Spencer Silver, a chemist at 3M, accidentally produced a weak adhesive. This adhesive was later used to lightly attach notes to reports, and thus Post-it Notes were invented. The document then discusses entrepreneur Majed Lababidi's background and journey in media entrepreneurship, starting companies in Damascus and Doha. It provides objectives for exploring entrepreneurs, how to start a business, the pros and cons of entrepreneurship, and advice from Majed.

1. Emad Saif
Lecturer & Trainer
Center for Entrepreneurship, QU
emadsaif@qu.edu.qa

7. Spencer Silver, a chemist at the
3M company accidentally produced
a weak adhesive that later used to
lightly attach a note to a report.
Post-it Notes were born!

9. ‫األعمال‬ ‫ريادة‬ ‫قصص‬
•‫خلفيتهم؟‬ ‫وما‬ ‫هم‬ ‫من‬
•‫مشاريعهم؟‬ ‫أفكار‬ ‫هيه‬ ‫ما‬
•‫بدأوا؟‬ ‫كيف‬
•‫رحلتهم؟‬ ‫كانت‬ ‫كيف‬
•‫نجاحات؟‬ ‫من‬ ‫وحققوا‬ ‫تحديات‬ ‫من‬ ‫واجهوا‬ ‫ماذا‬
•‫لنا؟‬ ‫نصائحم‬ ‫هي‬ ‫ما‬

10. Guest Entrepreneur
‫لبابيدي‬ ‫ماجد‬

11. ‫رائد‬ ‫خلفية‬
‫األعمال‬
‫الفكرة‬
‫البداية‬
‫الرحلة‬
‫التحديات‬
‫والنجاحات‬
‫نصائح‬
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4
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12. My Entrepreneurship Journey
Pros & Cons
Majed Lababidi Majed Lababidi Send me: majed@fitech.com.qa

13. Majed is a media entrepreneur, he Co-Founded AdinSpot based in Damascus, and Fi Technologies based in
Doha.
He Majored in Engineering in Networks & Operating Systems from Damascus Uni. He won the 1st Prize in
the “Start” Competition for Technological Innovation - sponsored by the Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum
Foundation, and Been selected as a candidate in Stars of Science reality-TV program dedicated to innovation
- Initiated by Qatar Foundation in Doha.
Also he was Awarded The ICT Startup of the Year 2014 in Doha-Qatar and was the Winner of ICT Digital
Incubation Center Business Competition 2014

14. Objectives: We will explore
• What is an entrepreneur?
• How do you start?
• The Pros & Cons of entrepreneurship.
• Advices.

15. Entrepreneur is someone who peruses an opportunity with
resources he doesn’t have.

16. • Find the best Co-Founder
• Turn your idea into a product/service quickly.
• Listen to your customer
How do I start?

17. What is your answer ?
1. What are you building?
2. Who you are building for?
3. How you are going to get the product from you to
those customers?
4. How you are going to create GET, KEEP and GROW?
5. What is your Revenue Model?
6. Do you need partners?
7. Do you need resources?
8. What are your activities?
9. What is your cost?

18. The Pros & Cons of entrepreneurship

19. The Pros & Cons
Pro: You can set your own hours.
Con: You work from 7:00am until midnight 7 days a week.

20. The Pros & Cons
Pro: You get to be a change leader.
Con: You have to fight for it.

21. The Pros & Cons
Pro: Rewarding to do your own thing.
Con: Your thing is not your thing.

22. The Pros & Cons
Pro: All your years of experience is going to help you to be
successful.
Con: Most of the stuff you did before has nothing to do with
what you do now .

23. The Pros & Cons
Pro: You have to have fun everyday.
Con: NO CON.

24. Advice

25. Advices
Partner with the right person.
Hire the right people.
Project your sales correctly.
Don’t collect more money than what you need.

26. THANK YOU
Majed Lababidi Majed Lababidi Send me: majed@fitech.com.qa

27. THANK YOU
Emad Saif
Center for Entrepreneurship, QU
emadsaif@qu.edu.qa
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