{"id":66905,"date":"2023-01-22T17:33:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T13:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=66905"},"modified":"2023-01-22T17:33:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T13:33:13","slug":"listen-how-a-homegrown-entrepreneur-sold-a-secondhand-car-start-up-to-a-global-tech-unicorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/listen-how-a-homegrown-entrepreneur-sold-a-secondhand-car-start-up-to-a-global-tech-unicorn\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: How A Homegrown Entrepreneur Sold A Secondhand Car Start Up To A Global Tech Unicorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/ae\/podcast\/marwan-chaar-co-ceo-at-kavak\/id1450257652?i=1000595614053\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>LISTEN: How A Homegrown Entrepreneur Sold A Secondhand Car Start Up To A Global Tech Unicorn<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashi.tv\/shows\/dubai-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DUBAI WORKS Podcast<\/a>\u00a0we spoke to Marwan Chaar. He is the Co-CEO at Kavak, A disruptive automotive brand looking to change how pre-owned cars are bought and sold in the industry.<\/p>\n<h2>The podcast discusses the story of Kavak, the second-hand car industry in Dubai, and the future of Kavak<\/h2>\n<div class=\"articles-text-block\">\n<p><strong>Watch a snippet below or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aug.us\/dwsubscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">subscribe to watch here.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"articles-text-block\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aug.us\/dwapple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aug.us\/dwspotify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podeo.co\/episodes\/id\/269377229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podeo<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nQPuqW0-tXE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CnO6gjGLgKG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CnO6gjGLgKG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Kavak UAE (@kavak.ae)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LISTEN: How A Homegrown Entrepreneur Sold A Secondhand Car Start Up To A Global Tech Unicorn This week on the\u00a0DUBAI WORKS Podcast\u00a0we spoke to Marwan Chaar. He is the Co-CEO at Kavak, A disruptive automotive brand looking to change how pre-owned cars are bought and sold in the industry. The podcast discusses the story of &hellip; ","protected":false},"author":4084,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,55],"tags":[],"acf":{"podcast_guest_name":"Marwan Chaar ","podcasts_guest_title":"Co-CEO at Kavak","podcast_time":"","podcasts_links_heading":"","apple_podcasts":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ae\/podcast\/marwan-chaar-co-ceo-at-kavak\/id1450257652?i=1000595614053","google_podcasts":"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lNmMyNWQ4L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz\/episode\/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5wb2Rlby5jby9lcGlzb2Rlcy9PVGcwTlEvYXVkaW8?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjQ77uAodv8AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ","spotify":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6dy3HHea35xEar2M1KyEqJ?si=khCemIp-QOWMR_eGzXjRiQ","anghami":"","anchor":"","hide_featured_image":false,"featured_image":{"ID":66906,"id":66906,"title":"dubai works Kavak","filename":"dubai-works-Kavak.jpg","filesize":37945,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/01\/22172243\/dubai-works-Kavak.jpg","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/listen-how-a-homegrown-entrepreneur-sold-a-secondhand-car-start-up-to-a-global-tech-unicorn\/attachment\/dubai-works-kavak\/","alt":"","author":"4084","description":"","caption":"","name":"dubai-works-kavak","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":66905,"date":"2023-01-22 13:22:43","modified":"2023-01-22 13:22:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":700,"height":350,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/01\/22172243\/dubai-works-Kavak-small.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/01\/22172243\/dubai-works-Kavak-medium.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":150,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/01\/22172243\/dubai-works-Kavak.jpg","medium_large-width":700,"medium_large-height":350,"large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/01\/22172243\/dubai-works-Kavak-large.jpg","large-width":700,"large-height":350,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/01\/22172243\/dubai-works-Kavak.jpg","1536x1536-width":700,"1536x1536-height":350,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/01\/22172243\/dubai-works-Kavak.jpg","2048x2048-width":700,"2048x2048-height":350,"small":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/01\/22172243\/dubai-works-Kavak-230x115.jpg","small-width":120,"small-height":60,"custom-size":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/01\/22172243\/dubai-works-Kavak.jpg","custom-size-width":400,"custom-size-height":200}},"featured_image_caption":"","summary":"","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"embed_block","embed_item":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/ae\/podcast\/marwan-chaar-co-ceo-at-kavak\/id1450257652?i=1000595614053\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<p><em>LISTEN: How A Homegrown Entrepreneur Sold A Secondhand Car Start Up To A Global Tech Unicorn<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashi.tv\/shows\/dubai-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DUBAI WORKS Podcast<\/a>\u00a0we spoke to Marwan Chaar. He is the Co-CEO at Kavak, A disruptive automotive brand looking to change how pre-owned cars are bought and sold in the industry.<\/p>\n<h2>The podcast discusses the story of Kavak, the second-hand car industry in Dubai, and the future of Kavak<\/h2>\n<div class=\"articles-text-block\">\n<p><strong>Watch a snippet below or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aug.us\/dwsubscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">subscribe to watch here.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"articles-text-block\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aug.us\/dwapple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aug.us\/dwspotify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podeo.co\/episodes\/id\/269377229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podeo<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"embed_block","embed_item":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nQPuqW0-tXE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"embed_block","embed_item":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CnO6gjGLgKG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CnO6gjGLgKG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Kavak UAE (@kavak.ae)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n"}],"legacy_image":"","legacy_full_image":"","type_of_video":"Self Hosted","lovin_video_link":false,"lovin_video_link_webm":false,"video_thumbnail":false,"disable_lovin_hearts":false,"lovin_heart_title":"","show_sponsor":false,"sponsor_name_copy":"","sponsor_image":false,"sponsor_name":"","sponsor_content":"","sponsor_website":"","sponsor_facebook":"","sponsor_twitter":"","sponsor_tiktok":"","sponsor_instagram":"","enable_reveal_feature":false,"reveal_image":false,"featured_for_app":false,"legacy_meta_tags":"","is_guest_user":false,"episode_number":"","embed_code":"","episode_introduction":""},"image_feature":null,"author_name":"Anika Eliz Baby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4084"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}