‘GOSSIP The Brand’ Founder and CEO Dr. Shayma inspires youth participants of Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival with talk on entrepreneurship and the SME segment
Pioneering event being held under the patronage of Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi
Dr. Shayma Nawaf Al Fawwaz, Founder and CEO of GOSSIP The Brand, a leading company managing the popular GOSSIP Cafe and Desserts and other concepts, played a key role in inspiring youth participants at the recently concluded inaugural edition of the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival, the emirate’s largest entrepreneurship festival, which ran from November 21 to November 22, 2017 at the Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club. In her speech, Al Fawwaz shared her insight on entrepreneurship and how to succeed across today’s SME industry–encouraging the youth to take an active role and pursue their creative business ideas.
The pioneering event, which was organized under the patronage of Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qassimi, showcased the best and brightest of the entrepreneurial ecosystem–celebrating the power of entrepreneurship and inspire further drive in more innovation.
The exciting two-day event featured inspirational talks, key panel discussions, engaging workshops, fireside chats and a pitching competition. The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival was expected to attract the participation of more than 1,500 youth participants, entrepreneurs, investors, senior government officials and prominent business leaders and personalities. Other speakers that were showcased at the festival include Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties; Fadi Ghandour, Executive Chairman, Wamda Capital; Badr Jafar, CEO of Crescent Enterprises and President of Crescent Petroleum. Discussions during the first day focused on the future of start-ups in the creative economy. Participants were also able to take part in networking events that aimed towards connecting investors with upcoming start-ups and entrepreneurs coming from different backgrounds.
“It is truly an honor and a privilege to be invited as one of the speakers for the first ever Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival. ‘GOSSIP The Brand’ commends the organizers for successfully hosting the event, especially the entrepreneurial focused workshops,” said Dr. Shayma. “The forum served as a strategic tool in empowering the youth—inspiring and encouraging them to make that bold step forward and pursue the implementation of their creative and promising business ideas. The talks, presentations and other activities featured at the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival served not to only inspire but also aimed at teaching the participants how to start-up their businesses and succeed.”
The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival was aimed towards celebrating the power of entrepreneurship by bringing together the young and the established to innovate, create and grow. The festival focuses on creative economy, sustainability and social entrepreneurship–highlighting the new trends and opportunities relating to the creative sector.
“I would like to extend my appreciation to Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qassimi for her continuing support for local entrepreneurs as well as the growth of our future business leaders. This event addresses the need to continuously hold similar initiatives as part of the all-encompassing nation building efforts,” concluded Dr. Shayma.
About Gossip Cafe and Desserts:
GOSSIP Cafe and Desserts is an Emirati-fusion cafe that serves high-end Euro-American gourmet savoury and designer desserts. Being a part of ‘Gossip The Brand,’ GOSSIP Cafe & Desserts provide a visually exciting, dining experience thru our savoury and desserts dishes made from the highest quality of natural, specialty coffee and organic ingredients. Our boutiques are one-of-a-kind concept stores. We serve breakfast, lunch, dinner and high tea. For your special occasions, design your own cake from our extensive selection of flavoured cakes and special editions for an haute couture designer cake, catering range and events designer experience. GOSSIP packaging is uniquely branded, accentuating our flair for a fashion-forward brand identity. The gifting line allow sets of boxes for luxury gifting of all our desserts and customized items, which can be picked up or delivered to share a sweet life.