Yana Dabaghie
Entrepreneurial Mindset Educator & Idea Development Coach MENA Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Builder & Enabler
Helping youth, aspiring founders, and early stage entrepreneurs build the mindset and shape the ideas they need to start, grow, and create impact.
Build the mindset. Shape the idea. Create the opportunity.
I help individuals and teams move from confusion to clarity, from early ideas to meaningful opportunities, and from thinking about starting to taking their first real steps.
Through coaching, workshops, university trainings, and speaking engagements, I support youth, students, aspiring founders, and early stage entrepreneurs in developing entrepreneurial thinking, understanding their strengths, identifying problems worth solving, and using design thinking to shape ideas they can act on.
With 7 years of experience across the MENA entrepreneurship ecosystem, including my role as Regional Manager for MENA at the Hult Prize Foundation, I have worked with universities, founders, mentors, judges, incubators, accelerators, ministries, innovation centers, and ecosystem partners to support youth entrepreneurship, social impact, and founder development across the region.
Build the mindset.
Shape the idea.
Create the opportunity.
What I Do
I work at the intersection of entrepreneurial mindset, idea development, and ecosystem building, helping youth, aspiring founders, and institutions across MENA move from uncertainty to clarity, and from early ideas to meaningful action.
Through coaching, workshops, university trainings, and speaking engagements, I support individuals and teams in building confidence, identifying problems worth solving, using design thinking, and shaping ideas into opportunities for growth and impact.
Areas of Focus
- Entrepreneurial Mindset & Self-Leadership
- Idea Development & Design Thinking
- Opportunity Design & Early Stage Validation
- Entrepreneurship Education & University Programs
- Founder Development & Sustainable Growth
- Social Impact & Innovation
- Ecosystem Partnerships across MENA
Regional Engagement
My work takes place across diverse entrepreneurship ecosystems throughout the Middle East and North Africa, collaborating with universities, youth communities, and innovation stakeholders to support opportunity creation and founder development.
Engagement and program work have included collaboration and activities across:
Jordan · United Arab Emirates · Saudi Arabia · Qatar · Egypt · Morocco · Lebanon ·Syria· Palestine · Libya · Tunisia · and wider MENA ecosystems.
Working across diverse ecosystems has shaped a regional perspective on how opportunity, education, and mindset intersect to support sustainable innovation.
Selected Impact
Available for speaking engagements, workshops, university trainings, founder coaching, and ecosystem partnerships focused on entrepreneurial mindset, idea development, and youth-led innovation across MENA
Available for speaking engagements, workshops, university trainings, founder coaching, and ecosystem partnerships focused on entrepreneurial mindset, idea development, and youth-led innovation across MENA