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An article by Shahnaz Hamade, Founder and CEO of Harmonie Consulting There is a particular kind of exhaustion that many founders understand. It comes from being the answer to every question, the approver of every decision and the person whose phone is never truly off. From the outside, this can look like commitment. Inside the company, however, it may signal something more serious: the operating model has failed to keep pace with the business. In the early stages, centralised leadership is often necessary. The founder holds the vision, understands the customer and can make decisions faster than any committee. But as the company hires more people, enters new markets and manages a wider product portfolio, that same concentration of authority can begin to constrain growth. Research cited by M…

Press release: Startup Grind Doha and Olive Suno Radio Network are proud to announce a strategic partnership to launch Yalla Startups, Qatar's first radio & multi-platform programme dedicated exclusively to startups, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Broadcast weekly on OSRN’s mainstream and digital platforms, including VoiceCast (OSRN’s flagship OTT podcast distribution platform)., Yalla Startups will feature founders with a platform to share their entrepreneurial journey, showcase their innovations, and inspire listeners through authentic conversations about building businesses in Qatar. The partnership aims to bridge the gap between startups and the wider community by giving entrepreneurs access to one of Qatar's largest consumer audiences while also reaching thousands of entrepreneurs,…

The “sickening” loss of $90 million of Bitcoin from cold storage weighs heavily on sentiment, as the Clarity Act stalls with just five days left to hold a Senate vote.

Singapore-based investment firm GMA Capital Partners and ACMF Group have launched a fund that will provide up to 7 billion baht, or about $207 million, in structured financing to companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and their principal shareholders. The Thai SET Fund... Read More

Total deposits held with Hong Kong’s authorized institutions rose 0.1% in June from the previous month, as growth in Hong Kong dollar deposits offset a decline in foreign currency deposits, while bank lending continued to strengthen, official data showed. Figures released by the Hong Kong... Read More

Two minutes and thirty seconds into the title track of Rachika Nayar's Heaven Come Crashing, an absolutely massive drum and bass beat drops. As a fan of Nayar's debut record Our Hands Against The Dusk, it caught me off guard. That album has no percussion on it at all. Heaven Come Crashing is almost entirely […]

The global memory chip shortage appears to be affecting the availability of Apple’s most popular Mac.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) have launched an industry-wide taskforce to strengthen the financial sector’s cyber and technology resilience against threats posed by frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models. The AI-Driven Cyber and Technology Risk Taskforce (ACT),... Read More

The XRP Ledger is advancing toward its next core software release, xrpld version 3.3.0, expected in the coming week. This update will place five proposed amendments before network validators, expanding support for tokenized assets, institutional operations, privacy protections, and more flexible transaction handling. Two of... Read More

Elliptic has pointed out that A7A5 emerged as a specialized digital asset designed to help Russian firms navigate international restrictions. Pegged to the ruble and launched in early 2025 by entities tied to sanctioned Russian interests, including a state-linked bank and a controversial figure with... Read More

Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), the Bitcoin treasury company led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, has confirmed it will keep the annual dividend rate on its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC) steady at 12% for the August period. This decision comes even as the... Read More