AhmadZaki Kamel

Entrepreneur. Builder of ideas.

Ideas & Writing

Thoughts worth reading

2024

The Architecture of Long-Term Thinking

Most people optimise for the next quarter. The ones who change things optimise for the next decade. Here is how to build that muscle.

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2024

Why Builders Must Also Be Writers

Clarity of thought and clarity of prose are the same skill. Every founder who cannot write is leaving half their leverage on the table.

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2023

On the Courage to Begin Badly

The first version of anything worth building is always embarrassing. That embarrassment is not a bug — it is the price of entry.

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Accomplishments

A record of work

2024

Founded a new venture

Launched a company at the intersection of technology and human potential.

2022

Published first major work

Released a body of writing that reached readers across the Arab world and beyond.

2020

Led a regional initiative

Spearheaded a cross-border programme connecting entrepreneurs and thinkers.

2018

First company exit

Successfully built and exited a technology business, validating the model.

Speaking & Media

On stage and in print

The Future of Arab Entrepreneurship

World Economic Forum2024

Ideas as Infrastructure

TEDx Riyadh2023

Building in the Age of Uncertainty

Bain & Company Summit2023

The Long Game

Arab Thought Foundation2022

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