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The Entrepreneur's Odyssey: Navigating Tech, Art, and Integrity with Hussein Hallak

The Entrepreneur's Odyssey: Navigating Tech, Art, and Integrity with Hussein Hallak

The Entrepreneur's Odyssey: Navigating Tech, Art, and Integrity with Hussein Hallak

My guest on E310 of #thePOZcast t is Hussein Hallak. Hussein is a seasoned entrepreneur, prolific advisor, and thought leader in the tech space with a career spanning over 25 years. He's the Founder and CEO of Next Decentrum, a leading provider of business education in emerging technology, and the company behind Momentable, a discovery platform for art and culture. 
Hussein has developed over 20 startups, honing extensive expertise and experience. In his previous role as Evangelist and General Manager at Launch Academy, he mentored and trained hundreds of entrepreneurs, helping it become one of North America's premier tech incubators with over 6,500 founders and 500 startups raising more than $1 billion. 
Hussein has also launched successful ventures like CreativeArab, the world's first and largest marketplace for Middle Eastern art, and The Content People, an award-winning content marketing agency with prominent clients such as Virgin Mobile, Pfizer, and Starbucks.

For more on Hussein, please visit: check out momentable.art where you can get some free art https://www.momentable.art/

We unpack a lot of topics including the importance of balancing work and personal life as an entrepreneur and the value of integrity and delivering on commitments. Hussein also reflects on the influence of his parents and their principles on his entrepreneurial mindset. He shares his experiences in building ventures like Creative Arab and explores the intersection of technology and art with NFTs. Finally, he introduces Momentum, a platform that combines the conversational web and the visual web to enhance the experience of art and culture. The conversation covers the importance of working with people you like, hiring methodology, dealing with change in a startup, adaptability and loyalty, the excitement and challenges of technology, the fear and potential of AI, delivering on your word, and love for family as a North Star.

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00:00 Introduction to Hussein Halak and his background
01:08 Personal experiences and an upcoming trip to Japan
04:03 Balancing work and personal life as an entrepreneur
06:57 Discovering the entrepreneurial spirit
09:22 Lessons learned from parents and their influence on entrepreneurship
11:33 The importance of integrity and delivering on commitments
13:13 Recognizing the importance of personal fulfillment and happiness
15:14 Early ventures and lessons learned
19:02 Building Creative Arab and connecting art and culture
20:10 Exploring the intersection of technology and art with NFTs
23:06 Challenges and misconceptions surrounding NFTs
27:31 Introduction to Momentum and the visual web
31:52 Working with friends and personal development in entrepreneurship
36:21 The Importance of Working with People You Like
37:11 Hiring Methodology and Questions
38:09 Dealing with Change in a Startup
39:13 Adaptability and Loyalty in a Startup
40:55 The Excitement and Challenges of Technology
43:34 The Fear and Potential of AI
45:38 Delivering on Your Word
47:30 Love for Family as a North Star