The cost of living for the co-founders and startup team is one of the concerns of early-stage tech startups. With the freedom to work from anywhere, tech entrepreneurs search for the most open and cost-efficient destinations.
While being unusual on the map of the cities available for international entrepreneurs here are some reasons why moving your co-founders and startup team to Dahab could be a good idea.
Live in close proximity
The way this is conveyed in Silicon Valley is the “roommates” building some tech startup together. With an abundance of properties and real estate, this becomes very feasible to secure a startup-friendly living setup.
Maintain wellness with the hard grind of early stage
Let’s face it building a startup is hard and one reason why startups fail is team fatigue. but what if you secure a tried and tested lifestyle that allows every team member to maintain productivity while enjoying a high standard of living.
Why do they play, eat well, network, and enjoy activities, people are more able to bring their best forward and establish a space that attracts further talent to your team
Affordable talent from Egypt
Egypt has a massive youth population and speaking English is essential to securing a job in the international market, hence, Egyptians are well-educated with decent language skills many pursue software engineer, digital marketing, media, and content development, strategy engineering, and management
International network for feedback and insights
Want to host customer interviews for a certain demographic, Dahab is an international hub with expatriates living and readily available to assist new emerging startups with their thoughts, feedback, and engagements
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I spend the past 2 years in Dahab discovering my options to set up a tech company. I don’t recommend anyone going through the discovery from the scratch, it’s very unlikely to work. taking advantage of these 2 years and the oasis built at Al-Basateen is a good starting point that you to develop further.
