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Startup Grind Jordan hosts Ahmed Alkhatib

  • الاثنين ١٤ أبريل ٢٠١٤, ٠٦:٣٠ م - ٠٩:٣٠ م
  • Zain, Amman
What is Startup Grind?
Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in more than 85 cities and 35 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Our monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences provide ample opportunities to connect with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey ahead. For more information visit StartupGrind.com or follow us on twitter@StartupGrind.


Ahmed Alkhatib, Founder and CEO of MarkaVIP
Ahmed Alkhatib, the Founder and CEO of MarkaVIP, is responsible for the overall strategic direction and management of the company. Ahmed established MarkaVIP in November 2010, adapting the tried-and-tested flash sales model to suit local consumers and retailers in the Middle East. 

With 10 years’ experience living and working in Silicon Valley, Ahmed brings a wealth of expertise in developing business and technology solutions and applying them to augment, improve, and transform e-commerce environments. 

A Jordanian American, Ahmed moved to the Middle East from the United States in 2009, leaving his role as the Director of Infrastructure and Operations at Zazzle.com. There he developed the worldwide content delivery of Zazzle.com’s e-commerce application platform to an online audience of millions. Prior to this, Ahmed held management roles in IT Infrastructure and Operations at two leading software development companies in the United States, CAST and Certain Software. 

In his early career, Ahmed gained valuable experience working on some of the world’s most recognised online brands during their start-up years, including eBay and Amazon. 

Ahmed graduated from the University of California in 2001, with a degree in Information Management Systems.


Robert Carroll, Jordan Chapter Director
Robert is passionate about tech startups in the Middle East. He spends most days coaching startup founders at Oasis500, an accelerator in Amman, Jordan. When he’s not pretending to know everything at work, he’s pretending to know everything on his blog JordanVC.com or tech news source Wamda.com. 

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