Tag: entrepreneur

The Peninsula: Alumni startup, Stellic, is a unique story of entrepreneurial success

Originally published in The Peninsula, August 14, 2022 as “QSTP-funded higher-ed tool empowers students on path to graduation” Doha: Stellic is a unique story of entrepreneurial success. A student-founded platform…

Entrepreneur ME on CMU-Q alumni startup Stellic

The startup Stellic was created by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar alumni Sabih Bin Wasi, Rukhsar Neyaz, and Musab Popatia. The company began as a student project at CMU-Q, a Qatar Foundation partner university, and is now…

Gulf Times: Graduate combines passion for sports, technology

This month, we are celebrating the Class of 2022. Mohammed Al-Qassabi graduated with a degree in information systems. Published originally in Gulf-Times, May 11, 2022, as “QF graduate combines passion…

CMU-Q alum startup receives Most Valuable Innovation Response to COVID-19 award 

The startup HeliumDoc, formerly Meddy, received the Most Valuable Innovation Response to COVID-19 award at the Qatar Digital Business Awards. The award was accepted by Abed Alkarim Khattab, a 2016…

Alumni startup raises $11 million in Series A funding

The startup Stellic was created by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar alumni Sabih Bin Wasi, Rukhsar Neyaz, and Musab Popatia. The company began as a student project at CMU-Q, a…

CMU-Q startup receives grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Alumni-led company, Stellic, will investigate challenges for students from traditionally under-represented student populations A business that started as a student project at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar…

Carnegie Mellon grads launch Qatar gardening app

Three graduates of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, have joined forces to create an app for gardeners in Qatar. Tamim Al-Asfar, Mohamed Hamdi, and…

Money & Me: ‘Financial independence drives my entrepreneurial streak’

Rana El Sakhawy, founder of MonkiBox, graduated from CMU-Q in 2009 with a degree in business administration. After working at Uber for several years, El Sakhawy started her own early-learning…

Carnegie Mellon student places top 5 at Challenge and Innovation Forum

Mohammed Al-Qassabi invented a detection system for offsides, performance issues and injuries in football matches A student from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, placed…

CMU-Q alumni startup acquired by Africa’s Helium Health

Published as “Qatar-based startup Meddy acquired by Africa’s leading health tech company” in The Peninsula, November 29, 2021 Doha: Meddy, a Qatar-based doctor booking platform, which also has operations in…