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ABU DHABI // At age 22, when many are still in college, an Emirati entrepreneur started his own business, a small typing center in Abu Dhabi.
Five years later, 27-year-old Dalal Al Qubaisi capped a successful career when he was elected to the board of directors of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. She plans to use her position on the board to promote business solutions for other entrepreneurs.
Ms. Al Qubaisi, CEO of Interact Integrated Business Solutions, said: “I know many local women who design beautiful abayas and hand-woven crafts at home and then sell them to other traders in obscurity and end up with only a small profit. .”
“I am a woman and can understand them better, so I will contribute my services in events related to women,” she said. “Having a product with trade licenses, better marketing and display design can bring them higher profits, no matter how big your starting point is.
“I started at a very low level, opening a typing center and expanded it over the years,” Ms. Al Qubaisi said.
She received the highest number of votes in the board election held on June 26. She had wanted to run for some time but was dismayed to hear that the positions were for big businessmen.
Then she learned that any company registered with the chamber could run for a board seat. After four years of preparation, “I was determined to win this race, and I did,” she said.
Ms Al Qubaisi, who is single and career-oriented, is enthusiastic about plans to open a new consultancy in the Madinat Zayed area next month to train and promote locals to open their own businesses.
She believes that local women and men are talented but are not utilizing these talents professionally to obtain trade licenses and market their products.
“Many Emiratis don’t know how to start a business,” Ms. Al Qubaisi said. “So I will open a consultation office and provide free services to all citizens and expatriates.
“Emiratis, especially women, want to start a business, but they don’t know how to start. I want to boost their confidence and make them believe that nothing is impossible and Allah will help you.
She also hopes to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses.
Many women use social media sites to sell homemade and embroidered designer robes and traditional food products, but they do not have trade licenses to do so.
“They’re just marketing to known girls and families.”
Ms. Al Qubaisi graduated from the Higher Technical College in Abu Dhabi in 2005 and in 2008 she founded Follow-up Transaction Services, a company that helps new businesses get off the ground.
“I started sponsoring people’s businesses and gained experience, which helped me run my own business,” she said. “My strength is real-life experience — things that happen live,” she said. “I never did accounting or marketing, but my interest in trading taught me everything and now I sponsor 72 businesses and run several others.”
anwar@thenational.ae
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