November 2nd, 2016: The Dubai Real Estate Institute and The Impact Hub Dubai have announced the fifth round of the enterprise competition, Emirati Launchpad, at a recent presentation to students at Canadian University Dubai (CUD).
Emirati Launchpad is an initiative designed to motivate and encourage young Emirati entrepreneurs with a new business concept to pitch their idea and potentially launch their business. The seven week program focuses on ideating, validating, prototyping and reiterating participant’s business assumptions to define and refine a viable value proposition. In the final week, participants are invited to The Crowdfunding Pitch Competition where they get the opportunity to transform their idea into reality.
The main objective of the program is to motivate and inspire the younger generation of UAE Nationals to think outside the box and allow them to implement their business ideas through workshops, mentoring and community engagement.
The Impact Hub provides participants with entrepreneurial workshops led by an international facilitation team, 24/7 workspace access and an unrivalled networking platform, offering facilitated discussions with peers, partners, investors. Participants also have access to coaching and mentoring on self-development.
Dr. Katia Vianou Assistant Professor in the School of Communications & Media Studies said, “I think the Impact Hub Dubai and the Dubai Real Estate Institute have created excellent conditions for supporting the success of young Emirati entrepreneurs. We wanted to ensure that the students who have great business ideas and the audacity to transform them into reality could benefit from this opportunity.”
Student Eman Al Madan added, “The program helped me develop my business plan and initiate contact with the right people for my business. I've attended other workshops before but none of them have been as effective as Emirati Launchpad.”
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