Seven steps for an Iranian entrepreneur starting a tech company in Dubai — from proving the product to licence route, banking, residency, first customers and team model.
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Six bootstrapping rules from Amir Erfani, an Iranian tech founder in Dubai, drawn from Shipnow's 6000% growth without outside investment and applied to TaskLoop and Duvita.
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Sep 19, 20265 min read
Hospitality, restaurants, real estate, logistics and marketplaces: five industries where Iranian founders can build tech businesses in Dubai, each with a real product example.
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Sep 17, 20264 min read
Who is Amir Erfani? The Iranian tech founder in Dubai behind Rozamoon, TaskLoop and Duvita — and the two decades of company-building in Isfahan that came before.
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Sep 15, 20265 min read
Sepano Data Processing has delivered national-scale paperless systems and IoT-plus-AI traffic control since 2008. The lessons behind them, and how they shape products built for Dubai.
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Sep 15, 20264 min read
What it takes to succeed as an Iranian entrepreneur in Dubai — five lessons from Amir Erfani, who took products built in Isfahan to hotels, restaurants and real-estate firms in the UAE.
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Sep 12, 20264 min read
Proximity, a familiar business culture, customers who buy software and a gateway to global markets: why Dubai is the natural base for Iranian tech founders — and when it is the wrong move.
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Sep 8, 20264 min read
The operating model behind Amir Erfani's Dubai companies: a Dubai-facing brand close to the customer, and an engineering team with nearly two decades of history in Isfahan.
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Aug 28, 20263 min read
How Amir Erfani built Sepano Data Processing, the Shipnow transportation system, and Rozamoon — a story about building technology companies from Isfahan, Iran, to Dubai and beyond.
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Aug 2, 20262 min read
Lessons for entrepreneurs in Iran and everywhere else: what nearly two decades of founding and running technology companies from Isfahan taught Amir Erfani.
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Jul 19, 20262 min read
A practical playbook for entrepreneurs in Iran expanding internationally: why Dubai is the natural first market, what changes when you cross the border, and what stays exactly the same.
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Jun 28, 20262 min read