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“Everybody wants to become a cupcake entrepreneur at some point,” Emirates NBD executive vice president Tariq Bin Hendi said at the Arabian Business StartUp Academy. His statement was welcomed with roaring laughter from the audience of startup and SME founders, their reactions a fitting testament to his main point: People have romanticised entrepreneurship.
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Entrepreneurship ‘romanticised’ too much, says Emirates NBD exec
Tariq Bin Hendi said many business ideas are based on current trends as opposed to solid business ideas