My goal in life “I want to help others achieve their dreams.” Saeed El-Darahali has more than ten years of experience in business management, with an interest in strategic partnering, business development, corporate financing, strategic growth, operations, and sales and marketing management. He has mentored over 300 students, co-workers and entrepreneurs. Read more>>
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Innovation in Business: Challenges and Success – Financial Management Institute of Canada
The SimplyCast Story: The speedbumps of developing a global technology company in Nova Scotia Many companies in Canada are focused on developing SaaS (Software as a Service) businesses, but SimplyCast decided instead to develop a PaaS (Platform as a Service) business where the team could create many SaaS solutions under the same platform. This approach has...
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Canadian firm casts long net overseas with marketing software for businesses – Financial Post
Saeed El-Darahali is sure his new software will transform the fortunes of his Dartmouth, N.S.-based company, SimplyCast. “The reason why I’m confident is because I’ve showed it to a few customers and they said: ‘Where do I sign?’ ” he said in a recent interview. “They’re saying it’s exactly what they’re looking for.” Read more>>
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N.S. government launches program to recruit grads to public service – CTV News
A new program is being launched to recruit new grads and young workers to the Nova Scotia public service. Premier Stephen McNeil announced Friday the Experience Through Opportunity program will advertise more than 70 public service positions across the province that require limited or no experience. Read more>>
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Software Provider Adding Employees, Attracting Local Clients – Nova Scotia News Release
SimplyCast.com, a homegrown multi-channel marketing software provider and international exporter, is adding new employees. The province is supporting SimplyCast’s growth with a five-year payroll rebate to a maximum of $1,008,000 through Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), the province’s business development agency. Read more>>
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A Smart Start – My East Coast Experience
Smooth is not a word that applies to successful entrepreneur Saeed El-Darahali’s early days in Nova Scotia. When he arrived with his family from Kuwait in 1992 at the age of 12, he didn’t speak English. His parents (an engineer father and teacher mother) couldn’t get work in their professions, so his father ended up...
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‘Come from away’ problem makes integration difficult for newcomers – CBC
Put yourself in the shoes of a newcomer Nova Scotians are very friendly, but not very welcoming. We need to accept people for who they are, not for who they know or who their father is. Last names still have special powers in our society and it’s holding us back. Read more>>
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Dartmouth company SimplyCast offers student debt relief for new hires – CBC
Talk about an offer too good to refuse — the president of a Nova Scotia information technology company is offering to make student loan payments for half a dozen new hires. Since a couple of paragraphs appeared in a newspaper last week, the president and CEO of SimplyCast says he’s received more than 100 resumes...
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The boss who pays student debts – MacLean’s Magazine
In the five years since Saeed El-Darahali started SimplyCast, a start-up in Dartmouth, N.S., not one of his employees has ever quit. For the 40 people who now work for him, office hours begin as late as 1 p.m., ice cream cakes are common, mini-putt tournaments are encouraged, and footwear is optional. Read more>>
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Saeed El-Darahali INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – InnovaCorp
Going places is a consistent theme in Saeed’s life. Before becoming a young man on the move, he was a boy on the move—both literally and metaphorically. Read more>>