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💫 About Me

My name's Majd, I spent the last 15 years between consulting, Google EMEA and building my own startup.

I became extremely passionate about design thinking, a groundbreaking innovation process that has allowed me to consistently innovate and excel in my role in consulting, digital media and as a founder.

I spent over 15 years honing my design thinking profile:

• Facilitated 100+ workshops
• Got certified by Design Thinking Academy, the stanford d.school design thinking bootcamp, IDEO.U and more
• Was one of the design thinking leads for Google EMEA during my time there.

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💻 What to Expect from this Newsletter

Look to this newsletter for information about how to:

• Use design thinking and other innovation techniques to grow your startup
• Build your startup and set yourself up for success
• Grow into becoming a founder. It's not something you just are. You need to work hard to become a real leader and founder
• Develop powerful ways to tell your story, to investors, customers, the press, and everything in between

🧑‍🚀 About Ruya Advisory

I've now set up an advisory for startups, helping founders use innovation techniques to address their challenges using tried and tested methods.

Are you stuck in your journey as a founder? Do you feel like you need a partner to tackle this with? Let's chat and see where things can go.

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🚀 Onwards and upwards,
Majd

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