Unlock the secrets of scaling high-growth businesses with Shirley Romig, Chief Accelerator Investment Officer at ‪@techstarsglobal‬. With her profound 20+ years of experience, she's transformed startups into multi-billion dollar giants. Dive into this fireside chat and elevate your business growth strategies with unparalleled insights from an industry powerhouse!

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:04 - Shirley discusses her first visit to Abu Dhabi
15:12 - Resilience skills for startup founders
17:02 - UAE's unique focus on innovation, regulatory alignment
18:50 - Startup founders first steps to investing in secondary markets
21:08 - Networking, strategic planning, mistakes, and success
23:27 - Strategically pivoting from food to secondary market
25:26 - Startups need to focus on core market, not secondary
37:32 - Balancing KPIs for secondary market investment
42:00 - B2B versus B2C business decisions scaling well
45:31 - Diversifying investment in diverse industries
46:13 - Scaling down without hiring the right talent
49:49 - Building healthy relationships with board members
55:52 - B2C companies adapt to tough funding environment
58:41 - Strategy for peer-to-peer scaling
01:00:29 - Outro