Hani Naguib
Author, Mentor & Speaker Hani W. Naguib is an avid Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship advocate, trainer, and author of the insightful book titled "Mindset To Startup." With an MBA from the prestigious SDA Bocconi School of Management and a career spanning over a decade, Hani has collaborated significantly with influential organizations like IFC, the Global Entrepreneurship Network, EIT Climate-KIC, and Plug'n'Play on innovation projects and training startups. Recognized as the African Ecosystem Hero of the Year in 2023 at the Global Startup Awards, Hani's commitment to nurturing startups shines through his contribution of over 10,000 mentoring hours, emphasizing his passion for fostering entrepreneurial talent worldwide. His dedication extends beyond mentoring emerging entrepreneurs, having served as a lecturer on Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship at ESLSCA Business School, as a frequent guest speaker at The American University in Cairo, and as a contributor to the EU MC2 Project think tank. Hani also shares his insights as a keynote speaker at events like TEDx, Lean Startup Night, Startup Grind, and GEN Week.Latest Contribution
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Mindset to Startup: The Braided Journey of Entrepreneurship
Introduction When I began working on my book, Mindset to Startup, in 2020, a pivotal question guided my endeavor: After...
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Mentor Journey: The Real Cost Of Greatness
If you build a unicorn, you reach the highest level of entrepreneurial greatness. It is the ultimate “destination” for any...
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Mentor Journey: Don’t Fake It Until You Make It
Wirecard, a star of the German Fintech sector, stopped operations last June. Many of its management and board members got...
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Mentor Journey: The Value Proposition of the Startup CEO
Within the context of a startup, a CEO has to offer value propositions to three main segments: employees (or founding team), potential...
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Mentor Journey: What Is Your 90%?
In the past month, the startup world offered many of us a great lesson on leadership. On one end you...
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Mentor Journey: Pivoting in Uncertain Times
Many entrepreneurs think that they need to pivot to survive the next period. That is true. But then again it...
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Mentor Journey: It Will Only Look as Dark as you Allow It to
During uncertain times, it is really easy to tell you to stay positive and to keep staying positive until things...
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The Unchosen Co-founder: on Depression and Entrepreneurship
Loneliness, shame, guilt and depression are the real co-founders of any entrepreneur attempting to build a startup. Yes, those feelings...
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Mentor Journey: How to Lead Your Startup Through Challenging COVID-19 Times
Your startup journey is about to get very interesting! Here you are working hard to raise funds, build a team...