{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65d35ef6884f850016e9644d/6604691359103800167c8948?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How this incredible female founder met Obama, Zuck and exited her tech business | Mai Medhat","description":"<p>Guest: Mai Medhat from Ginni.ai</p><p>LinkedIn: in/maimedhat/</p><p><br></p><p>Mai is a software engineer from Egypt and wanted to be a part of the startup ecosystem but nothing really existed. After a chance meeting with her future co-founder Nihal at an event they started Eventtus. 10 years of building this event tech platform to a global force they sold the business to Bevy a US-tech giant. Along the way Mai also had the chance to share stages with the likes of President Obama and Mark Zuckerberg.</p><p><br></p><p>CONNECT WITH James:</p><p>- LinkedIn: /in/james-farnfield/</p><p><br></p><p>SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST:</p><p>- Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6MnUbU9YzCVcbsoGJsJtJ0</p><p>- Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-everyday-founder/id1732914477</p><p><br></p><p>OUR SPONSORS:</p><p>- Done-for-you LinkedIn media company: shakecontent.com</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 - Start</p><p><br></p><p>00:01:25 - Introduction to Ginni</p><p>00:03:36 - What is eventtus</p><p>00:04:58 - did Mai imagine Eventtus would become so successful</p><p>00:06:01 - The importance of change and pivotting effectively</p><p>00:07:51 - How Mai and eventtus pivoted during covid</p><p>00:10:26 - taking a huge risk with covid virtual events</p><p>00:13:08 - having a remote team during covid</p><p>00:15:18 - moving location as a requisite to gaining funding</p><p>00:16:26 - How Mai met Obama and Zuck</p><p>00:19:55 - How mai came to be on stage with obama and zuck</p><p>00:22:57 - Mai ending up on the front cover of forbes middle east</p><p>00:24:52 - How does mai balance work to life</p><p>00:28:46 - advice to emerging market new founders</p><p>00:32:20 - How early on are you looking for acquisition partners</p><p>00:34:00 - Going from founder to employee post sale</p><p>00:38:49 - how do you feel when informing your team that the business has been acquired</p><p>00:40:29 - how does it feel to receive exited money</p><p>00:41:19 - round 2 as a founder with ginni.ai</p><p>00:43:35 - best advice to an exited founder</p><p>00:44:39 - being a mum and starting a new business</p><p>00:45:48 - you find out who your friends are when you start a business</p><p>00:46:58 - managing self guilt of fomo with friends</p><p>00:49:18 - how did Mai acquire customers with eventtus</p><p>00:51:57 - how important is network to Mai</p><p>00:54:08 - how networking should be done offline</p><p>00:56:28 - you never know where a network connection will take you</p><p>01:00:21 - Where can you find Mai online</p>","author_name":"James Farnfield"}