Medea Nocentini Medea works full-time as Vice President, Corporate Development at OSN, the leading Pay TV platform in the MENA Region, where she is responsible for corporate strategy and planning, market intelligence and research. While at OSN, Medea founded C3 – Consult and Coach for a Cause, a social enterprise enabling Middle Eastern emerging social entrepreneurs to become active agents of positive social change by leveraging experience business professionals seeking meaningful ways to give back. Before joining OSN, Medea worked in Business Development at McGraw- Hill and prior to that she spent several years at Booz & Co developing strategies for media, consumer and social sector’s clients across Europe, US and Middle East. Medea holds an MBA from Columbia Business School (NY, USA), a BA in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and an Engineering Diploma from Ecole Centrale Paris (France).

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From its modest beginnings as the UAE’s first and only singing telegram provider, The Big Moo’s activities have expanded dramatically to encompass unique and spectacular event ideas which are ideal for public events, corporate events, and private parties.
Our team is not only dedicated to providing the best quality products and services, but we are also dedicated to bringing new and unique event concepts to the UAE at affordable prices. Our commitment to providing our clients with the best customer service is what drives us forward and has fuelled our success as one of the leading event companies in town! Our talented in-house mascots, party and fun park equipment, and entertainers are available to bring life to any event. From magicians to face painters, and dancers to balloon benders, popcorn machines to hot dog
stands, The Big Moo has it all!

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• Before we start digging into the events world please share with us your background?
• Why you decided to leave the employment world?
• What are the challenges that you faced when you did the transition from employee to entrepreneur?
• Why you decided to open an events company?
• Please describe for us the Big Moo range of services?
• How did you finance the Big Moo Company and with how many people you started the company?
• Are you thinking of raising more capital?
• Now we would like to teach the audience how to build an event company in Dubai.
• What is the license and specific activity that’s required to open an event company in Dubai?
• Is events companies allowed to sell food at any event?
• How about if I want to sell food using a special car or trolley is that allowed in Dubai?
• What are the types of events companies in Dubai if you put them into categories?
• How to choose the right market focus for an event company?
• How to hire skilled staff for an event company? Please share with us some tips and some of the tools that you use to hire part time and full time employees?
• How many employees you have now full time and part time?
• How many employees you think is enough to start with an event company and on what they should focus?
• Which one you prefer kids and families events, corporate events, exhibitions, public events, others and why?
• How to market efficiently offline and offline for an event company?
• What’s the most efficient channel that you found to get new customers?
• How the big moo enquiry – quotation – delivery works?
• How do you price your services?
• How long time it takes to prepare for certain family or corporate events?

• Share with us some weird or funny situations that you experienced through the preparation for specific event?
• How difficult to automate the work of an event company and avoid the continuous difficult customization?
• How do you come up with new ideas and designs for the events?
• What are the challenges of Dubai Events Market?
• Who’s the best suppliers for events tools or decorations that you deal with in the UAE?
• What’s your big vision for the Big Moo?
• What do you advice the new entrepreneurs who wants to open a new event company in Dubai?
• Tell us more about your other projects that you are currently working on or planning for the future?
• When you make money in what you like to invest? Do you think capital gain or cash flow?
• Take us through your typical working day?
• What are your other hobbies?
• If you are just starting today in your field, from where you will start and what are you going to focus on to be more successful?
• 3 things that you believe are the most important factors for any success?
• What are the Top 3 apps that you use on your smart phone?
• What are the habits that you are trying to develop to stay efficient?
• What are your top 3 favorite books?
• What are the top 3 people that you are inspired by?
• What are the things that make you happy?
• How people can find you or contact you?