Real Estate Development 101 - MENA region

​If you're at NS, you've probably at least once dreamt of building a city-state and crowning yourself emperor/empress/king/queen etc...

​Alas every aspiring monarch hits the same stumbling block: “…ok but how?”

​Who am I?

​I run Sakneen a YC backed company building an OS for Real Estate developers - since 2020 I've gotten the chance to work with some of the largest real estate developers in the MENA region (~$30Bn/year in annual sales)

​What will we cover?

​A quick run-through of what I've seen work in the Middle East.

Case studies on:
- Land acquisition
- Basic financial planning
- Basic zoning laws
- Designing masterplans
- Testing demand for designs
- Managing Sales and Distribution
- Common Marketing Techniques

​Attend if interested in:

• ​Construction & Development

• ​Starting physical communities

• ​Working in the Middle East

• ​YC

​*Bonus*

​Since coming here I've been inspired to build an entry-level tool to help first-time developers get started (think Starcraft/Warcraft/Age of Empires style drag and drop buildings - spits out financials and next steps).
Would love to share with attendees at the end and get some feedback/build together