Running a start-up – Ummul Choudhury

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In Blog posts, Innovation, International development, Localisation, Running a start-up

The 8 key things to focus on when founding a tech start-up

Tech start-ups come with specific challenges – especially when launching solutions in sectors known for their lack of innovation. Here’s my take on the main things to focus on when founding a tech start-up.

February 20, 2023

In Banking and finance, Blog posts, Innovation, International development, Running a start-up

Rethinking what it means to be an entrepreneur: embracing creative risk in the humanitarian aid sector

I’ve negotiated war zones and secret police to start up a social enterprise, winning multiple awards and raising millions along the way. So why aren’t I treated as a professional, let alone an entrepreneur?

January 30, 2023

In Blog posts, Inspiration, Race, Running a start-up, Sex and gender, Women

“How did someone like you end up in a position like this?”: reflections on being a female CEO on International Women’s Day

To coincide with International Women's Day 2022 I’ve reflected on my experiences of female leadership over the years – from being a suited warrior in my 20s, through to the female CEOs that inspire me now.

March 8, 2022

In Blog posts, Innovation, Inspiration, International development, Localisation, Running a start-up, United nonsense

5 practical ways we can transform and localise international aid

The current system for delivering international aid has spun out of control. It's bureaucratic, inefficient and broken. So I've worked with colleagues to rethink, redesign and transform things.

January 31, 2022

In Banking and finance, Running a start-up

Getting start-up funding in cold Damascus

Setting up a start-up requires money. Here are some of my tips for getting start-up funding (and surviving the process).

October 10, 2019

In Running a start-up, Working mum

The five things I wish I’d known when I founded a charity in the Middle East

I founded a charity in 2010. My aim at the time was to ‘give something back’. Here are the five things I wish I’d known at the very beginning.

August 22, 2019

In International development, Running a start-up, Women

Speaking in public: telling a memorable story

A few years ago I was asked to speak at a conference. The talk I gave went down so well that people quoted it back to me. How do you tell a memorable story?

June 25, 2019