1. Yousef
Hamidaddin
Oasis 500

2. 'THE NEED TO BE RELEVANT; AN APPROACH FOR
COUNTRIES TO ACCELERATE GROWTH’
MUST HAPPEN TODAY

3. IT IS THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE
1841. On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History

4. 5 years & we are still learning …
Over $37M raised by our startups. I asked our investors why? Delivered
42 Business Development Boot camps training with around 2,300
entrepreneurs 9,700 Submitted a business idea. We started to analyze the
profile? To Date Oasis500 Invested in 121 & 40 Shut Down. We
started to understand the reasons. The 80+companies are generating
$129M in Value. Where does value come from?

5. A PLACE FOR IDEAS TO GROW
Young, Unconventional, Unorthodox, Revolutionary, & Totally Disruptive

6. REBUILDING TOMORROW CANNOT
BE LIKE YESTERDAY
rebuilding needs innovation. 18 months to deliver economic welfare will
not work

7. WE HAVE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY.
CRISIS MINDSET IS KEY.
We have been trying to become knowledge based economies. We failed.
Now we need to become knowledge based economies.

8. SEED STAGE INVESTMENTS: MAKING IT
WORK FOR COMMUNITIES
Our investments need to work. Seed stage isn't tech only. No one can be
left behind.

9. THE REGION ISN'T US IN THE ROOM
The best angel investors are 70 years old. They get it. What they don’t
get is the logic behind the “value” of the startups today.

10. BIG EXITS ARE HAPPENING AWAY
FROM OUR ECO SYSTEM
If valuations determine the unicorn. We have many unicorns in the last 5
years.

11. ACCELERATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN
WITH MENA IN MIND
We cant invest and accelerate like others do

12. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS

13. STEP I: WE NEED TO BE INCLUSIVE
I have a simple target … raising capital from the old guard with our terms

14. STEP II: CREATE OPEN LAB
PARTNERSHIPS FOR EXPONENTIAL
GROWTH
Every touch point can grow you exponentially

15. STEP III: SOLVE LOCAL & REGIONAL
PROBLEMS
Get early adoption through becoming an open lab