ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: Role of Entrepreneurship in a Developing Country | Salwan Zaito | TEDxNishtiman

Here’s Great Tip: Role of Entrepreneurship in a Developing Country | Salwan Zaito | TEDxNishtiman

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Salwan gives a talk about Entrepreneurship and how it should be done in a developing country. He also explains the roles Entrepreneurship, and gives examples from his experience.

Salwan Zaito was born in Erbil during the 1970s, and grew up in different cities throughout Iraq’s difficult times. Along with his brothers, Zaito always had interest in media and the new electronic technology, as the trio opened various businesses from music shops to video services. He received his studies at the University of Salahaddin and University of Mosul, however the family decided to flee the region and moved to Holland in 1992. There, he began to receive professional media training, creating the base and the foundation of Babylon Media in 1998. The company quickly grew into a multi-media service provider for big and small companies. After relocating his family and his business to Erbil in 2005, the company grew with four TV channels and two radio stations housed in its state-of-the-art headquarters. The company is always involved in major events throughout the year in the region, from concerts to major conferences. Today, Babylon Media is the leading multi-media service provider in the Kurdistan Region.

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