Diversion and Exclusivity - Yousuf's Adventures in Zebra Hunting

Meet Alison Simpson, a remarkable leader in the Tech industry. As the CMO of Key, Alison is a trailblazer in the real estate tech industry. Outside of her work, Alison has accomplished incredible feats; she has completed a run 250km in the Sahara Desert, raced 57 marathons, and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. 

Listen to another instalment of “Yousuf’s Adventures in Zebra Hunting to hear about Alison’s incredible adventures and work.” 

Meet Dr. Aisha Khatib, a clinical director for a travel health clinic working on the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic- who also happens to be my little sister.

Since the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, she had been providing me with up-to-date information as she experienced it firsthand. However, on March 13th, our usual phone call was different. Aisha described the lack of resources and personal protective equipment for healthcare workers and her prediction of the global impact that COVID-19 would have. I was concerned for my sister and the other healthcare practitioners and professions who were risking their lives to save others -- I knew that I needed to help. I decided the best way to help my little sister was to utilize our incredible pipeline of the world’s best tech talent to help those on the frontlines. A couple days later, my sister shared a Medium article about two physicians who were developing an open-source not-for-profit app called AskCo19.com. I reached out to them, and two weeks later, with the help of the best coders, developers, marketers, and translators from around the world, AskCo19 launched.

Listen to the third installment of “Yousuf's Adventures in Zebra Hunting” to hear more about her  incredible work and to get a glimpse into working on the front-lines of the world’s current greatest challenge.

Meet Dr. Ray and Dr. Roger Ng, two Physicians who taught themselves how to code as kids and co-founded Askco19.com -- an open-source communication tool for verified COVID-19 information.

On March 15th, 2020, my little sister, Dr. Aisha Khatib, sent me a Medium article about two physicians who were building an open-source not-for-profit app called Askco19.com. It was envisioned as a free tool to help verified physicians crowdsource and share real-time information about their experiences on the frontlines of COVID-19. What started as a grassroots project quickly grew to a volunteer group of 300+ talented coders, developers, marketers, and translators from around the globe -- many of which were GSH tech talent.

Listen to the second installment of “Adventures in Zebra Hunting” to hear more about the work of these two incredible physicians-turned-entrepreneurs, the process of developing AskCo19, and GSH’s contributions as part of the Project K(in)d #1BInKind Challenge.

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Meet Zainab Muse, on track to becoming a Pediatric Neurosurgeon but decided to follow her dreams of being an entrepreneur. Diving headfirst she started her first business in her last year of university. Now she’s the CEO and Founder of two companies: Wingd Inc. and Creatorland. Zainab became an award-winning entrepreneur, author and, filmmaker by shucking society’s expectations of her initial education to pursue her passion for entrepreneurship. Listen to the first installment of “Adventures in Zebra Hunting” to hear about Zainab’s unconventional route to business. She started my understanding of the Zebra economy and the need to focus on collaboration rather than competition. Learn how two naturally shy introverts charged into the business world and started hunting zebras. She is articulate, brilliant and I'm incredibly privileged to call her a friend.