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Startup Grind by Google for Entrepreneurs Session with Fetchr Founder

Monday, Feb 26, 2018
Startup Grind by Google for Entrepreneurs Session with Fetchr Founder

Ajman University Innovation Center has conducted the first Startup Grind empowered by Google for Entrepreneurs with Fetchr founder & CEO, Idriss Al Rifai. He has been known for delivering your packages anywhere, on time and even with a drone across UAE, it bagged the Entrepreneur of the Year 2018. His company, Fetchr supports both B2B, B2C and peer2peer deliveries in the Middle East, helps local merchants and global brands build, launch and grow profitable eCommerce businesses.

 The session started with a rapid fire chat, which is a live interview enquiring about the entrepreneur success, journey, hardships, what keeps him motivated and how to start your own company, followed by audience Q&A asking about how to face difficulties in today's market and understanding it. The session was fruitful and inspirational for the attendees, who requested another event. 

Ajman University Innovation Center regularly invites key experts from different industries to enlighten the students and graduates as well as expanding the horizons of their knowledge. AUIC has become synonymous with start-up incubation from idea to reality, most projects that have been incubated have also secured funding to launch their ideas in the market. This session was in partnership with Startup Grind empowered by Google for Entrepreneurs, the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting 1,000,000 entrepreneurs in over 200 cities, founded in Silicon Valley.