-
Seeking AI Implementation Experts for UAE Workshop ProgrammeI’m partnering with a prominent business association in UAE, to deliver industry-specific AI workshops for their members. This is a premium opportunity to share your expertise while building your presence in the rapidly growing UAE market.
What We’re Looking For:
Proven AI practitioners (not theorists) with 5+ years industry experience Sector specialists in: Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Real Estate, F&B, Hospitality, Agriculture, Energy, or Logistics Implementation track record – minimum 2 successful AI projects in your vertical Training experience with non-technical business audiences UAE/MENA market awareness (preferred but not essential)What We Offer:
Competitive revenue share
Premium positioning as sector expert
Market entry into UAE’s thriving business ecosystem
Recurring opportunities – this is a growth programme, not one-off
Pro…9 Comments-
-
Hi Zia, I have just made contact with someone who has been doing AI Hackathons. They are looking at Dubai! I think it’s worth having a chat with them. Let me know if you would like me to pass on your email address and will get them to arrange a call.
-
Yes, please pass on my email address and the message above. Thanks Karl!
-
-
I saw a presentation last week from Elizabeth’s Mearns about AI in media which was good reach out to Sarah Speake
-
-
Oh wow, what a fantastic opportunity, Zia – thanks for sharing
Tagging those community members who list AI in their profiles who may be interested in exploring this opportunity: Stuart Jubb, Alex Hayes-Griffin, Joerg Ruetschi, Richard Saldanha, Adrian Wong, David Laliberte, @katietschuster, Magdalena Baranowska, Cheryl Fitzer-Attas, Stephen Moffitt, Samie Dorgham, Claudia Mastromauro, Alastair Cole, Kellie O Hara, Lukas Wittwer, Andrea Isoni, Aditya Kaul, 📈 Dr Stylianos Kampakis 📊, Mahdi Shariff
-
Hi Zia Rezvi, Let’s talk – here I am in Abu Dhabi last November https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oxquant-richard-saldanha_adialab-adialabsymposium-researchinnovation-activity-7264877542329790464-Q4a6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAGGpcBp1K4rEDng6-SQjAnyYCMS8cRoCY. I’m doing a lot of training for the UK Civil Service on AI/ML throught the IST at present; see https://istonline.org.uk/cms/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IST_Course_Catalogue.pdf. Plus 25 years i…
-
I am interested in learning more. I’ve worked in AI and consulting for over 10y and worked with SMEs to help them implement AI to scale. You can find my profile on LinkedIn and the things I’ve done.
My specific expertise is in financial services and fintech, where I started my first fintech in early 2000s.
-
Hey Zia, this sounds like a great fit. I’ve spent 7 years in the AI/chatbot space – as founder of a healthtech AI chatbot startup and as a AI Chatbot consultant in SaaS/fintech and biopharma with Sage & AstraZeneca. Experienced in sector-specific use cases, best practices, and workshops with non-technical teams. I also bring a solid network in this space. I’ll DM you to share more, but this feels like a perfect match.
-
-
Jacque Cilliers posted in the group The Community
I’m exploring fractional/ contract project management.
I was wondering if I could have a chat with someone who hires project managers. I just want to know how I can best place myself in this space.
My experience is in education, sustainability, biotech
I’ve run two projects at BASF
I’m Prince2 qualified.
Happy to buy you a coffee if you live in London.
1 Comment-
Hope you’ve had a fab summer, Jacque
Tagging some folks who are from the sectors that you have experience in to see if they can put you in touch with the right folks: Joanne Peters, Lara Martini, Cristina Iodice, Feryal Bensalah, Joanne Thurlow, Brett Smithard, Henni Granzow, Jeff Wellstead, Alec Hirst, Bhavika Patel
-
-
Hi community!
I’m hosting a free 30-min webinar on Tuesday, Sep 9th at 6:00 PM UK time. It’s for SaaS founders whose businesses are growing, but feel they have to stay on top of every detail, leaving no time to actually scale.
I’ll share the framework I used to grow a SaaS business from zero to $5M ARR without having to micro-manage.
Join here: https://nas.io/saas-founders-out-of-time/events/founder-focus1 Comment-
Nice offer, Juanse!
Tagging some of our SaaS related community members who might be interested/can make referrals: Geoffroy Bauer, Mala Morris, Carmel Rafaeli, Victor Malena, Marta Checa, Sikta , Andy Thompson, Matt Jones, Tes Macpherson, Edward Short
-
-
Alex Issakova posted in the group The Community
Hi everyone 👋
I’m doing some research into the challenges people face with building their personal brand, and I’d love your input. I’ve put together a short 8-question questionnaire to better understand where people get stuck and what support would be most helpful.
If you’ve spent any time trying to grow your presence or share your work online, your insights would mean a lot. It should only take 2–3 minutes: https://buildpad.io/research/OoVEE46
Thank you in advance for helping with my research! 🙏
5 Comments-
Nice idea, Alex! Tagging some of your fellow recent Catapult grads who will have been thinking about their personal brands within the last few months: Maleka Dattu, Jacque Cilliers, Hannah Batchelor, Dexter Robinson, Helene Alunni, Juanse Gonzalez, Evelyn Truter, Ashwin Tirodkar, Alex Lauder, Mark Litz, Laurence Kaye, Alicia Oke, Frederick Hare
-
-
I set up potato during SXSW, AI Summit and London Tech Week to combat the egregious stages and state of UK tech conversation.
It grew to over 1000 members in under two months. It’s clear we’re offering something that’s needed in UK tech.
We exist to do four things:
– get members unique conference/event discounts
– add critical thinking / quality event coverage via dedicated groups (AI, funding, health, jobs, funding etc)
– provide quality IRL networking via a monthly meetup (PO-LATE-O)
– connect UK tech folks
The final 1000 paid slots are now open. The first 250 get it for £5 per month, after that it’s £10 for everyone else.
There are already +300 startups in there, along with senior decision makers from Meta, Samsung, Monzo, HSBC, WSJ, Sky, Unilever, Amazon, Lego, Stripe, TechCrunch, Barclays, BBC, Sage, a16z and more.
Hope you’ll join!
potato.tech
2 Comments-
Paul Armstrong I just joined!
-
Cool concept, Paul! We’ll be sure to mention this to members as we chat with them
-
-
Free shared workspaces plus meeting rooms to book!
I came across this while strolling in the City last week.
Santander offers these Work Cafes in 5 UK locations (sorry most in the South East and London!) where you can work from plus book meeting rooms for free!!
1 Comment-
Ooo good intel! Did you take a peek inside? It would be cool to get a bit of database of co-working spaces with reviews going
-
-
Hi everyone, I’m Wes Godwin – Global Brand Director and Brand Marketing Consultant.
For over 20 years, I’ve helped global businesses turn brilliant products into distinctive, high-performing brands. I’ve worked with brands like Heineken, Miller Lite, Adidas, Sony, and Betway, and what I’ve learned is that success isn’t just about a great product—it’s about building a brand that actually drives commercial results.
My sweet spot is helping companies in complex, homogenous or regulated industries – where you can’t just throw money at problems – build strategies that drive real growth.
My track record includes:
•Driving 87% revenue growth at Super Group, the parent company of Betway and Jackpot City.
•Achieving 21% CAGR for brands like Miller Lite and Miller High Life post-acquisition.
•Scaling brands across 20+ international markets.
•Building the most visible sponsorship brand in the Premier League and NBA
I wo…
1 Comment-
Excellent to have you join us, Wes!
As a new member of the community I’d definitely suggest coming along to our Community Welcome call – this 30 minute Zoom session runs through most of what we have to offer, so you can figure out the best use of your time with us: https://portfolio-collective.com/events/getting-started-with-tpc/
Do let us know if you need any help as you start to navigate around the platform
-
-
Hi All, I’m interested to find out what CRM platform you’d recommend? What about this platform works well for you?
We are dipping our toe in the water and looking to manage our contacts and how they flow through the business more formally.
I’m equally interested in ones you’d avoid!
Many thanks
David
7 Comments-
Good question to ask, David! Tagging some community members who may be able to offer some words of wisdom: Lexi Radcliffe-Hart, Aurelie Genet, Quentin Boyes, Valeriia Sierikova, Lisa Power, Johnny Morris, John Rospenda, Ruth Napier, Caroline Silver, Clive Flood, Tom Simpson, Beth Marchetti
-
I have set up Pipedrive at over 10 companies. Super easy to use, track clients and deals, send newsletters and do marketing campaigns and a reasonable price and great support. All data backed up in the UK. !
-
Chicken and egg question: what is it that you want from your CRM, how much data do you need it to manage and who is going to be using it? There are great free CRMs out there and some that work well if you’re happy with basic functionality (HubSpot, for example, which can be cost-effective if used at small-scale). Let me know if you’d like to chat about it.
-
-
We use Hubspot here at TPC which I find to be intuitive and pretty user friendly, but I believe not particularly cheap
Many years ago I dabbled with Salesforce and at that time I remember the user interface wasn’t the easiest to navigate.James Bebbington has used Pipedrive before, I believe, so might have some insight for you?
-
Thanks Charlotte Owen
Hi David Cullimore. I’ve worked with and embedded a few, including Pipedrive, Hubspot, Monday, Copper, and am currently trying to explore the hype that is Attio!
Context plays a bit of a part in terms of what else might be in the tech-stack, how much functionality you want from it now and long term. I suppose out of all them Hubspot and Pipedrive probably win most often.
– Hubspot has the advantage of mass market adoption, meaning slightly more lik…
-
-
Hi David,
I will echo what a couple of others have already said – HubSpot and Pipedrive are excellent places to start for a SMB, and I will also add Monday CRM into the mix since I’ve heard very positive feedback on it.
HubSpot is great if you want an all-in-one platform that scales. The free tier covers core contact management, and you can grow into automation, reporting, and marketing tools without changing systems.
Pipedrive shines for sales pipeline management. It is very vi…
-
Hi David — apologies, I’ve only just seen this.
As others have noted, the “best” CRM really depends on your objectives (short, medium, and long-term), the integrations you need now (and soon), and ultimately budget versus immediate functional need. Most modern CRMs cover similar core features; the differences tend to show up in depth, extensibility, and pricing.
From experience, Microsoft Dynamics 365 can be very cost-effective and flexible, especially if you want to tailor workflo…
-
- Load More Posts
Karl McCaffrey Do you know any suitable candidates?