Book 10 // Saeed Alnofeli and Never Lose Hope

Chapters Of My Life Podcast

"People who didn’t make it or who are not known, have the most interesting stories." Saeed Alnofeli With a life book called “Never Lose Hope” you most probably went in life through plenty ups and downs. I had Saeed Alnofeli on my Podcast - He is Venture Creation Manager at Sheraa Entrepreneurship Center, Co-Founder of Maia Systems and a very valuable colleague of mine. What most fascinates me about him is his different perspective on entrepreneurship and how to tackle problems in the field of creative thinking. He is Emirati, and to be honest, he has a non-typical Emirati approach towards creative thinking and entrepreneurship. His character is shaped in particular through his stay abroad - in his teens, he lived for 8 years in the UK. With that life experience from the western mindset going back to UAE, he brought a different perspective in the fields of entrepreneurship but also as tech-co-founder for a system which can be described as the Fitbit for Camels. Saeed is all about turning negativity into strength and that what shaped his whole life. He chooses 5 chapters in his Chapters of My Life Book called “Never Lose Hope” Chapter 1 called “Foundation" where he explains his simple life while growing up in UAE, in a country back in the 80/90s. The core that shaped his life is about Chapter 2 and it’s all about his 8 years living abroad in the UK. His life to adapt to a more western lifestyle, while living in a very multicultural city. His passion for football helped him to find plenty of friends, be well integrated, though he also realised over time UK education system also has his drawbacks for him personally. He named Chapter 3 “Transition” where he describes his first few years being back in his home country in UAE. Aim for him was to build himself up, climbing a corporate ladder till 2008 - where the economic crisis unintentionally triggered a massive wake up call in his life. His reality check at 2008 uncovered a massive debt crisis - that was the beginning of Chapter 4 in his life called “ Challenging Transition”. From 2008 he learned a lot about himself, in particular how to overcome these setbacks and how to start completely from scratch. Working full time, while studying at the same time, Saeed created a multi-year plan to get out of debts, but also to connect his culture, interest in technology which basically lead to his current Startup. After several jobs among as IT Technician, Engineer and team leader his past work experience, interest in entrepreneurship falling into place and merged. Chapter 5 called "Rise Up" and it’s all about his life as educator at Sheraa Entrepreneurship Center in Sharjah but also as co-founder of Maia Systems - an IT and Networking solutions business which among others currently focused also on Camel systems - a Fitbit for Camels, in other words, combining his interest in technology and entrepreneurship with his culture. Alright, shall we, let’s kickstart this long conversation with a truly inspiring tech entrepreneur from UAE with his Chapters Of My Life Book “ Never Lose Hope”. —————————————————- CHAPTERS OF MY LIFE BOOK TITLE: Never Lose Hope CHAPTERS: 1 Foundation 2 The Core 3 Transition 4 Challenging Transition 5 Rise Up —————————————————— You can find more about Saeed on his Business Website http://www.maiasystems.com/, on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/saeed-alnofeli-38b2a231/ and on Sheraa Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre Website www.sheraa.ae. All links are in the show notes. Alright, a tech entrepreneur with the passion to transform an Entrepreneurship ecosystem with a mindset of never losing hope. So folks, who else do you want to hear? Leave some comments, what did you like most from this podcast, which chapters of other entrepreneurs, athletes, innovators or changemakers do you wanna hear in the future? Leave a comment or drop me a message on social media. You can find me on Instagram and twitter @bydanielludwig