<p>Meet the minds behind the unicorns and get advice from people who’ve done it all before. Mentor Hours connects rising startups with established experts for 45-minute meetings.</p>
<p class="p1">Our 2026 startup programme is now sold out. Apply now for 2027 and join us in Doha next year.</p>


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<p>Mentor Hours is a series of pre-scheduled, 45-minute meetings between our high-level attendees and startups.</p>
<p>Mentor Hours has four distinct tracks: lead, engage, build and grow. Each track has a specific focus and mentors with relevant expertise to ensure you discuss the issues most important to your startup.</p>
<p>Mentors spend 45 minutes coaching startups in a group session. This mix of backgrounds means the session will be shaped by individual and collective experiences in the startup community.</p>


What is Mentor Hours?

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<div class="column_body">Master the art of leadership, strategy, entrepreneurship and hiring. Our attending CEOs and managing directors will share their experience on enhancing leadership capabilities while optimizing your team’s personal growth and company strategy.</div>
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Lead

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<div class="column_body">Learn how to tell your story to the world. Our attending brand experts will share their personal experience of marketing, brand identity, social engagement and public relations. This is your chance to ask questions you can’t ask the media or your customers.</div>
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Engage

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<div class="column_body">Learn more about product development, software, hardware, big data, UI, UX or front/back-end development. Our attending engineers, data scientists and product designers will share their extensive personal experience on all things tech.</div>
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Build

<p>Raising capital or just need financial guidance? Quiz our attending investors and top-level fund managers on the dos and don’ts of financial management, or ask your burning questions about negotiating investment or applying for a business loan.</p>


Grow

Meet some of our 2026 mentors

Fahmi Alghussein

Co-Founder

Bhawna Bhatnagar

Vice President

Mohamed Kalash

Managing General Partner

Habib Hazzan

Founder

Dr. Jeremias Kettner

Head of Digital

Vishnu Viswanathan

Partner

Rana Abdel Latif

Founder & Managing Director

Issa Aghabi

Founder & CEO

Mariam Nusrat

Managing Director

Nada Shaheen

Managing partner

Shwetank Verma

Founding Partner

Mai Salama

Managing Partner

Mark Kahn

General Manager/owner

Mariane El Husseini

General Partner

Danielle Graham

Founder & CEO/CTO

Roman Teslyuk

Head- AB Xelerate

Hala Zahran

Co-founder & CEO 

Christian Facey

Katina Aghayan

Senior Investment Analyst

Malek AL Jamal

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