Greetings from the Digital Incubation Center! The latest news from the Digital Incubation Center February 2020 2 nd edition of Lego super play meet-up for startups Inside this issue DIC participates at Startup Grind Doha Bonocle workshop DIC holds workshop on Pitching to Investors 27 Startups Completed Incubation at DIC QFC holds orientation for entrepreneurs at DIC. DIC celebrates National Sport Day DIC holds a legal awareness workshop for startups Information session on Intellectual property
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Greetings from the
Digital Incubation Center!The latest news from the Digital Incubation Center February 2020
2nd edition of Lego superplay meet-up for startups
Inside this issue
DIC participates atStartup Grind Doha
Bonocleworkshop
DIC holds workshop onPitching to Investors
27 Startups CompletedIncubation at DIC
QFC holds orientationfor entrepreneurs at DIC.
DIC celebratesNational Sport Day
DIC holds a legal awarenessworkshop for startups
Information session onIntellectual property
As part of a series that aims to open discussion around Qatar's startup eco system, Startup Grind Doha organized a panel discussion on the role of incubators and accelerators in a startup journey. Startup Grind Doha is a member of Google’s largest independent startup community worldwide and aims to nurture startup ecosystems through events, workshops, and partnerships with organizations like Google for Startups.
The panel featured Duha Al Buhendi, Digital Incubation Center Manager, Majed Al Khulaifi, Head of Incubation at Qatar Business Incubation Center, Mohammed Zebian, Program Manager for Accelerators at Qatar Science and Technology Park, and Heba Al Masri, Program Director at Qatar Sports Tech.
During the panel, Duha Al Buhendi shared anecdotes from her career and the Digital Incubation Center journey in supporting digital entrepreneurs at the last decade. “Founded in 2011, DIC offers expertise and professional guidance in the fields of technology and business,” said Al Buhendi when she was asked about Qatar's' startup eco system for tech entrepreneurs.
“DIC’s services include access to space, business planning, education and training, mentorship, and legal advice throughout the phases of the startup development.” she added.
Al Buhendi also shared insight to her business philosophy and keys to being a successful entrepreneur as well as incubator and accelerator.
To watch the full panel discussion, check out Startup Grind Doha:https://www.startupgrind.com/events/details/startup-grind-doha-presents-the-role-of-incubators-accelerators-in-a-startup-journey/
DIC participates at Startup Grind Doha
DIC holds workshop on Pitching to Investors
The Digital Incubation Center held a workshop
on pitching to investors for entrepreneurs.
The workshop is a part of DIC’s continuous
efforts to equip digital startups with
necessary entrepreneurship skills.
The workshop was conducted by Rodrigo
Martinez, founder of fyi.to and an expert
entrepreneur in starting, growing, scaling, and
selling startup companies. The aim of the
workshop was to explore all the personal and
profitable aspects of starting a startup as well
as prepare entrepreneurs for pitching to
investors and Venture Capital firms within a
short timeframe.
During the workshop, entrepreneurs learned
how to develop an engaging pitch, choose a
wise exit strategy, and be prepared for
investors’ questions while having a
comprehensive business plan on-hand.
In addition, entrepreneurs had the
opportunity to speak one-on-one with Mr.
Martinez and get their questions answered.
At the end of the workshop entrepreneurs
built a precise revenue model that shows
investors how well they understand the
needs of their targeted market.
In collaboration with the Digital Incubation
Center, Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), one of
the world's leading and fastest growing
onshore financial centers, held an orientation
for DIC’s incubated startups. The orientation
is part of DIC’s long term strategy to support
the growth of digital startups by linking them
to key financial centers in Qatar.
The orientation was aimed at familiarizing
DIC’s entrepreneurs with the application
process at QFC’s business platform as well as
briefing them on policies and the
comprehensive set of integrated specialized
services that QFC offers.
Qatar Financial Centre holds orientationfor entrepreneurs at DIC.
These services include, but are not limited to, providing legal environment based
on English common law, trading in any currency, allowing foreign ownership, and
an extensive double taxation avoidance agreement network with 81 countries. In
addition, DIC entrepreneurs learned about Qatar’s increasingly competitive
business environment and its latest changes.
The Digital Incubation Center has concluded
its training workshop on legal insights for
startups in cooperation with International
Law Chamber, a licensed law firm which
offers a wide array of regulatory,
transactional and disputes related advice.
The workshop, targeting DIC’s incubated
startups, was aimed at enhancing the
awareness about the latest developments
and laws governing the businesses in Qatar.
The workshop is an integral part of DIC’s
efforts to help entrepreneurs have access to
essential legal consultation. Led by Rahul
Kumar and Amit Shankar, the workshop
provided an overview of the challenges and
opportunities associated with startup
companies in Qatar as well as the means to
identify how to use the legal framework for
entrepreneurship in Qatar.
Participants at the session were given a short
introductory to Qatar Companies Commercial Laws
and other aspects of international commercial laws.