Stories, partnerships and moments from across the 24six9 global founder community.
· By Suraya Turk
Written by Suraya Turk | Community Contributor, 24six9 In today’s startup ecosystem, particularly in the UAE where innovation-led businesses continue to attract strong investor interest, intellectual property (IP) is often one of the most valuable and most overlooked assets a company can hold. Wheth
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· By Vlada Lomova
Written by Vlada Lomova | Community Contributor, 24six9 There's a story most founders tell themselves about press coverage: that it's something earned later. Once the raise closes, once the numbers look good, and once the company is, in some undefined way, ready.
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· By 24SIX9
Hello 24six9 fam! From cracking Saudi to teenage founders to a room full of people sharing what building actually costs. July covered a lot of ground for a handful of gatherings.
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· By Suraya Turk
Written by Suraya Turk | Community Contributor, 24six9 Time It Right: Is It Time to Establish a Holding Company? Every successful business starts the same way: with an idea. Founders spend countless hours building their business, developing products, hiring talent, securing customers and generating
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· By 24SIX9
Hello 24six9 fam! June was proof that communities don't grow because people show up. They grow because people contribute.
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· By 24SIX9
Hello 24six9 fam! If May had a personality, it would be the person who shows up first to everything, stays the latest, and somehow still has energy on the way out. Five events.
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· By 24SIX9
Hello 24six9 fam! You had to be there. But since you weren't, here's everything that happened in April.
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· By 24SIX9
24six9 Riyadh Founders Workshop with Zubair Chemb Somewhere between your first pitch deck and your first “what have I done?” moment, you realize startups are less “build in public” and more “build on paperwork.” That’s exactly where the last 24SIX9 Founders Workshop in Riyadh decided to camp out.
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· By 24SIX9
Hey 24six9ers, we hope 2026 has been EPIC for you so far! So much changed in a year for the tech community, with AI making its way into every conversation. But as we kick off a new wave of innovation, one thread keeps resurfacing in our circles: how much has AI really changed the startup game? Has i
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· By 24SIX9
Hello 24six9 fam! Happy New Year! Can you believe we’re already a week into 2026? We hope by this week, everyone's shaken off their holiday blues and the sluggishness that comes with it, because the rest of the year is promising to be an ACTIVE one. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
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· By 24SIX9
The 24six9 community is a platform where founders often swap strategies on early-stage building, and one of the most common questions we hear during that stage is: how do you test market demand before you actually build the product? Every founder eventually wonders: how do you figure out if your ide
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· By 24SIX9
Hello 24six9 family! As the year begins to wind down, one thing is clear: the 24six9 communities and chapters worldwide remain unstoppable. Across our global communities and chapters, we’ve been booked and busy with events, meaningful conversations, and exciting collaborations.
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