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the expired products had to be                          taught you anything is to ask                                                                                          “My third major project was

      disposed of, which must have                            a successful in his field, so                                                                                          risking both profits I had
      yielded loss. “Because it was                           his words were nothing but a                                                                                           from Egypuppy and Mokai to

      closed for six months, the                              source of optimism to fellow                                                                                           start the business of  motor-

      food industry is what was af-                           entrepreneurs, businesses, and                                                                                         cycles known Bikology. After

      fected the most, and it was                             newly launched start-ups (that                                                                                         five years of  having business-

      very devastating. I have six                            were lucky enough to survive                                                                                           es, I risked all the profits to

      branches of  Mokai, with                                the pandemic) will catch up with                                                                                       open the biggest showroom

      more than 680 employees                                 the pace of recovery.                                                                                                  in Egypt, and still, I did the
      who required salaries without                                                                                                                                                  same with Bekky Barber. I

      any income from their jobs.                             In light of COVID 19, there                                                                                            opened in old malls, that’s

      We used all the reserves of                             have been many risks of busi-                                                                                          another risk, but I signed an

      the company to cover-up”.                               nesses shutting down; Mr. Ala-                                                                                         exclusive contract in Al Fu-

      Mr. Aladin also mentioned that  din was asked to share risks that                                                                                                              ttaim Malls and took it as a

      few stockings in Egypuppy and  he took in life away from the                                                                                                                   trial, and I believed it would

      the other companies got affect- pandemic and how he overcame                                                                                                                   work after a huge risk,” he

      ed as well, even the slightest, out  the trouble what the strategies                                                                                                           stated. Based on his words, it’s

      of the products’ expiry.                                he used were. “I have always                                                                                           safe to conclude that risk comes
      Mahmoud Aladin further men-                             faced risks, all the entrepre-                                                                                         hand in hand with being an en-

      tioned that the drive was going  neurs are usually risk-takers,                                                                                                                trepreneur, which is a fascinat-

      back uphill and things gradually  and all my life has been pend-                                                       , that was built in a high-risk  ing tie between a relatively pos-

      started to improve with recov-                          ing on risks,” he continued, “I                                area.”                                                  itive job and a possibly-negative

      ery taking over along with the                          risked everything at the be-                                   Mokai was first to open in an                           action. After discussing the risks

      pandemic’s current status, “It                          ginning to open Egypuppy                                       extension of New Cairo in                               Mr. Aladin took in his favor,

      was like half-load stress was                           to the extent that I sold my                                   Concord Plaza when the area                             he was asked about other pas-
      off  because we were open-                              car and my motorcycle and                                      was dead, and not a lot of peo-                         sions besides entrepreneurship.

      ing up again, and working.                              all my savings. And I gam-                                     ple were based there. Hence,                            As sources have it, he makes

      Instead of  six or eight hours,  bled everything that I own,                                                           no traffic existed at the time to  a distinctive educator. To no

      the shops started to open for  and I gambled because I                                                                 drive customers to the site, but  surprise, his answer approved,

      12 hours and fourteen, start-                           believed that this project is                                  Mr. Aladin also said that he had  “That is a great passion for

      ing to pick up again. I believe  going to boom and will have                                                           a vision for that area, which is                        me because I can explain in

      the situation is getting back                           great success; two years after,                                now known for having all the                            detail and give people exam-

      on track” was precisely what                            I risked the profit itself  and                                fancy projects such as Mokai                            ples of  everything and lead

      Mr. Aladin said, and if life                            sold my house to open Mokai                                    and a whole lotof cash pockets.  them.”


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