UAE Market Entry
Choose the right licence, open a bank account and land your first UAE customers.
Sample programme for illustration. Dates, seats and mentors are placeholders until the cohort is confirmed.
6 weeks
Duration
16 Feb
Next start
Dubai, in person
Format
2 left
of 30 seats
Curriculum
- 1
Free zone vs mainland
Weeks 1–2
- 2
Banking & visas
Weeks 3–3
- 3
Local partnerships
Weeks 4–5
- 4
First 10 customers
Weeks 6–6
You leave with
- Live MVP
- Pilot agreement
- Demo day slot
Who it's for
Founders at the any stage stage who can commit around five hours a week. Solo founders welcome; teams of up to three can join together.
Mentors on this programme
Sami Nasser
Former VP Product at Ruya Energy
FinanceFundraisingPartnerships4.8out of 550 sessionsDubaiZiad Al Nuaimi
Former COO at Barq Labs
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Former COO at Ruya Cloud
SalesProductEngineering4.7out of 510 sessionsDubaiHind Fernandes
Former Head of Sales at Najm Health
EngineeringOperationsProduct4.7out of 5186 sessionsSharjah
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