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StartupQ8 Agenda 4th event

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Abdullah Alshalabi
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The 4th StartupQ8 event will take place on January 21st, 2013 from 7PM to 9PM at the Global Investment House in Kuwait City. The agenda includes a talk on technology and startups by Burhan Khalid from 7:05-7:45PM, an interview with the founders of the online game Kout bo 6 from 7:50-8:30PM, and a networking session from 8:30-9:00PM. Kout bo 6 is a popular online game in Kuwait and the Middle East founded in 1999 by Ahmad Al-Ibrahim, Dr. Mohammad Al-Marzouq and Hamad Al-Marzouq. The event is organized

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The 4 th StartupQ8 Event (Agenda) Date: 21/1/2013 Time: 7PM 9PM Venue: Global Investment House Building, Kuwait city, Kuwait
Agenda Starts at 7:00PM 7:05 - 7:45 Technology and your Startup by Burhan Khalid 7:50 - 8:30 Interview Kout bo 6 team, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim, Dr.Mohammad AlMarzouq and Hamad AlMarzouq 8:30 - 9:00 Networking Ends at 9:00PM StartupQ8@gmail.com
Session#1: Technology and your Startup (40min) About the Session In this session Burhan Khalid will share his expertise in IT and we will learn from him about: Mistakes Startups make with IT How IT can help by adding value/increasing valuation Do founders need to be IT gurus? The power of open source in enablement Finding and retaining IT talent Simple tips and tricks to use. About Burhan Khalid By day, Burhan Khalid is manager of electronic channels development for Ahli United Bank. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing all development effort for electronic banking channels. Burhan has more than 8 years of diverse experience in the IT field in development and management roles, having previously served as IT and projects manager in various organizations. An avid believer in open source and the mentoring; he volunteers a large portion of his time mentoring developers and speaking on open source awareness, development best practices and tools. StartupQ8@gmail.com
Session#2: Interview with Kout bo 6 (40min) About the Session We are going to have an interview with the founding team of the famous online game Koutbo6.com. Below are some of the questions that we are going to ask: 1. How did it all started? Who are the founding team? 2. Tell us a bit more about your products. The first Kout bo 6, and Kout bo 6 now. Along with the other games your released recently. Backed with some numbers please 3. How did you make money from the web-based Kout bo 6? And whats your revenue model now with the mobile Apps? 4. How many employees do you have when you first started? And how many do you have right now? How did you manage to stay lean? About Kout bo 6 Koutbo6.com is an online entertainment website, which is one of the most recognized and largest community based online entertainment project in Kuwait and the Middle East. Koutbo6.com has a mixture of popular middle eastern multi-player card games and social networking web applications. Ahmad Al-Ibrahim, Dr. Mohammad Al-Marzouq and Hamad Al-Marzouq are the co-founders of the company and they started the project back in 1999. Dr. Al-Marzouq is now a professor in Kuwait University, Hamad is working in the Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei and Ahmad is working full-time on Kout bo 6. StartupQ8@gmail.com
Venue Address: Global Investment House, Hilalli Street, Kuwait City, Kuwait (As written in Google Maps) A note from the organizers Dont be late: We will start at 7PM even if the speaker himself is late Dress Code: Wear something casual. We recommend that NO one wears a formal dress. All of our speakers and organizers are requested to wear something casual. Participation: This is a unique and a different kind of event. Everyone is welcomed to participate by asking questions, adding comments or giving feedback before, during or after the event. StartupQ8@gmail.com
Partners and sponsors: Participants: Support from Kuwaiti Startups: StartupQ8@gmail.com
Organizing Team Mohammed Al Meer Mshari Al Onaizy @MrMMM @Mishaymish Abdullah Al Shalabi Abdulaziz Al Loughany @a_alshalabi @aballoughani Abdullah Al Mansour Mijbel Al Qattan @a_almansour @MijbelF Mohammed AlSuraye @malsuraye StartupQ8@gmail.com

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StartupQ8 Agenda 4th event

  • 1. The 4 th StartupQ8 Event (Agenda) Date: 21/1/2013 Time: 7PM 9PM Venue: Global Investment House Building, Kuwait city, Kuwait
  • 2. Agenda Starts at 7:00PM 7:05 - 7:45 Technology and your Startup by Burhan Khalid 7:50 - 8:30 Interview Kout bo 6 team, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim, Dr.Mohammad AlMarzouq and Hamad AlMarzouq 8:30 - 9:00 Networking Ends at 9:00PM StartupQ8@gmail.com
  • 3. Session#1: Technology and your Startup (40min) About the Session In this session Burhan Khalid will share his expertise in IT and we will learn from him about: Mistakes Startups make with IT How IT can help by adding value/increasing valuation Do founders need to be IT gurus? The power of open source in enablement Finding and retaining IT talent Simple tips and tricks to use. About Burhan Khalid By day, Burhan Khalid is manager of electronic channels development for Ahli United Bank. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing all development effort for electronic banking channels. Burhan has more than 8 years of diverse experience in the IT field in development and management roles, having previously served as IT and projects manager in various organizations. An avid believer in open source and the mentoring; he volunteers a large portion of his time mentoring developers and speaking on open source awareness, development best practices and tools. StartupQ8@gmail.com
  • 4. Session#2: Interview with Kout bo 6 (40min) About the Session We are going to have an interview with the founding team of the famous online game Koutbo6.com. Below are some of the questions that we are going to ask: 1. How did it all started? Who are the founding team? 2. Tell us a bit more about your products. The first Kout bo 6, and Kout bo 6 now. Along with the other games your released recently. Backed with some numbers please 3. How did you make money from the web-based Kout bo 6? And whats your revenue model now with the mobile Apps? 4. How many employees do you have when you first started? And how many do you have right now? How did you manage to stay lean? About Kout bo 6 Koutbo6.com is an online entertainment website, which is one of the most recognized and largest community based online entertainment project in Kuwait and the Middle East. Koutbo6.com has a mixture of popular middle eastern multi-player card games and social networking web applications. Ahmad Al-Ibrahim, Dr. Mohammad Al-Marzouq and Hamad Al-Marzouq are the co-founders of the company and they started the project back in 1999. Dr. Al-Marzouq is now a professor in Kuwait University, Hamad is working in the Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei and Ahmad is working full-time on Kout bo 6. StartupQ8@gmail.com
  • 5. Venue Address: Global Investment House, Hilalli Street, Kuwait City, Kuwait (As written in Google Maps) A note from the organizers Dont be late: We will start at 7PM even if the speaker himself is late Dress Code: Wear something casual. We recommend that NO one wears a formal dress. All of our speakers and organizers are requested to wear something casual. Participation: This is a unique and a different kind of event. Everyone is welcomed to participate by asking questions, adding comments or giving feedback before, during or after the event. StartupQ8@gmail.com
  • 6. Partners and sponsors: Participants: Support from Kuwaiti Startups: StartupQ8@gmail.com
  • 7. Organizing Team Mohammed Al Meer Mshari Al Onaizy @MrMMM @Mishaymish Abdullah Al Shalabi Abdulaziz Al Loughany @a_alshalabi @aballoughani Abdullah Al Mansour Mijbel Al Qattan @a_almansour @MijbelF Mohammed AlSuraye @malsuraye StartupQ8@gmail.com