Crossing the Desert: how businesses are setting and growing in the Emirates Podcast
1) Ep7 – How To Sell If You Are More Of A "Product Person" – With Skin Concept’s Aisha Chishti - Crossing The Desert - Fortis
Budget numbers, big sales that can ruin a business, story about scummers, and tips on how to find suppliers – in this episode Isaac talks to Aisha Chishti. Aisha runs Skin Concept, a brand of handcraf...Show More
2) Ep6 – How To Delegate Work To Employees: Standardization, Hiring, Control – With Arabiatee’s Lidia – Crossing The Desert – Fortis
Lidia has developed her own method of teaching Arabic. It turned out to be so good that native-speaking Arab teachers invited her to teach it to them, and the students began to speak after the third l...Show More
3) Ep5 – How To Manage A Business And A Family – With Mumz And Munchkinz’ Hannah – Crossing The Desert – Fortis
There was a time when Hannah’s business had three directions at once: furniture production, a clothing brand for children, and events for children and their moms. And all of it while being a mom to th...Show More
4) Ep4 – How To Build A Side Business While Working A Full Time Job – With Levant’s Wajda Khalidi – Crossing The Desert – Fortis
In the fourth episode of Fortis’s Crossing The Desert, Isaac is joined by Levant's Wajda Khalidi. Wajda shares her journey of balancing a demanding office career while slowly building her business ste...Show More
5) Ep3 – How To Deal With People Copying Your Designs - With Tica's Omar & Dina - Crossing The Desert - Fortis
“So I sad: this is not your design, this can’t be right. And the guy said: what are you going to do about it?” I am Isaac, an entrepreneur who just moved to Dubai. In this episode, I interview Omar an...Show More
6) Ep2 – How To Bring Investors To Your Business – With DK Hot Sauce's Danny - Crossing The Desert - Fortis
“If you respect city it respects you back” In this episode, Isaac interviews Danny, founder of the DK Hot Sause brand, and his wife Maria. Denny will tell you how he opened a business after working at...Show More
7) Ep1 – How To Grow A Sustainability Business In Dubai - With Sustainably U's Simy - Crossing The Desert - Fortis
“Our focus is always that that thing that will happen, but there it's just an imagination. You need to focus on today”. I am Isaac, an entrepreneur who just moved to Dubai. In this episode, I intervie...Show More
8) Crossing the Desert: season one trailer
Welcome to “Crossing the Desert” podcast by Fortis. Here we tell stories of how businesses are setting and growing in the Emirates. You are gonna listen to Isaac's story; when he first came to Dubai ...Show More