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Sandpit Startups

By: Sam Drake & Abhishek Chatterjee
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  • Hosted by Sam & Abhishek, the Sandpit Startups podcast is the show where they explore entrepreneurship by journeying into the minds of the brightest and the best the Middle Eastern startup scene has to offer. This podcasts connects the entrepreneurs in the studio, with the entrepreneurs listening at home. Sam and Abhishek sincerely hope you find our content educational, motivational or inspiring. And if you do, you know where the follow button is!

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Episodes
  • From FoodPanda KSA to FinTech Founder | Sandpit Startups | Ep21 | Tarek Ghobar
    May 1 2024

    Join us in this inspiring session with Tarek Ghobar, co-founder of Paymennt and recognized as a Forbes Top 20 FinTech Entrepreneur. Discover how Paymennt is is transforming digital payments for micro and small businesses handle online payments by offering a quick, secure, and cost-effective solution. Tarek shares his experiences from managing FoodPanda in Saudi Arabia to spearheading Paymennt's innovative, secure, and cost-effective online payment solutions. Learn about the acquisition journey of his startup, his early entrepreneurial challenges, and the determination needed to thrive in the business world. Don't miss this compelling talk that delves deep into the realities and challenges of building a business.

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    44 mins
  • From Idea to Acquisition | Sandpit Startups | Ep20 | Benjamin Mouflard
    Mar 22 2024

    In this episode, we have a food chat with Benjamin Mouflard, the co-founder of Chatfood. ChatFood offers restaurants a commission-free platform for online ordering and sales via social media and websites, with integrated payment and logistics solutions. We talk to Benjamin about his entrepreneurial journey from selling golf balls in his youth to getting Chatfood acquired by a global scaleup Deliverect. Benjamin with Chatfood raised more than USD 5 Million in funding and talks about making a name in a highly competitive UAE food-tech market.

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    34 mins
  • Talking "Boring Business" with Washmen's Co-Founder | Sandpit Startups | Ep18 | Jad Halaoui
    Mar 15 2024

    In this squeaky clean episode we sit down with Jad Halaoui, the co-founder of Washmen, a digital laundry and dry-cleaning service in the UAE. We talk about Jad's journey from working in Canada one day for an Oil & Gas giant to take the leap of faith to fly to UAE and work with his co-founder Rami on Washmen. He talks about the highs of receiving multiple rounds of funding and being mentored by the co-founder of Careem to the lows of coping with the struggles and anxiety of his startup Washmen. A profound conversation where we talk about hiring, wellbeing and also startups.

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    54 mins

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