Key Takeaways:
0:00 Intro

0:41 Hosam shares a little background of what made him to become an entrepreneur he is now

2:29 Hosam talks about the history of his company and why he decided to venture into fashion industry

4:23 Hosam talks about e-commerce and what led them to take their fashion business online and how convenient it is to both the businessman and the customers 

6:37 Hosam talks about how it was becoming an entrepreneur and starting a business in times when entrepreneurship was not so common 

8:06 Hosam also talks about their growth process and the positive and the negative things that he and the company encountered 

11:07 Hosam shares his experience with e-commerce and the challenges that he faced while scaling specifically with e-commerce 

13:00 Hosam talks about cross-border scaling challenge that they faced as a business and how they dealt with it

15:16 Hosam shares an advice to entrepreneurs who are planning to be in the e-commerce, what to do and what not to do

16:50 Hosam also shares his thoughts on vertical e-commerce and horizontal e-commerce and which is more convenient especially in these times 

19:02 Hosam talks about Omni-channel retail and shares his thoughts around it if it’s important 

20:49 Hosam talks about what prompted him to move from the fashion world to FinTech and how that has been for him

24:25 Hosam explains different reasons as to why FinTech is doing well in some regions than others

25:26 Hosam also explains why FinTech is growing quicker nowadays as opposed to earlier days 

27:27 Hosam compares his early stage back then in his first company and early stage now in his new venture Tabby 

28:50 Hosam talks about the challenges that he and the company are facing today as a startup and if they are different from ones from initial company

30:36 Hosam talks about the advice he would give to someone in power with the ability to change entrepreneurship if he was given the chance 

31:23 Hosam also shares advice to the young that are planning on starting their entrepreneurial journey  

32:44 Hosam talks about the impacts that the pandemic has caused especially in the e-commerce

34:40 Hosam shares the vision of Tabby in the near future 

Shows Mentioned:
https://tabby.ai/ 

https://en-global.namshi.com/ 

Zappos.com is an American online shoe and clothing retailer based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, a search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington, which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. 

BeautyCart is a dynamic and rejoice online seller.

Omni-channel retail is a multichannel approach to sales that focus on providing seamless customer experience whether the client is shopping online from a mobile device, a laptop or in a brick-and-mortar store.

Emaar Properties is an Emirati multinational real estate Development Company located in the United Arab Emirates. 

FinTech is a portmanteau of the terms “finance” and “technology” and refers to any business that uses technology to enhance or automate financial services and processes. 

Quotes Mentioned:
“Fashion was one of those that everyone globally was sort of questioning whether it could work online.”
“Offering customer convenient option needs to come at the same time as a great experience...