Starting Up with Virtuzone Podcast

13 April 2023: The UAE's most famous children's entertainer Magic Phil tells Tom and Neil how he turned his talent into a business.

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06 April 2023: Have you ever wanted to quit your 9-5 to make it in the music industry? Well Emirati rapper Saud G has done just that and told us how he made that leap of faith. We also heard from Pirlanta Toubba, founder of Last Seen Live - who is helping artists and producers navigate the world of music and ensuring they aren’t being shortchanged in the industry. Plus, we hear from Mashreq NEOBiz's Rajeev Chalisgaonkar about how they're helping SMEs setting up their business accounts. 

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During Ramadan up to half of our food goes to landfill - and we speak to two businesses who say it’s time to put a stop to this. Seta Tutundjian is the Founder and CEO, Thriving Solutions - they advise companies on how to decarbonize while Daniel Solomon is the Co Founder of HeroGo - they take ugly vegetables and sell them at much lower prices.

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23 March 2023: Coach Nic and Nabil know when the world's biggest football stars are in town, because they work with them. Find out how they built a business together.

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16 March 2023: Tom and Neil find out if any UAE startups and VCs have been badly hit by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
We also tell you how to use Chat-GPT for your business. 
And finally, we learn the story behind the success of Brands for Less, from the founder himself, Toufic Kreidieh. 

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09 March 2023: We're celebrating female founders on Starting Up! 

Tom asks The Benton Group's Donna Benton about her experience exiting her first business baby The Entertainer. 

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Felice Hurst of The Work Crowd tells us everything we need to know to get started as a freelancer. 

Ruya Partners' Omar Al Yawer tells us how the private credit firm chose to fund Starzplay.

And art collector-turned-entrepreneur Edward Gallagher says he set up Galloire was one of the best decisions he has ever made.

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This week we looked into how a digital bank can help SMEs, why a startup wants to tackle food waste in restaurants, and dining in the Metaverse - is it going to happen soon? 

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14 February 2023: 25-year-old Fahad Kaleem is building an empire by creating shortform viral videos for businesses in the UAE. 

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07 February 2023: As Dubai posts booming tourist figures for 2022, the team speaks to start-ups hoping to capatalise.

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