At Startup Morning, Bahrain's entrepreneurs tell policy makers what they need to succeed

Early on a Saturday morning at the Business and Professional Women’s Club in Bahrain’s AlJasra district, I attended the first monthly Startup Morning, hosted by digital publication Startup Bahrain, with the support of Tamkeen, a semi-government organization tasked with aiding private sector enterprise and human capital development.

Drawing inspiration from Tamkeen’s Chairman and Acting Chief Executive, H.E. Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa — who was the guest of honor for the inaugural event — Startup Bahrain is on a mission to drive a startup movement and grow a community on an island with a rich heritage of trade and commerce.

There were many familiar faces at the casual gathering of around 40 entrepreneurs, including creative force Wafa Obaidat, and Hasan Haidar, CEO of Bahrain’s first business angels company, Tenmou.

Sh. Mohammed shared the government’s well-known aspirations of becoming a private sector driven economy, proudly revealing that the private sector workforce has now overtaken the public sector.

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At Startup Morning, Bahrain’s entrepreneurs tell policy makers what they need to succeed