves as the Head of Corporate at Al Tamimi, where he leads the largest team of corporate lawyers in the Middle East, and also as the Co-Founder & Chairman of Dubai Angel Investors.

Dubai Angel Investors is a member-led Micro-VC seeking to support the MENA startup ecosystem and leverage the potential of brainpower, network, and influence.

In the space of 4,5 years, they looked into 5.500 businesses and invested in 30 of them. So, what makes that difference?

Tune in to learn about:

- How DAI started and how their investment process looks like

- Leveraging network of contacts to add value to investees

- What is the X factor in entrepreneurship

- Abdullah's biggest lessons learned in 20+ years of business

Enjoy!

Host: Vuk Zlatarov

Guest: Abdullah Mutawi

Production: Creitive (https://www.creitive.com​) & Evans Media (https://evansmedia.net​)

Follow our guest: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mutawi/

Check out Dubai Angel Investors: https://www.dubaiangelinvestors.me/

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