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June 2025

How A $250 Startup Turned India Into A $250B Outsourcing Giant
What happens when the underdog becomes the architect of the global system?
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How $10B Mixue Is Destroying McDonald's & Starbucks
The world’s largest food and beverage chain by store count isn’t American. It’s Chinese.
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How a Pakistani Startup Became South Asia’s $220M Amazon
This isn’t just a story about e-commerce, it’s a blueprint for building in places most businesses ignore.
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How Qatar Built a $220M Dairy Empire in the Desert
Can a food crisis create a global company? And what can the world learn from a dairy farm in the desert?
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How $3B Amouage Is Competing With Dior From Oman
Can the Middle East export more than oil and tourism and can it export legacy luxury?
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How Ambani Crushed Disney’s $8 Billion Bet in India
Ambani turned JioCinema into India’s #1 streaming platform with over 100 million users and 300,000 hours of content.
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How $50B Emirates Became the World’s Most Profitable Airline
Imagine making three times more profit per passenger than the rest of the world. That’s exactly what Middle Eastern airlines have done in 2024. And at…
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How An Indian Immigrant Built A $8.4B Supermarket From The Middle East
Will Lulu become the next Walmart?
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How Al Baik Became a $3.2B Food Empire From Saudi Arabia
Learn how the founders overcame $1.8 million in debt, developed the iconic 18-spice recipe, and turned Al Baik into a cultural phenomenon.
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How I Raised $500M To Build A Unicorn From The Middle East
Abdallah Abu Sheikh shares the exact playbook that helped him raise half a billion dollars and scale AstraTech into a global unicorn with 150 million…
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The Business Behind Israel vs Iran: Who’s Getting Rich?
As tensions rise between Israel and Iran, this narrow chokepoint has become ground zero for disruption, and profit.
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