Seif Zaki

• Developed a comprehensive comparison report on the Endeavor "Multiplier Effect" across the three largest African economies: Egypt, Nigeria and Kenya. • Supported the development of company profiles for Endeavor Entrepreneurs joining the Endeavor pipeline. • Created condensed local industry landscape reports for team members. • Worked alongside a number of regional startups with the purpose of building bridges with experienced entrepreneurs across Endeavors global network for mentorship, funding, along with a variety of other support avenues. • Presented the contents of “The Future is Faster Than you Think”, by Peter H. Diamond, and “Venture Deals” by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson to the local team throughout the duration of the internship.

Supported the Research and Thought Leadership team in developing the Center's Study on the GCC Region's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. • Developed large language model using a research coding tool Atlas.ai, to efficiently sort through the research gathered. • Implemented a new strategy to drive insights about innovation-led entrepreneurship in emerging growth markets worldwide, specifically the GCC region. • Developed several databases to keep track of Legatum Center’s network of contacts and organizations.

• Collaborated with marketing team members to help expand marketing channels for sanitary products. • Identified necessary packaging changes to promote a new line of products • Designed a social media campaign for a new line of products.

• Worked on designing a marketing campaign for Transcendium's newly acquired chain of coffee shops, ‘Cilantro'. • Received mentoring by Transendium's CEO and worked on creating a new locations' pitch for restaurants. • Developed and designed a customer survey to gather feedback on Cilantro's level of service in three locations • Gathered over 400 survey responses and prepared a comprehensive performance assessment report.

• Created a small startup which produced and supplied biodegradable bags to super markets and stores around Cairo. • Supplied bags to two of the largest supermarket chains in Cairo. • Generated a net profit of 50,000 EGP in less than two months. • Studied market to determine optimal pricing of goods and services and to capitalize on emerging opportunities. • Project was on hold after I moved to Indonesia with family in August 2018.

• Monitored social media channels for a number of CultArk clients’s KPIs using excel. • Prepared detailed reports and infographics on the performance of accounts against certain key performance indicators. • Prepared and designed draft social media promotional ads on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

ZipNFlip was a community-created startup as a part of the Injaz Al-Arab entrepreneurship competition. The startup we created sold an innovative twist on the traditional beach towel, allowing consumers to turn a towel into a waterproof bag with several appealing functionalities. Our startup won the regional Injaz Al-Arab Award for 2017.

Completed an Executive Workshop on Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Data for Business Innovation and Societal Impact, led by Professor Munther Dahleh, and hosted by the MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity & Entrepreneurship on April 25, 2025