Expense management challenges affect many UAE startups, with regulatory penalties potentially reaching significant amounts according to Federal Tax Authority enforcement patterns. Yet many startup founders approach expense management as simple…

Over 60% of GCC small and medium enterprises cite cash flow gaps as their biggest operational challenge, while the region faces a staggering $250 billion SME funding gap that restricts…

Research shows that cash flow problems represent the primary reason startups fail, not because their product wasn't viable or their market didn't exist, but because founders lacked real-time visibility into…

Ahmad stares at a stack of Arabic and English invoices scattered across his Dubai office desk, his laptop showing three different VAT calculations that don't match, and his ADCB business…

According to research by Failory, 34% of startups fail due to a lack of product-market fit, often building something the market doesn't actually need or want. Another 22% cite ineffective…

You're in a Dubai Marina café, three months after registering your startup in DIFC. An investor from Hub71 asks about your 18-month GCC revenue projections. Your spreadsheets are a mess…

Picture this: you sit down with a VC in Dubai. They open your spreadsheet and jump to three things: cash runway, unit economics, and tax settings. In five minutes, they…

A customer in Dubai signs a yearly plan. You send the invoice. They ask for a tax invoice with your TRN. Your auditor asks how you booked revenue under IFRS…

The Startup Genome project reports that 9 out of 10 startups fail globally. This failure rate stays the same across markets and regions. Yet most business owners in the GCC…

The UAE got $359 million in startup funding during July 2025. That's the second-highest amount in MENA after Saudi Arabia. But here's the problem - most fintech founders in Dubai…