ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: Entrepreneurship for the "Underdeveloped" | Sari Taha | TEDxAlManaraSquare

Here’s Great Tip: Entrepreneurship for the "Underdeveloped" | Sari Taha | TEDxAlManaraSquare

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In his TEDx talk titled: “Entrepreneurship for the Underdeveloped”, Sari Taha start by asking a question of why entrepreneurship and innovation are among the buzz words of our time? especially if you are working in economic development. Also, is it that simple to rely on entrepreneurship as a mean to fight poverty and create employment opportunities in developing countries? He also zooms in deeper on Entrepreneurship ecosystem concept, referencing some important research on the topic, and how there are many domains and challenges to develop efficient ecosystems. Towards the end of his speech, he brings up how automation, AI and 3d printing and the advancement in technology in general is rapid, and a lot of jobs are being replaced by algorithms and lines of codes. For this reason, and also the challenges in developing a fertile entrepreneurial ecosystem, he advises that the only logical intervention we must do is in education. He suggests a five-pillars entrepreneurial education framework for a resilient and capable future generation, not only in Palestine but everywhere! Palestinian engineer and entrepreneur from Jerusalem. He is very active in advancing the Palestinian entrepreneurial ecosystem and volunteers a lot of his time in mentoring promising entrepreneurs and advising projects with strategic values. He was a co-founder of a Canadian renewable energy startup. He also worked as an Investment analyst in a venture capital fund called Takwin labs based in Haifa city. For the past two years he was the program manager of Rawabi Tech Hub. in 2018, he joined the co-founding team of Doroob Technologies; a Palestinian startup that specializes in navigation and location-based solutions. Also, he recently also started working as an entrepreneurship consultant with The World Bank Group. Sari is a connector and campaigner by nature who alternates between getting work done on a grassroots level while keeping an eye on the big picture and global developmental and technology trends. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at