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Now, what is more, fascinating it, so I had a full organiza- of projects that aren’t relat-

than starting rise-up companies tional structure that I used ed to each other, so they all
from ashes and even growing inside the bank where it serve well in that case, so

as many skills are how it all showed me that I have the when the restaurant is down

started? Did he base his first full potential to be able to op- the barbershops are well, and

building block to the tower of erate the business myself.” so on” so all the businesses

success he has now and yet-to- can’t go down at the same time,

have? After seven years, he moved to so that’s why it never loses bal-

Egypt and decided to buy a dog; ance I believe this is the best
When Mr. Aladin started work- on his trip to a wandering pet way to hedge your risk in eco-

ing in a french bank after his shop, Mr. Aladin got his first nomic instability, so that’s why

graduation, in Paris where he spark. He saw that most pet this during the crisis we never

was based at times, he men- shops lacked professionalism; have a hill downfall, Egyptian

tioned being there for six years the stores had foul smells, were market is a very virgin market.

as an employee who was giving unhygienic, and were not tak- Also, a way is to figure out what

too much in return for too lit- en care of as they should have your customers need, because

tle, while only helping develop been. He even mentioned that there are a lot of gaps in the

the bank. In the process, he was minimal products and assort- market that you can open so customers a lot. I hear their
not learning anything new and ments were even available for many businesses, and it requires needs. I hear what they’re

was not taking instructions an- purchase. “There was a gap in a peer through your customers, looking for, what they are ex-

ymore. “I was only giving,” the market, and I wondered to hear what they’re expecting pecting. And based on that,

he said, and that started a spark what it would be like to open and based on that, you decide I’m opening new businesses

for him to dream significantly up a luxurious shop to suite the company you need. all the time. Like in Egypt,

about having to work from the higher end society,” he said, fewer people are looking for

comfort of his passion. “What “I kept looking for the re- “I’m not a dog specialist to sushi restaurants. I opened
I made for the bank was a sources that I have, my car, open a dog shop; I’m not a MCI, and I realized peo-

huge profit, yet I was only my bicycle, and all my sav- bicycle professional to trade ple were looking for Dubai

taking 1/1000 percent of that ings to open up Egypuppy.” it and I’m not a chef to open motorcycles in a nice place

net profit, I saw myself in a restaurant, I’m not a bar- opened by color. That’s look-

the opportunity of creating Another strength Mr. Aladin ber to open a barbershop, but ing for barbershops, like the

and developing producers portrayed was his great strategy they make a perfect portfo- ones in the U.S I opened Bek-

and sources of income, being to avoid any significant prob- lio,” he stated. ky barber. I realize people are

able to market for it, and to lems, “The key is in having a looking for a nice advertising

teach salespeople how to sell big portfolio of projects that “So I always listened to my company that opens Topia.

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