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If you are a startup entrepreneur with a Web3 project that you need to pitch to a Venture Capital investor, it's important to know what the investors are looking for. In this column you can find some...

I was contacted by Issa, a young Omani entrepreneur who asked for my opinion on the topic of online digital marketing agencies as a business. This column is to share my advice with all those that have...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were the most hyped blockchain trend in 2021, and although the volumes have decreased significantly, there is still so much more that has not been explored.NFT may be used...

Recently I met a friend who launched a new F&B product. Let’s call him Mark, although it is not his real name. Mark shared with me all the amazing initiatives that he launched to raise awareness...

Token 2049, the world’s premier crypto event was back to Singapore last week, and I attended the main conference on September 28 and 29, 2022. The conference was hosted in Marina Bay Sands...

E-commerce logistics is the process of producing, labelling, warehousing, and ultimately shipping the product to a customer's door after it is purchased. It is the seamless — and often automated —...

ESG is that part of sustainability which has a commercial value. ESG is the umbrella term to describe a company’s impacts on social and environmental issues, as well as their management, in addition...

In the past decade, entrepreneurship in Oman has become significantly stronger and more mature. Ever since the late His Majesty Sultan Qaboos set the vision for an SME driven economy, through a series...

Half a billion dollars were scammed in crypto last year, and this year might be much more. Crypto is per se a risky form of digital asset, and the rule of thumb for all investors should be the...

Ok. I get it. Maybe I am a bit old fashion. But there are some business models that make little sense to me. Starting from the food delivery frenzy, where 99% or the rides are subsidised with...

There was a time when we used to ask for “the original” invoice. It was a time when the fax machine was one of the most advanced pieces of technology in our offices. And most importantly, emails...

Let us not mistake the present with the future. I just spent a few days in Seoul, South Korea, where - besides the worst flood in at least five decades - the Korea Blockchain Week took place at the...

In today’s column I would like to discuss the status of venture capital investment in web3, which to some is just a new fancy way to refer to blockchain technology.Ever since I joined as a partner...

Recession is the buzz word of the day and the phenomena that we are we are going to talk about in this article.Recession is a multifaceted subject that has far-reaching ramifications for people,...

@stefanovirgilliThree months ago I joined an investment firm, which could be loosely categorised as a Venture Capital. Without going too much into technicalities, Venture Capital is money deployed to...

In 2018, when I was speaking on the stages of crypto and blockchain conferences all around the world, with a frequency of almost every couple of days, I grew tired of seeing scam after scam being...

Not everyone is feeling it yet, but the global economy is in pretty bad shape at the moment. In some countries prices are skyrocketing. Fuel and energy in general have become terribly expensive....

When we look at macroeconomics indicator, inflation is one of the most important metrics to keep in mind as a litmus of the market’s status and sentiment. Inflation paints a picture of the current...

Fintech is a concept that I saw evolving from its inception. From being just a trendy buzzword, to a full scale segment of the financial industry. One of the most recent trends is the Buy Now, Pay...

Is all publicity, good publicity? No sorry. It does not work that way any longer. We live in the era of social media, and when things turn out to be negative, often stay that way. As I dig deeper in...