Alphapreneurs

About Alphapreneurs

Alphapreneurs is a UAE business podcast sharing the honest stories behind building and growing a company. Hosted by Rayhan Aleem, CEO and Co Founder of Tax Star and founder of Alpha Pro Partners, each episode features candid conversations with founders and business leaders across the region. Hear about the decisions that shaped their businesses, the setbacks they faced, the mistakes they would not repeat, and the practical lessons they learned along the way. Whether you are starting a business or working through your next stage of growth, Alphapreneurs brings you founder stories and advice you can put into practice.

Publisher

Rayhan Aleem

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Aug 2024

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   What Founders Learn When Business Goes Wrong | ft. Conor McHugh

   𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁? 🤔 In this episode, Rayhan Aleem sits down with Conor McHugh, Founder and CEO of Alchemy Search, to talk about career change, difficult business partnerships, leadership, hiring, sales, and building a trusted finance community in the UAE. Conor shares how he moved from accounting at KPMG into recruitment, launched a business shortly before COVID, faced legal and cash flow pressure, and later found the confidence to lead the comp...

2. 

   8 Sept 2026

   Why Most Businesses Are Using AI Wrong | ft. Roshan Sood

   𝗜𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺, 𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗲? 🤔 In this episode, 𝗥𝗮𝘆𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗺 sits down with 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗱,𝗖𝗘𝗢 & 𝗖𝗼-𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘅𝗼𝗿𝗮, to talk about business exits, family business leadership, moving from the UK to Dubai, and how founders should approach AI. Roshan started his first business at 13, later helped grow and sell his family healthcare company, completed an MBA, and moved to Dubai to build an AI consulting business. The conversation covers what ...

3. 

   11 Aug 2026

   From Losing Her Voice to Coaching CEOs | ft. Andreea Zoia

   𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵? 🤔 In this episode, 𝗥𝗮𝘆𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗺 sits down with 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗮 𝗭𝗼𝗶𝗮, executive speaking coach, presenter, and TEDx speaker, to talk about voice, confidence, presence, and the founder skill many people leave too late: communication. Andreea shares how losing her father at seven led to selective mutism, how she rebuilt her voice, moved to Dubai at 19, built a modelling career, and later trained herself into presenting and executive speaki...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

32,075

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

59

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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