What two founders wish they'd known from day one.
If you've got an MVP or early traction and you're trying to figure out what's next, this session is for you.
Join Sanabil Startup Unlocked alumni Jessica Panigari and Abdulrahman Joud for a candid conversation about the early days of building: the assumptions they got wrong, the decisions that changed their direction, the turning points that moved them forward, and how their experience with Startup Unlocked shaped the journey along the way.
No polished playbook. Just lessons learned from building, shared by founders reflecting on what they’d do differently if they were starting today.
The founder whose journey spanned two Sanabil programs
At Emtethal, Abdulrahman is building an AI-powered operating system redefining how compliance is conducted across Saudi Arabia’s F&B and hospitality market, now live across 50+ sites with brands including Hilton Hotels and Dank.
Having gone through both Sanabil Startup Unlocked and the Sanabil Accelerator, he’ll look back candidly at what changed between those stages, what he learned along the way, and the decisions that helped Emtethal move forward.
The founder who took the first mile for a second time
At Goods2Load, Jessica is building the A2A infrastructure for global freight, using a network of AI agents to connect complex cargo with verified freight specialists across 30+ countries, in any language, in under 60 seconds.
Having previously scaled a bootstrapped venture 13x to €8M across 20+ countries, she’ll look back at what starting again taught her, what she got wrong along the way, and the role Startup Unlocked played in her journey.
As Program Manager for Sanabil Startup Unlocked by 500 Global, Karim works closely with founders throughout their program journey.
In this session, he’ll take Jessica and Abdulrahman back to their early days of building, uncovering the lessons, mistakes, and turning points they can pass on to other founders.
He’ll also bring your questions into the conversation, so come ready to ask everything you really want to know.
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