Join us for an evening with Dana Baki – Chief Commercial Officer at The Exploration Company

Prior to joining the Aerospace Industry, Dana started Munch:On ground up that got acquired by Careem in 2022. Her story inspires us on choosing the route of entreprenuership and getting investments to scale up, leading to getting acquired by Careem in 2022

DISCUSSION TOPIC

This session is for those pursuing entrepreneuship, or currently an entrepreneaur wishing to scale or sell their business. Topics discussed:

• Why entrepreneurship and the challenges faced.
• Was fundraising easy? How does one secure investments from VCs? Is there a blueprint?
• Was selling the ultimate goal? How can a business attract buyers? How do you decide on the time/price to exit?

MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dana Baki is the Chief Commercial Officer of The Exploration Company, one of the fastest growing space companies globally, building reusable space capsules and lunar landers. This Nyx capsule will be the first to use green propellant globally, while flying at a fraction of the cost of global competition.
Prior to joining The Exploration Company, Dana was the co-founder & COO of MUNCH:ON, a food technology platform based out of the Middle East, that was acquired by Careem (Uber’s subsidiary in the region). Before starting MUNCH:ON, Dana was a Partner of Business Development at AlJal Capital—a financing and venture capital firm in the United Arab Emirates. Previous to that, Ms. Baki worked for Procter & Gamble in the United States for 7+ years, benefiting from a wide range of assignments within the company and gaining expertise in Corporate Strategy, Marketing and Consumer Insights.
She holds an MBA from Georgetown University and B.A. in Economics and English Literature from The University of Michigan.

Dana has achieved many accolades:

Selected as:
Top 20 Women Behind Middle Eastern Brands – Forbes 2022
Top 10 Women Behind Middle Eastern Brands- Forbes 2021
Top 10 Women Behind Middle Eastern Brands- Forbes 2020

Endeavor Entrepreneur since July 2019
“She Loves Tech UAE” Award Winner 2018
Top 5 Women Founders in the UAE – SME10x 2019

MUNCH:ON Awarded:
Top 100 Startups of the World Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution – World Economic Forum in 2017
Top 100 Most Promising Startups in the Middle East – Forbes in 2018
Top 50 Hottest Global Tech Companies – Crunchbase in 2019
Homegrown Brand of the Year – Entrepreneur Middle East in 2020
Best Food App of the Year – Entrepreneur Middle East in 2021
Best Food Delivery App in the GCC – MEA Markets & UAE Business Awards in 2022

AGENDA

• 6.30pm Registration and networking
• 7.00 Welcome and network update
• 7.10 Member spotlights
• 7.20 Workshop
• 8.20 Closing

CONTRIBUTION

50 AED per person – cash only, please bring change

CALL N’TELL

This is a new initiative by the Alumni where the person who brings in most Alumnus will get a reward. So, bring your ex-P&G friends along. Learn, network, have fun, and get rewarded!

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