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THE WAY FORWARD How Startups and Smes Can Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis EXPERIENCE MATTERS CRISIS COMMS THE RIDE CONTINUES GET YOUR ENTERPRISE’S CX READY A FOUR-POINT CHECKLIST FOR HOW CAREEM’S CULTURE AS A STARTUP FOR A POST COVID-19 WORLD EFFECTIVE BRAND COMMUNICATION FUELED THE CAREEM CARTEL THE WAY FORWARD How startups and SMEs can navigate the COVID-19 crisis GOING THE NEW MARKET THE DISTANCE LANDSCAPE WHY REMOTE WORKING THE CORONAVIRUS IS THE KEY TO PANDEMIC VERSUS A FLEXIBLE FUTURE THE DIGITAL ECONOMY 9 7 7 2 3 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 8 > APRIL 2020 | ENTREPRENEUR.COM | UAE AED20 experience downtown living The UAE’s most exciting new destination. A journey of discovery for the whole family. Where nature, fun and entertainment come together. 800-Arada (27232) arada.com CONTENTS APRIL 2020 experience downtown living The UAE’s most exciting new destination. A journey of discovery for the whole family. Where nature, fun and entertainment come together. 16 The way forward: 800-Arada (27232) How startups and SMEs can navigate through arada.com the current turmoil 16 32 38 28 ‘TREPONOMICS START IT UP START IT UP ‘TREPONOMICS PRO ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM MARKETING The way forward The new market landscape First person Crisis comms With small businesses In the wake of a pandemic, NOW Money co-founder Sherpa Communications’ taking a hard hit from the Jad Hindy looks at the Ian Dillon gives his take on Anastasiya Golovatenko COVID-19 crisis, Hisham pitfalls and opportunities the impact the coronavirus gives a four-point checklist Farouk, CEO of Grant it could present for the pandemic is having on for effective brand Thornton UAE, offers digital economy. their startup, customers, communication through a guide to navigate through and the MENA region. the coronavirus outbreak. the current turmoil. 40 ‘TREPONOMICS 35 SKILLSET ‘TREPONOMICS Growth trajectory SKILLSET Rami Shaar, co-founder Experience matters and CEO of Washmen, Amol Kadam on how reflects on the lessons (and why) you should get of the development (and your enterprise’s CX ready expansion) of his digital for a post COVID-19 world. laundry startup. 50 62 ‘TREPONOMICS CULTURE PRO LIFE Competitive advantage Mind over matter Five key growth considerations Dr. Upasana Gala lists five for SMEs within the daily rituals to enhance e-commerce ecosystem. your brain health. 40 Rami Shaar and Jad Halaoui, co-founders, Washmen April 2020 / ENTREPRENEUR.COM / 3 Your window to expand. 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(You’ll have this on out of this unprecedented situation. your conscience when you run around So, from thoughts on how to keep a spouting “I am nothing without my team motivated even while their sala- team” to everyone after this crisis has ries are cut, or tips and tactics to how passed.) to keep our wits about us, and, well, Now, all of this is not to discount the t’s only been a few weeks not lose it, we’ve been seeking (and tough decisions many of us have to since we in the Middle East pushing out) stories and solutions that make when going about our businesses began to feel the impact of the will help our community of entrepre- in extraordinary circumstances like global coronavirus pandemic, neurs, startups, and SMEs get through these- but let’s be very careful about but in this fairly short period, this crisis. people who pass off poor choices as the economic slowdown it I must admit here that I’ve been more “things they had to do because of the has effected on our business personally invested than usual when crisis.” At the end of the day, it’s good landscape has been nothing we embarked on this content plan for to remember that one’s behavior in I short of monumental. And it’s Entrepreneur, and I feel it’s because the worst situations is often the best safe to say that it’s been especially felt I’ve bought into this sentiment of indicator of how one really is, and by those of us who are a part of the “we’re in this together.” While argu- that’s something to keep in mind for region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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