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Meta — the holding company controlling Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Oculus — lost a tremendous amount of value last week. The stock of Mark Zuckerberg’s company tanked 23 per cent during...

Last week we talked about the business of flipping properties, which consists of acquiring houses or condos that are priced under market value, perform a fast renovation and resell at an increased...

Flipping properties sounds like a fun business, either for a side income, or as a retirement project. The idea of cherry picking undervalued properties from the market and turn them into masterpiece...

My latest column on the metaverse attracted a lot of attention on social media. Especially, I was asked by several readers, how can anyone look at the metaverse as a business opportunity. First and...

I visited a friend and was surprised to see a virtual reality gear on her table. She told me that she occasional goes to a virtual cinema with her virtual friends to watch movies. I realized that the...

Starting a fashion collection is not an easy task. The world is “flooded” with garments of all sorts. From the cheapest to the most exclusive luxury brands, all strive to be as appealing as...

In the quest to find out the secret of success for startups, I refer to Bill Gross’ research. His company, Idealabs, was founded in 1996 in California, and is the longest running technology...

I often receive messages on LinkedIn from new tech entrepreneurs excited to pitch me an ultra-innovative idea. While some of them are certainly visionary, others seem to overestimate the potential of...

Continuing from last week.In corporate, it is easy to demonstrate that income does not grow significantly year on year. In fact, the best way for an employee to earn more, is to change job. For...

After last week’s column on entrepreneurship as opposed to a corporate career, I have received an unprecedented number of messages via LinkedIn and by e-mail. It was one of the best conversation...

After three weeks invested in writing about international matters, I want to come back to the Sultanate of Oman. This is going to be a classic SME column based on the experience of one of the readers...

The South China Morning Post has recently released a report that highlights how the China tech space has changed since last year, and how it will likely evolve. On the one hand the underlying market...

Last week we introduced the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework as an evaluation – not valuation – criteria to potentially predict sudden drops in price shares due to scandals or...

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is a framework that has become increasingly popular in the business world. While for decades we had Profit as the only indicator for the success of a...

If you thought now is too soon to start holiday shopping, think again.A huge backlog out at sea, with over 60 container ships carrying millions of consumer goods wait to unload in California, at the...

When we think of Samsung, the first thing that comes to mind is probably a mobile phone or a TV set. But the greatness of the Korean giant goes beyond the latest consumer products.In 1938, at age 28,...

After the latest column on business valuation, I was contacted by Yahya, a young Omani entrepreneur who asked me if the valuation criteria presented could be applicable to his start-up. A bit of...

The valuation of small businesses seems to be one of the topics preferred by the regular readers of my weekly column on the Observer. So today I am sharing what are in my opinion the top 5 valuation...

We all love our cars. Big in the Middle East. Tiny in Europe. Fancy looking in Asia. Environmentally friendly in the US. And what about India?In India, 95 per cent of cars are priced below $20,000. An...

Today we continue exploring three business valuation methods that I have suggested to Hilal, a property investor who lost a significant part of his income due to Covid-19. Many of his tenants have...