سيدة أكثر!  تشعر أنك تشعر؟ أعمل أحيانا أن نشعر أنه مجددا ونعم أشعر أن أشعر أصدقائي ماذا تقول أنك أخبارك في الحسين؟ أشعر أنه في بعض المنطقة يمكننا أن نتطلق كما نريد هناك الكثير من التحديد ونعم أنه ليس كذلك أن تحتاج إلى تفعل شيء مخيط أنت تستطيع أن تفعل ما تريد هذا هو المخيط هل تريد أن تقول لأمي؟ لأمي؟ نعم أخذ سنوات أخبار ونعم كنت أخبارك ونعم أريد أن أشعر لأمي أرغب أن أشعر لأمي شكرا لك so much for taking the time to be with us today who am I speaking with سكينة جهار and what would you say is your favorite part of AUS favorite part أعتقد all the sleepless nights with my friends and working and sneaking in the cat at 2am and finishing work it was all work but it was fun is there anything you want to say to your friends and family watching this right now أمي شكرا لك so much I can't even complete my sentence without choking but thank you so much شكرا لك so much for having a conversation with us today I'm sure you will all do fantastic شكرا لك سنعرف graduates of the college of architecture art and design graduating with a bachelor of science degree in design management ريم مصطف الحوسني رودة مطر الكتبي لوجاين ليث سالم رهف يوسف السلمان كوملاودي سار محمد بنغالب المازمي جول روخ ناير صديقي تريشة سكسينة مجنة كوملاودي شتة سيجنوبتا دانيلة فرناندس كوملاودي محمد عاشق رزني كوملاودي دورية جابري كارن عاد الوصفي جودي هاني أبو عويدا هايا على الدين القادي حانين ساعد عصفور جميل جميل ساعد عصفور جميل جميل سنعرف graduates of the college of architecture art and design graduating with a bachelor degree in interior design سهر محمد البخاري غيد عمار الفكاكي حانين درويش سوانجد كور دانيا حسن كوملاودي رزان أيمان حسين دانا زياد الصالح ليلة أحمد مطرجي رجاء معاد طاعة بتول حسام الأسمر كوملاودي and now we recognize the graduates with a bachelor of science degree in multimedia design زينة فارس البوستجي مريم نصر النواوي حسس معيل الحمادي فاطمة سيف الدين كرمجي ألا أسمير عمري كوملاودي زينة جونيدي كوملاودي لين خليل عبد الرحمان محمد أنورجان لما قادري كوملاودي سروا عبد الرحمان عبد الرحمان داليا أسام عمران بدي من أمي today I am with سروا عبد الرحمان ماذا فعلت؟ ملتميديا كيف تشعر؟ I feel great كماما سعيد أن it's over لأن I really really am going to miss all the professors and the studio and the whole art culture that we were immersed in but overall you know it's great I feel great what do you want to say to your family and friends watching this right now I did it okay okay sorry that's it I did it I have one last question for you what was your favorite part of the program favorite part of the program wow that's that's a really complicated question I guess my favorite thing about it is honestly all the people that I got to meet these are people that I'm never going to forget and I'm never going to stop talking to or I made these very very valuable connections and I think honestly that's the best part about everything alright thank you so much for having a 5 minute conversation with me good luck I'm sure you guys are going to do great thank you and we're back again and now we are with لما قادرين and you graduated as well as from multimedia design right tell me what was your favorite part of AUS favorite part of AUS was the whole entire experience I really liked it I loved the people there the environment is so friendly the professors are amazing the education is great and really all the memories that I made over there what do you want to tell your parents your friends your family people supported you throughout this entire process thank you so much for helping me out and never giving up on me and I hope I meet you guys proud good afternoon everyone we will now recognize graduates of the college of architecture art and design graduating with a bachelor of science degree in visual communication محمود هاني حمدي مايا ساعد المقايد ملانيا هاني فليب كوملاودي مريم نمفار روان محمد العدل كوملاودي كوشبو ساولاني يسمين أيمن البكر لين محمد جميل الباز مجنى كوملاودي لارا محمد علي هديل ماجد صبحة صبخ خالد شاهين كوملاودي أندري أمير جراند هل أنت تخبرني أنت تخبرني أنت تخبرني كيف تشعرك أنك ستخبرني كيف تشعرك أنك ستخبرني كيف تشعرك أنك ستخبرني كيف تشعرك أنك ستخبرني نعم كيف تشعرك في نهاية الآن كنت original كنت جوزة أمر الوصول النجين كنت مانتون لكن أفضل لأن هو هذه الأتيان الت Сейчас تشعر أسفل هل لديك أي شيء أن تريد أن تخبرك الناس يشاهدون هذا الآن شكرا لكم for your support for coming to a lot with me all the breakdowns all the tears we are all meant to with you so thank you all thank you so much for having conversation with us good luck good morning hello everyone we will now recognize graduates of the college of arts and sciences with the bachelor of arts degree in mass communication ماهرة خرم لينا عبد العزيز عبد العزيز نور سليمان بكر كم لوده وضح محمد لمعيني كم لوده أمينا ثيفس سراج الدين نوران كمال عفانة شهيرة عمر أحمد إلينا أنور حسام الدين دانا فادي العمر يسر محمد نهاد إبراهيم دلال الكردي هيا نصر النقيم عايدة أحمد نوري سمين بولوريان لينا مويل عايشة اسمعيل رولة يوسف العمري قديل أحمد سامر حسون تالا أيوب لما يوسف ليعيش هدى الأتاسي now we recognize the graduates with the bachelor of arts degree in international studies سلامة الشيبة القبيسي نجوة عامر حبيشي كاتيا خليل كناكري graduating ماجنا كم لوده أشواريا أشواريا is graduating ماجنا كم لوده حورة إبراهيم المازمي رودة علي العجلة فرح نصر قدومي فرح is graduating ماجنا كم لوده عايشة سعيد المهري graduating عاليا محمد الخاجة عادل المازمي عالي سالم الزعابي شما وليد شمسي عاليا عيسام المزروعي راوية لأيس graduating لما مهدي العصفور عبدالله يوسف الجمال حسن خان graduating سوما كم لوده تيا عبد السلام العقل سوسا عادل أكبر يمنى أحمد بيومي فاطمة فايصل الشامسي عاليا عبدالله الحسيني لميس محمد أصوان أنوار عادل جنبي فايصل عبد الستار الفهيم مرحبا هل يمكنك أن تخبرني من أنك كنت؟ نعم my name is Katia and I'm an international study student and I'm a graduate now كيف تشعر بعد كل هذه العام at AUS لا أستطيع أن يكون أفضل أن تكون عام و أنا محبة أن أأتي here لقد أحبت حياتي و نعم لقد كانت محاولة ولكن لقد أميزت روارات و أجلت أن أكون معك و لقد كانت مملك و أنا كبيرا جيدة و أنها تشعر معك هل ترغبت أميزة لكي تريد أن تخبرك بشخصك نعم أريد أن أخبرك لكل أخي who are here in AUS كل أصوان من my friends who support me and my family, my parents my amazing sister Claude I love you when you were there with the tears, happiness with everything and my best friend in Canada as well as Sarah and Yusveen شكرا لكم all my professors, the faculty that I worked with as well It's been amazing. Thanks for everyone who was in my life to be honest This is honestly the least we could do for you guys. Thank you so much for being here with us today. Is there anyone else you'd like to bring up so we can talk to them? Yes, I'd like to bring up my friend. I swear, yeah, I'm on. Come on, come on, let's talk to people. Hi guys. Hi guys, how do you feel graduating? The circumstances that we've been through in the last two years. I think this is the last thing we expected. But the fact that we're here, we're really grateful. And it's just it's just been a tremendous journey over the last four years. It's been great. So I do have another question. What was your favorite part of your program? What would you say? It's it's hard, but it is a much needed question. Our program and our department is the best in the US, to be honest. I think that might be a little biased. But I don't know. But yeah, I mean like the people.  Our faculty is hands down one of the best that's here. I may be biased, but truly I don't think there's any other major here that as much that helps you like learn hands on. There was a class where we literally had to help out students. There was a class where we did like an extra collaborated with an exchange program with students in the US. And we got to learn so much. We got to be around so many different kinds of people. And I feel like the skills that we have now after the degree is just super amazing. Thank you so much for joining us today. And good luck, guys. You guys can do this. Thank you so much. So hi, guys. Today, can you tell me who you guys are? Who am I with? عبدالله الجمال. عالية زعابي. And what did you guys graduate from? International. OK, cool. So how do you guys feel? You graduated. You're done after all these years. It's such a surreal experience. Like, I didn't expect to be having a ceremony today. So I'm really happy that we got the chance to come here and walk on stage. Same thing. And it was such an amazing journey for us, for everyone. OK, so do you guys have anything you want to say to your family, friends? Anything out there? Thank you for all your support throughout those four years. It meant so much. And like it wouldn't be possible without all of you. Thank you. Thank you so much, you guys. Thank you for tuning in. We will now recognize graduates of College of Arts and Sciences graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Language and Literature. شما سينا خوري. نسرين عبد المحسن الشانسي. كنسطانتينا سبيروبولو. Now we will recognize graduates with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. يارا إيهاب عمالي. تمنى طاهر. صراح فوزي المحمد. We will recognize graduates of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. انانيا بغصيان. ريضة أرشد. And now we will recognize graduates with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Sciences. محمد اكرام يوسف. دنيا رفعت متحد. ميرا طلال الحمادي. بسمة أيمان غنام. لا أمار عبدالله طيف. نمواري تنمواري. أرشد مجموعة من الأجتماعي. أرشد مجموعة من الأجتماعي. أمزة جل جولي. أمنا صلاح الدين عبد الجليه. حمد خالد الأميري. مهرم صباح الزعابي. ريضة دا وودي فار. أروا سلطان البستكي. أجيه شام إبراهيم. دما ثروت سمس الدين. أحمد برحان. أحمد برحان جابر. حسام محمود الجندي. سوما كوم لودي. أحمد فوزي خروب. سوما كوم لودي. راشد معين الحاج محمد. مجنى كوم لودي. فراح وسام مجاهد. مجنى كوم لودي. راشد عبدالله المهري. كوم لودي. قالد عبدالله هرمودي. سيف راشد المنصوري. سوما كوم لودي. محمد المولد. أحمد جمال الشامسي. ريام سامح لوكا. و هل تردت مجنى مهري؟ حسام. هل تردت أي شيء لكي تردت أمك؟ نعم. أعطتني بشكل جميل أن أفعل أمك بشكل جيد. شكرا لك أمك. أحبك أمك بشكل جيد. شكرا لك بشكل جيد. أمك بشكل جيد. مرحب. أمك بشكل جيد. مرحب. مرحب. مرحب. أخي up toacle engineer. أخي up toacle engineer. أخي up toacle engineer. أخي up toacle engineer. هل أنت مرحبا كيف يمكنك أن أخذ ألفتك في AUS? أخذ ألفتك في AUS? سفسوط و أخذ ألفرب. أخذ كفر. أخذ كفر. أخذ كفر. هل تخبرني بشكل جيد؟ أخذ كفر. هل تخبرني بشكل جيد؟ هل تخبرني بشكل جيد؟ كل شيئا الأربوط. جنان. جنان was our favorite all the time. الوقت بين محيات ما بين و출. أتمنى كل شيء فقط تذهب there أتمنى شيء ونعود هل هناك أي شيء you want to say to your family and friends thank you all for supporting me and thank you for making you who I am today thank you dad and mom for everything and for supporting me, I love you all thank you so much for having a conversation with us when I am here good luck so who am I with today? Reza Davoudi how do you feel? it's a surreal experience since the last one one year and a half it's been online so coming here seeing everyone again seeing a few number of people graduating from alongside my major it's amazing and we're all close friends we're all from the same batch and we know each other and we're all graduating it's amazing I love it so if you had any advice for students entering or specifically engineering what would you tell them right now? take your courses seriously don't just go like I took this in high school I did this before I got this YouTube always helps just take it seriously go for it don't rely on others don't rely on others go for yourself give it your 100% and you got this so my last question will be do you have anything you want to say to your family? so this was constant 4 years and friends whoever those few amount of people that supported me thank you everyone else still thank you and I love you my family is amazing thank you so much for attending good luck and you're going to do amazing we have no doubt okay so now today can you guys tell me who you are who am I with how do you guys feel? I don't know I'm glad it's very normal to feel confused I think many students feel that way right now do you have anything you want to tell your parents, your friends your family everything are you proud? I have one last question what was your favorite part of AWAS meeting our friends wow thank you guys so much for taking the time to have a conversation with me and next we're going to meet two other students who are going to come up right now so who am I speaking with today and these are both electrical engineer graduates so how would you say is a summary of the last 4 years of AWAS I would say Hard work finally we did it honestly do you guys have anything you want to say to your friends your family are like sitting at home thank you for everything I couldn't have done it without you thank you for our family our professors good luck to you guys I hope you guys will be accomplished and get everything you guys deserve thank you for having a conversation with me today see you morning everyone we will now recognize graduates of the college of engineering graduating with a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering أميرة أحمد سجاد أحمد حسن عبد الرحيم فروق غسان أفيوني جناك بوهجواني أميد محمد علي مجنكم لودي علي نعمان أبو كحيلة آية عسام الأشكر كم لودي دانا محمد طيب أرجومند مجنكم لودي شما سالم عبيض الله مجنكم لودي نعمان عسف عبد اللله حازم الحجر مجنكم لودي أصبح أخي مبارك بكم أبدل الحجر and what did you graduate us اميزيق كمكينين so how do you feel you just graduated well I'm so excited I'm so happy it's a new chapter today and I'll have everything will be fine and it's a new challenge I'm gonna be taking on هل أنت تريد أن تقول لك to your family, your friends, people at home watching this right now? Yes, I want to thank all my family, all my friends for their continuous support without you I'd never made it. Okay, so the last question that I will ask you today is what is your favorite part of AUS? My favorite part is these guys. That's all right to God. They are the most incredible people that I've ever met and hopefully it's a friendship that will last forever. Insha'Allah. Anyways, thank you so much for taking the time to have a conversation with me. Thank you so much. No worries, good luck. Hello hello, who am I speaking with? My name is Ayal Ashour. And what did you graduate as? A chemical engineer. Okay, cool. So how would you say the last four years of your life was? Some in one word amazing. It was very challenging. I'm not going to lie, especially the last couple of years. Actually last year, but it was absolutely amazing and I wouldn't change it. Do you have any advice for students coming into AUS specifically for engineering? Yes, definitely. I say you need to study, but don't forget to have fun.  But at the same time, focus on your studies. So balance everything. That's the most important thing. Okay, and my last question for today is do you have anything do you want to say to your family or friends? The people who have been supporting you this entire journey? Yes, of course I do. I want to thank them all so much for their continued support. I really could not have been here without them. And I want to thank my friends that are all here for their continued support as well. And for being there for me this entire time. Thank you all. Okay, thank you so much for having a conversation with me. I'm sure you and everyone here will do amazing. Thank you. We will now recognize graduates of the College of Engineering graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering. محمد عمر فراس نتشان مادو أنا بعمل من الوزد. أنا بعمل اليوم بعمل اليوم بعمل اليوم بعمل اليوم بعمل اليوم بعمل اليوم بعمل اليوم بعملô كيف تفعيل، كنت فرماعا أن تركز؟ لا أصبح. ولكن ذلك جميعا، is that amazing, it's great to know that we made it yeah really excited to see what's to come from now هل you have anything you want to say to your family, the people watching in right now? yeah thank you so much to all of my family all of my friends basically everyone in my life my support system لا أستطيع أن أستطيع أن أسترات here, وقالون من هنا اليوم. لقد أتفضلت. حسنا, لديك أسيطة مجردية. ما هي المضحية الأخبار حتى أنت في أوليات الأسيطية؟ كثيرا. سأقول الناس. 100% الناس. لأنه كل الناس who I've met here, ليس فقط أن أصدر. وأصدر من أجنون وليس فعلونهم بالنسبة للمجمع. أعجبت أشخاص جداً هنا أخبرت أشخاص جداً هنا أعرف أنها قد أخذت الحياة وأنني أعجبت أشخاص جداً شكراً لك so much for having a conversation with us شكراً لك and good luck حسناً، أنت بحياتك right now من أمي معي today؟ يارا وماذا أنت تجدت؟ باتر of computer engineering حسناً، مالذي أعجبتك في أشخاص AOS؟ فماذا حسناً، أنت تجدت هذه المقربة مع أمي معها؟ أنت تجدت تجدت أشخاص جداً حتى أنت تعرفها على هذا الأمر أمي معي معي مهنية مع أمي مع ببك هل تصدق بأمر أخير؟ أعجبت أشخاص جداً وما في أن تفعل أهل الإنجنيري؟ إهه، إنجنيري مهنية أقول أنت تجدت مهنية أنت تجدت أشخاص أكثر لأن إذا تصدق بكدت حوله فأنت تجدت أكثر أعتقد أن كل المدينة المدينة are amazing faculty so I think it's going to be a great experience.  Yes, actually I'd like to tell them thank you for everything that they've done for me because I think without support it's not possible. Without the support of your family, of your friends and even of your professors and of the university it's not possible to do this at all. So I'd say thank you for everyone who's been in support for me. Thank you so much for having a conversation with me today. Good luck and congratulations. We will now recognize graduates of the College of Engineering graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science. محمد حسان عمران زايد رحمان شهام كامبالا تكموري عبدالله عرفان صديقي أسف رشيد محمد حسان نجاتي كم لودي سلطان ماجد المسمار أحمد ماهر الزرعوني زايد ناجي الحوسني محمد حسان عمران محمد حسان عمران محمد حسان عمران محمد حسان عمران محمد حسان عمران محمد حسان عمران محمدذ شهام legislature سلطان رقمن أحب الأجل دوارنا أجل حسابancies محمد سلطان عمران محمد حسان شهامك شهام장 لماذا Kung it would like to say to your viewers, to your family, your friends? Yes, I would like first of all thank my parents .. my mom, dad, my sister and my friends for helping me reach this journey .. without whom I couldn't survive the US and all my professors all the faculty .. and everyone a big thanks to them for helping me reach .. this position Hamdillah, yes. شكراً لك so much for having a conversation with me today. Good luck and congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon everyone. We will now recognize graduates of the College of Engineering graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering.  سبولانجينيرنجي سومة قم العودي أمازن كيف تشعر أنك فعلت؟ تشعر بشكل جيد لا تشعر بشكل جيد بشكل جيد بشكل جيد بشكل جيد أشعر بشكل جيد يجعل الأ experience و أفضل أيضا أحد فأنا مع أمام محمد مرحبا محمد مذعب مذعب أبوآر مذعب ما أعرف أبوآر مذعب أبوآر ابوآر ابوآر رسائر رسائر ابوآر رسائر رسائر لأنه أصدقائي. شكرا لك for always being supporting me and also my relatives my uncles and cousins and aunts thank you so much for being by my side all this time and of course my friends who I really am so glad that I gained the lifelong friends throughout my journey thank you for always being by my side and we're always having fun and yeah I'm just very happy with my experience at AUS so my last question for you today is what is your favorite part of AUS ooh a lot of things a lot of people don't like AUS but I'm one of the people who actually like it my favorite part of AUS I'd say there's a lot but the community I really like the community and also our department civil engineering department everyone is so nice our professors we're always we're just like we're just one big happy family so yeah there's a lot of things but definitely the people and my department thank you so much Angie for having a conversation with us today good luck and congratulations again thank you so much no thank you okay hi everyone we're back again and I am with and you graduated us civil engineering and can you please tell me how you feel you're done after all these years I'm feeling unemployed honestly but uh all well and inshallah like we find uh what we're looking for out there in the future I really miss the social life of the university to be honest but uh it's all good it's all fine uh we'll be all good inshallah in the future inshallah this pandemic pandemic will end and everything will go back to normal I kind of already ended but nothing has changed so so can you tell me what your favorite part of the program was uh this program well I kind of forgot that I need to give them my name card on the stage so I kind of have to like but uh it's okay that was my favorite part or like the worst I don't know to be honest okay and my last question for you is there anything you want to say tell your family your friends your supporters thank you so much thank you thank you for bearing with me okay thank you so much for having a conversation with me good luck and congratulations the graduates of the college of engineering graduated with a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering سارا زكريا العتال the graduates of the college of engineering graduated with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering الجفري مايكيل معاربس أريب أمران شيخ محمد سليمان سلمان يازيد محمود أبو بكر يزن عبد الكريم طاها دانة فقات شلحة أنتفال عبداللطيف سامر سيمون سركيس كم لودي بشوي نادي غبور بيلة ياسر زكي محمد سامي زاهر براهيم أحمد طارق حمادة مجناكم لودي فادي محمود فوزي عبد الرحمن سمير إمام أحمد محمد طحناني أدر روزان أحمد أحمد رجع مجناكم لودي مير نصر مجناكم لودي زاهرة مصطفة إقبال فايزة وافي محمد حالت حرازين مروان محمد الأحمد أناس مصطفة سعادة وسامة فهد الحسيني كم لودي لامية لقمان مجناكم لودي ليلة أمجات خمفر سومة كم لودي إينات شي خار لانا بشير قاسم حبيب محمود الربا ريز محمد القعود رفك مانن كم لودي جاوثا مبرادي روبين لووك دايس مصطفة أحمد أحمد أنا مول لانا قاسم وماذا فعلت؟ محاولة كيف تشعر؟ هل فعلت؟ أنت محاولة أنت محاولة لا أعلم ما يأتي ولكن يجب أن تكون لديك سيارات وكل ذلك فأنا محاولة ولكن أنا محاولة وأنا محاولة هل لديك أي شيء لكي تقول لك بسائلك بسائلك سأشعر لديي أمي أولا ثم سأشعر لديي لأنهم really stood next to me في كل شيء وانا was a great journey with them وانا فعلت أمي أولا حسنا والأسئلة الأخيرة اليوم مالذي أفضلتك عن AUS؟ أفضلت أمي كانت أمي معي like my colleagues my friends they made it a great journey for me so yeah and I've learned a lot a lot of lessons and that's it the first lesson that I learned was responsibility and then that's it everything was great الحمدلله الحمدلله شكرا لك so much for taking the time to have a conversation with me بسرعة and congratulations I hope you guys I'm sure all AUSers will succeed حسنا بسرعة شكرا مرحبا once again and today I am with أمي and what did you graduate of? I'm a mechanical engineer and how do you feel you just finished it feels almost unbelievable it's a surreal experience I'm so thankful of what I experienced it was amazing and I'm really glad to be here do you have any advice you'd like to give to any new students coming in? I enjoy it it's gonna be your best four years is there anything you'd like to say to your family and friends your supporters I wish they were here but I hope they're watching and I'm just I'm very thankful for everything they've provided for me okay so that's all we have for today thank you so much for tuning in with me congratulations and good luck no worries thank you hello friends and family from home today I am with سامر سركيس and what did you graduate of? a mechanical engineer how do you feel? honestly I don't know it feels surreal I mean just yesterday I was getting my high school diploma and now I'm getting my college degree time does fly do you have anything you want to say to your friends your family your supporters first of all Mama Baba I love you guys so much I couldn't have done this without you and my sister too سبين and my friends biggest supporters thank you very much alright thank you so much for having a conversation with me congratulations and good luck no worries hello friends and family once again today I am with I'm good my name is I'm a student of mechanical engineering Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering and yeah that's all can you tell me what your favorite part of AUS is? one of my favorite part is that I've been living in Doms so I have my friends life over there was pretty amazing and then the life on campus with my friends the life in student center the cultural clubs all these accumulate to be a really good experience at AUS with your studies with your professors who really pushed hard to make you score well in your exams and everything and in life yeah is there anything you want to say to your friends and family? yes definitely I would like to thank my brother my close friends and my family everyone and especially my professors who never stop pushing me hard to achieve better at AUS and yes all these have really of people have really helped me in graduating from AUS with good grades and Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah so thank you so much for having a conversation with me congratulations good luck I'm sure you guys will all do fantastic no worries thank you guys for tuning in with us hello friends and family from home today I am with and how are you today you just graduated how do you feel? I still can't believe it to be honest is there anything you'd like to say to your parents friends and family I'd like to thank all my friends my family everyone that was beside me throughout this four-year journey without them I don't think I could have ever reached to go on this stage and get the certificate and I love you all is there anything you want to say to students coming in to study engineering? I would say that first of all you need to work as hard as you can and also try to enjoy it as much as you can because throughout all the stress and studying there's also the good side of it with your friends you go have a car wreck in the car wreck street and everything you can't wait as much as you can but work hard okay awesome thank you so much for having conversation with us be sure good luck and congratulations no worries hello hello who am I with today Leila is here hi Leila how do you feel? amazing I just finished is there anything you'd like to say to your parents family and supporter thank you so much for everyone who showed me support through the last four years and I'm incredibly grateful so if you had three words in order to describe AUS what would they be? difficult interesting worth it those definitely work out is there anything else you'd like to tell them students anyone any piece of advice don't waste your years make the best out of your unique experience don't dedicate your entire all of your time to studies but also don't slack off it's important try to find your balance pretty early alright thank you so much for having conversation with us Leila good luck and congratulations we will now recognize graduates of the school of business administration graduating with the bachelor of science degree in business administration major and marketing مريم خالد الملا لطيفة يسر المشرخ فرح أحمد عوني سيدرا بهجة السيد علي فاطمة فعور يسر قادري ألينا عدنان graduating مجنى كملاودة ريناد خالد بجنيت بيني بيسوام رند أحمد نداف علام حمد أمل ماهر قباني مريم عمر محمد دينا ماجد البقمي مور محمد مالكاوي دانا مجد النجار قواطف محمد محجوب and now we recognize graduates with the bachelor of science degree in business administration major in management information systems فارس وجيه اسمعيل مر ظاهر الديك graduating كملاودة لا محمد ديب رنى محمود تايم عديلا باكر محمد أحمد وثمان أحمد حامد علي أزاري فيا يعقوب النقبي إبراهيم جعفر أصبحت أصبحت عبن اليوم أنا أم وض ألينا عدنان وماذا كنت تتحدث؟ مرقصي وماذا تشتدين؟ بعد كل هذه المرة أشعر أنه جيد أشعر أنه جيد حيث تشاهدت أنها كانت صحيحة و that's all came to life و the hard work really paid off like with this ceremony هل هناك أي شيء you'd like to say to your friends and family about watching this? I just want to thank them for their support my parents and my brother especially this was all possible because of them they've been my constant support system and I'm really grateful to have a foundation like them in my life alright thank you so much for having a conversation with us good luck and congratulations no worries Hello friends and family once again today I am with what a hownie and how do you feel? you're done I'm wow I can't believe I made it this far I mean you did it so great job you're an ALAS survivor is there anything you'd like to say to your friends and family about home? I mean I obviously wouldn't have been able to do this without their support I mean that's a pretty obvious thing to say given the amount of stress that I've been through I think I wouldn't have survived the four years I made it this far if it weren't for them so I'm just small in that and everybody else what would you say to any new students coming in to study at SBA? I would say really really take advantage of the opportunities given to you because AUS gives you so many opportunities SBA, AUS in general and these will really really matter after you've graduated they really make a huge difference I feel they differentiate you from other students so I would say grasp onto those as tight as you can alright thank you so much for having so much for having a conversation with me good luck and congratulations no worries hello hello who am I with? my name is Vainie and what did you graduate us? marketing major if you had three words to describe AUS what would you describe it as? I think it's really educational it's helpful to students and it's a nice environment to be around exciting and how do you feel you just graduated? I feel exhilarated I feel a bit scared because we're going into the real world but I'm excited most probably alright thank you so much for having a conversation with me good luck and congratulations no worries hello friends and family today I'm with A'la and Amal and how do you guys feel you guys just graduated? I feel excited I'm just crying it's been crying all day yeah I'm pretty emotional today oh it's okay it's a scary experience but I'm pretty sure you guys are going to do great is there anything you guys would like to say to your family and friends? I love you mom love you mom love you baba that's so cute so if you had any word of advice for any students coming in specifically SBA what would you tell them? time management for sure okay yeah I would say the same thing also have fun work life balance more life balance okay alright that sounds great thank you guys so much for tuning in congratulations and good luck I'm sure you guys will all do great no worries bye hello once again today I am with friend and Mario and what did you guys graduate as? marketing and minor in finance awesome and marketing and a minor in MIS okay so if you had to explain AUS in like three words what would you explain it as? hard fun and full of experience challenging dynamic but educational do you guys have anything you guys would like to say to your family and friends your supporters back home? I want to say to my family that I know you couldn't make it but I mean you can always watch this again so it's fine and I love you all I wish all my friends and family were here to celebrate with us today but with that being said it's still a really surprising and exciting day and we're looking for for the future so thank you to everyone who supported me alright thank you guys for having a conversation with me good luck and congratulations you guys are going to do more than great thank you no worries and now we recognize the graduates with the bachelor of science degree in business administration major in management وحي فتحي المشدلي هورماء نيس حوراء درويش روباري سحر أحمد القاسم عبد العزيز عبدالل جابري أنجلا زاكرايس نوبور رجنديرا عايشة أشر صديقي graduating magna cum laude فاطمة خليل حسن and now we recognize the graduates with the bachelor of science degree in business administration major in economics أي نور وليد فهيم بايفرا راما فرساد graduating magna cum laude يوجد سا باسباني graduating magna cum laude مرزية جوليا جوز graduating summa cum laude سمرا جا بيد بايرا حسام عرفة and now we recognize the graduates with the bachelor of arts degree in economics آمنا صلاح سوار الدهب graduating magna cum laude Hello family and friends from home today I am with آي نور and what did you graduate out economics and how do you feel you're done after all these years yeah I'm super happy and I'm thankful I'm grateful for all the experiences I've had in this university I've learned a lot and I would like to thank my mom I love you mom and my dad of course has been a great support despite all the challenges and all my family my friends my professors maybe and yeah that's it what would you say is your favorite part of AUS football the extra curricular activities yeah yeah that's the best part cool thank you so much for having a conversation I know it good luck and congratulations I'm sure you guys will all do amazing no worries hello friends and family we are back and I am with and what did you graduate out economics major BSBA and how do you feel after all these hard work of years I just feel like it finally paid off and I don't know I don't know how to describe it it's a weird feeling I guess yeah thank you for everyone that's been there for me I guess through you know how studying is and all the nights of like just staying awake and doing what we do so yeah thank you I guess can you tell me what your favorite part of AUS is the community definitely yeah and the support of the professors are really genuine yeah speaking about professors is there any specific professor you'd like to shout out or like say a special thank you to I think all of my friends and I can't really think of someone on the top of my head but yeah yeah okay cool thank you so much for having conversation with me good luck and congratulations you guys are going to do great thank you so much no worries and we are back hello family and friends who am I with today Hermanis and what did you graduate of business administration management and do you have anything you want to say to your family you really wanted to see tears in my mother's eyes while I'm graduating like is that too much to ask for like I want tears in my mother's eyes like I want to see her cry I want to see her proud but Alhamdulillah for everything and I just I just wish my family was here and my friends were here so that you know I could actually feel like I'm graduating that makes a lot of sense but pandemic came and ruined it all for us is there anything I would just like to say that you grow a lot like you change as a person in these four years it's a mixture of emotions you feel every emotion you go through every phase and at the end of four years you're like oh you know what in first semester I faced this that is why I am like this like it adds to your personality every day in uni adds to your personality that makes you the person that you aspire or like you look forward to alright awesome thank you so much for having conversation with me good luck on congratulations thank you no worries and now we're waiting for two other students to join me on this conquest also SBA graduates hello hello hi who am I speaking with I'm Yogita and I'm Simra and how do you guys feel you're done after all these years I feel great to be honest when I was on stage I was like on top of the world I was just just like had no words yeah I just feel great alright awesome and how did you feel it feels so real to be honest I don't think it has fully hit me yet I'm not sure if it ever will either but yeah I can't believe I'm done so can you guys tell me what's your favorite part of AUS is I think it's just building relationships the most important part like I've had I've met great great people professors and I think just building relationships doing what you love pursuing the major doing all sorts of extra critical activities AUS gives you so many opportunities it's unbelievable so I think just the whole environment just everyone in general yeah I think I'll have to agree with Yogita on that one as a freshman I couldn't believe like every single are and it would always be like about something or the other that's happening within the university and that just made me realize like how full of life and how full of opportunities our university is and that was really really nice okay that's awesome I do have one last question is there a specific professor you guys would like to give a shout out to or someone that was a true pillar in your journey at AUS not any specific professor who has worked with as a TA like Professor Samar Professor Ilkelkaya all of my economics professors who really pushed me to be to pursue the major to do everything to be the best to be the best version of yourself basically so yeah all my economics professors okay yeah I really appreciate all of my professors as well but in specific professor Hugo he really reminded me why I chose really really appreciate all that he's done for me thank you alright thank you guys so much for having a conversation with us congratulations and I'm sure you guys are going to do amazing thank you we will now recognize graduates of the school of business administration graduating with a bachelor of science degree in business administration major in finance عمر سلطان العلمة ماجد سالم العلي خالد مرشد المرشد ياش سنيل سجار أحلام سالم بن بحر عبدالله سعيد عبدالباري graduating cum laude زياد أكمل عبدالفتاح مصطفهم حمد جلال عيسا graduating cum laude تسنيم على أبو النجا جنة فراس قدورة عبدالله الحادي بينا طلال سعيد graduating cum laude رزان عيسا عودة الله شريفة أحمد أبو الغار دانا صالح الزيت رح سليمان السحيمي سعود محمد زينال آي جون محمد سعيد الشامسي graduating مجنىكم لودي بي بابا دوبولوس graduating مجنىكم لودي محمد سالم الصالح فاطمة سلطان البستكي ريمة هاشم المرزوقي ريم إبراهيم لبلوشي سيدة هبازايدي انكيت ديسوزا بشماكش بندتا بلال فريد مير كرم خالد أبو الناصر سدات ساجد علي عبدالوافي كزاكي بورايل Hello friends and family at home Today I am well زياد عبدالفتاح And what did you just graduate out? عبدالوافي كزاكي بورايل Hello friends and family at home What did you just graduate out? عبدالفتاح Can you tell me how you feel after all these years of hard work? I'm very excited I'm so happy to have graduated And I'm ready to start working and explore the world Is there any advice you'd like to tell Any students coming into SBA? To just make sure that they choose Something that they want to do Something that they love Because at the end of the day it makes it easier Okay, so my last question for you today Is there anything you want to tell Your family, your supporters? I want to thank everyone Honestly, it's been an incredible journey I accomplished so much And it was only possible with their support And their help Especially my parents And obviously also my friends But my parents specifically Alright, thank you so much زياد for having a conversation with me Good luck and congratulations Thank you How are you? I'm good, you? I'm great, how do you feel? You just graduated It feels really amazing I'm really proud of myself That I made it four years It was amazing It's been an amazing ride So just remind me again What is your name and what did you graduate as? My name is Sadat Ali And I'm a finance graduate So is there anything you want to tell Your family and friends? I'd like to thank each and everyone Especially my family And my friends, even my professors Who have supported me And throughout my journey at AUS I really thank all of them Can you tell me what your favorite Part of AUS is? My favorite part of AUS I believe was the social life I had I made so many new friends And I hope they stick around for a long time Because it's been really fun It's been a while ride at AUS And it's been amazing Alright, thank you so much For having a conversation with me Good luck and congratulations once again No worries Hello, hello, how do you feel? Amazing Okay, so tell me What's your name? What did you graduate as? Lina Saeed Finance major, marketing minor Amazing, it seems like a lot How were the last four years of AUS? Best four years ever Amazing memories, amazing people Is there anything you'd like to say To your supporters, your family, your friends? Definitely Thank you so much for all the support and love I wouldn't have done it without you Honestly, I'm so grateful For everyone in my life And another question is What is your favorite part of AUS? Definitely the people here Everyone's so friendly The professors, the staff My friends, everyone Speaking of professors Is there a certain professor You'd like to give a shout out to Or like special things? Kimberley, professor Kimberley Thank you so much for everything All my professors were amazing Alright, thank you so much For having a conversation with me Congratulations and good luck Thank you I'm graduating as a finance Amazing Okay, so is there anything You want to talk to your family and friends? I want to thank my father And my mother for funding me For this amazing bachelor degree It was not easy at all But it was worth it along the way If you had the chance To stay in AUS in three words What would they be? Stressful Fun And I'd say worth it Makes sense, makes a lot of sense Is there anything you'd like To tell prospective students Coming in, studying as mayor? Don't be scared from Whatever people tell you Like it's so hard To start this university in the region Don't care about that Just like You'll be confident While you're studying And like you're going to do good For me like I listened to many people When I first started And it ended up so bad for me But then I started like Standing on my feet And like It's not that hard As hard as they say it is All right, awesome Thank you so much For having a conversation with me And congratulations And good luck We will now recognize Graduates of the school Of business administration Graduating with a bachelor Of science degree In business administration Major in finance Taron Thomas عماريا سر محمود حمد عبد الله الراشد شاه فهد غفور الرحمن Graduating magna cum laude كارن عماد لطفي ليديا يعقوب Graduating magna cum laude عيشة أحمد الحسني Graduating magna cum laude المهم حمد أجاز زوها سولانجي سوبيا سالم Graduating cum laude هاجر المتقي Graduating cum laude لميا عالي السعيد حمد أحمد اشحاته سامر ملحم شما عبد الله إبراهيم نور صالح Graduating cum laude خيزار أزير باتل أرى نصر الخطيب عمر غلائيني بانشكا جوراف كوشك Graduating سوماكم laude دوحة خليل علي Hello friends and family from home Today I am what? هاجر المتقي And what did you graduate as?  I feel relieved but also stressed Because we're finally done And we're starting a new journey right now But at the same time we're very grateful For this opportunity and for our professors For this amazing amazing journey Do you have anything you want to say to your friends and family Watching this at home? We finally did it The next thing is going to be masters So yeah thank you all Thank you all for your support And we really needed it for the switch to online Okay so I know the question I have for you Is what is your favorite part of AUS? SBA second floor couches That's very specific I know But that's what I spend most of my time I used to hang out there with my friends Eat there I hang out to professors in there And it's my favorite spot in AUS That makes a lot of sense Okay thank you so much Congratulations And good luck I'm sure you guys are going to do amazing No worries Thank you guys for tuning in And we will see you after the next session Hello friends and family watching from home Today I am Will Vanchika And what did you graduate at? Finance major And a minor in actuarial mathematics Oh wow that sounds complicated Do you have anything you'd like to say To your friends and family Thank you so much for supporting me so much I think you know graduating AUS Is such an exhilarating experience You supported me through all these years And just thank you so so very much For everything The time that you've given And you know all the experiences They've been so fun Without you this couldn't have been possible I have another question What is your favorite part of AUS? I think the opportunity of meeting So many amazing people The opportunity of just connecting with Not only you know Making the chance of getting like To make good friends But even amazing professors And people from AUS It's just amazing experience Alright thank you so much For having a conversation with me Good luck and congratulations And next we have another student Coming in Hello hello What's your name? Hi I'm Sobia And what did you graduate at? A major in finance With a minor in management Okay so how do you feel After all these years you're done I have like mixed up emotions I feel sad but I feel happy At the same time That I was able to achieve so much And also it was such a good experience I was able to learn And make friends And most important I was able to meet Such knowledgeable professors Do you have anything You'd like to say To any new students coming in? I would say These four years Are going to be the best Experience of your life So enjoy it as much as you can And at the same time You're also going to learn so much Alright awesome Thank you for having A conversation with me And good luck And we have another student Coming in Hello hello So you graduated As well as I graduated with a major In finance And a minor in Actual Mathematics What would you explain Finance to be In like three words? Alright I think it's Interpreting Risk analysis And challenging Alright that's awesome Do you have anything You'd like to say Yeah thank you mama And thank you baba For your constant support Your guidance And thanks to All my friends For being there with me Throughout this four year journey It's been great And do you have anything You'd like to say To any new students Coming in specifically To study finance Well these four years Are going to be Definitely worth it There will be Difficult times But also fun times Okay cool Thank you so much For having a conversation With me Congratulations And have an awesome day No worries Thank you guys For tuning in with us Hopefully we will Speak to even more Students at the next Session She's the graduate Of school of business Administration Graduated with a bachelor Of science degree In business Administration Major in accounting عبد الرحمن جميل أبودية سومة كملاودة عيشم حمد بنغالب فاطم يونسفر حمد مصطفة قدورة مي مصطفة حبيبة جبار كملاودة دانا أحمد الباقطين مجنى كملاودة فريدة واراتل أزرى سلطان مرشن كملاودة هيا راشد الشامسي سومة كملاودة أقل منام مختار سعود براهيم ديماس مجنى كملاودة رشف عبد الرزاق منصور شان ألياس سعيد براهيم مرحبا بيامة لديكم واحد من جمعان يا وضحة هل مretchن وأحمد الباقطينunn ليه whirring what how'd you feel you're done正يد so surreal it was like a roller coaster ride so I'm not really feeling anything at the moment maybe in a couple of days it'll hit but so far it's it's crazy yeah it's insane do you have anything say to your friends and families about Home Watching this to all my family my friends I love you all the guys mean ومع ذلك سأخذ هذه الموضوع. أعطيكم بمعادلاتي. وقد لم أكن أفعل هذا without you. شكراً. ما يجب أن تقول لك أنك أخذ للمعادة الجديدة؟ هل توجد بعض المساعدات؟ أعطيكم بعمل جيداً. فقط أعمل جيداً. أتكلم بأنك تكلم بأنك تكون كثيراً بمعادلاتك وأنك لا تستطيع أن تفعلها. لكن في العام أنك فعلها وأنني فعلها. فهذا هو كلاف أزيار لك. لا تقلق. لقد فعلت هذا. شكرا جميعا لكي تتحدث معي شكرا وحالة جيد هل ستتفعلوا بها؟ شكرا لكم شكرا لكم for tuning in تتحدث معنا tomorrow ونحن لدينا أكثر مجددا لتتحدث معنا مرحبا بخير وخير أنا وضو وماذا تتحدث معنا أنا وضو مع المجدد ومجدد ومعنى في مجدد مجدد وكيف ستكبرتك بخير مجددا لكي تتحدث معنا وخير بخير ولكن بخير لدينا مجددا وخير بخير لتكون بين الكثير من الناس كثير من الكثير سيكون مجددا هل هناك شيئ ما أنت تقول لكي تتحدث مع أخيك وخير أسرع أردت أن أشكر أبني أمي وممي ومجددا أخيك وخير وخير بخير لدينا أكو고 أصبحوني قراءي أصبحوني أم they they they كيف حالتهم أخيك أخيك أخيك أخيك كيف حالتهم أخيك في مدينة العربية، ميسا عدنان جرجوس، أسامة جميل، رغد محمد محمد و now we move on to the graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences graduating with the Masters of Science Degree in Mathematics, تنجومة نزرول إسلام graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences with the Masters of Arts Degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, إركا لي بين، أنوجة ماريام تومس، نور وفي أدورة so graduates with the Masters of Science Degree in Mathematics, سارا سمير محمود Hello friends and family today I am well and what did you graduate as major okay cool that's master's right yes correct master's okay so is there anything you want to say to your friends and family watching this back home I just want to thank you for all the support ahead even though maybe I haven't talked to all of them but they were always in my heart and supporting me in my especially last semester when the corona hit and I couldn't see a lot of my friends so thank you for all your support is there any advice you'd like to give to students coming in for master's I think it's most important is to understand why you want to do it because master's will support you later in life and if you don't know yet if you want to take it don't take it go work in the field one two years and then see because two years of master's is going to be felt like a waste of time if you didn't like it alright thank you so much for having conversation with us good luck and congratulations once again and thank you guys for tuning in with us and hopefully we will see you next we will now recognize the graduates of the College of Engineering graduating with the Masters of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering نادر لطفي المفلح سيدالينا ممتاز دعاء جمال كساجي نادية خليل أبو فرحة we now recognize the graduates with the Masters of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering هيفا محمد بن صلاح حليما علي النقبي محمد عبدل المريسي we now recognize the graduates with the Masters of Science Degree in Civil Engineering عبدل رمضان غنيم محمد كوري شازيا أحمد بانو we now move to the graduates with the Masters Degree in Computer Engineering أريج أساما محمد ربيها وحيد خان graduates with the Masters of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering محمد مستفى المليجي أحمد أيمان أحمد شالبي we now move on to the graduates with the Masters of Science Degree in Engineering Systems Management نكيتا سرجويتش كسيانوف تهاني هيلال النقبي لبنى سيدا محمود كريستينا أنورجيس ويداد عبيد سويدي وفا مريم سوهيل سالم الأبلام أناس عبيد التنجي محمد يوسف الزرعوني هيثم سديق العجماني جيهان شنوفي we now recognize the graduates with the Masters of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering مريم يوسف العوضي and we now recognize the graduates with the Masters of Science Degree in Mechatronics Engineering محمد سمير عمري we now recognize graduates of the College of Engineering with the Masters of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering محمد واسف أبو ليلة and now the graduates with the Masters of Science Degree in Civil Engineering مريم واسف أناب النابلسي حاكم محمد الخرشة and now we recognize the graduates of the School of Business Administration graduating with the Masters Degree in Business Administration لما محمد مطر رهف ناجح عبد ندى أحمد الحمادي حس يوسف المطوع أمل محمود مسعود فاتما جمع الغرير and now we recognize the graduates with the Masters of Science Degree in Accounting فاتما عبد السلام البستكي ميرا علي زمزم محمد غازي الحامد جيد evening my name is Kevin Mitchell and I serve as the Chancellor on behalf of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Kasimi member of the UAE Supreme Council ruler of Sharjah and president of the American University of Sharjah the Board of Trustees and the faculty and staff welcome I extend a special welcome to the family and friends who are with us today we share your pride in the accomplishments of the candidates for the Ph.D. in Engineering Systems Management this event marks an important occasion in the history of AUS as we celebrate the university's first doctoral graduates when founded in 1997 the university was mandated to become a center of research educational development and the solution of social problems the doctoral work done by the candidates not only contributes to advancing knowledge in their fields it also contributes to advancing the university's mission congratulations on this significant accomplishment as the first doctoral program graduates you will be important representatives for the university and we look forward with great anticipation to your continued success in closing I would like to thank all of my colleagues who have worked to develop the doctoral program and to ensure that we could be here on this momentous occasion I would also like to recognize the dedication and commitment of the advisors Dr. Ahmed, Dr. Bahari, and Dr. Alsaya on behalf of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Kasimi the members of the Board of Trustees and the faculty and staff of AUS congratulations again the PhD candidates in engineering systems management I would now like to introduce the Provost and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Juan Sanchez Thank you Chancellor I'm delighted and honored to welcome you all to this very important milestone for the university this will go into history as the first cohort of graduates in the PhD of engineering system management I would also like to extend a warm welcome to the family members that I'm sure they are as proud of the accomplishment of the candidate like we are this is again a significant and very difficult accomplishment by all the candidates I also would like to welcome with thanks the faculty that guided the candidates through their degree and through very hard work at the university to the graduates I would like to underscore the fact that you have attained the highest degree that the discipline can offer it does come with privileges that you should never abuse but also with responsibilities that should always assume now I would like to recognize several members of the AUS community that are here present with us Dr. Mark Mood Anatawi Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Samir Al-Ashash Interim Dean of the College of Engineering Dr. Nages Burbakri Dean of the School of Business Administration Dr. Lotfi Ramadan Associate Dean for the College of Engineering Dr. Vian Ahmed Advisor Dr. Salwa Beheri Advisor Dr. Sameq Osayek Advisor Dr. Akmal Abdel-Fattah Program Coordinator Dr. Malik Niyayi Dissertation Advisor Dr. Aiman Badawi Dissertation Advisory Committee Member Next I would like to introduce Ms. Lina Huri who will call the names of the candidates and will give us a brief account of their accomplishment in the dissertation as your name is called please come to the stage Candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Systems Management Taha Saeed Anjamrouz Taha's dissertation title is Portfolio Value Optimization Model for Sustainable Construction Taha Anjamrouz's dissertation provides valuable research for the construction industry encouraging developers to consider sustainability as a key criterion in their portfolio selection If adopted, his research has the potential of positively transforming the construction industry sustainability impact Conducted under the supervision of Dr. Samih Al-Saeed Taha's research aims at developing a new portfolio value optimization model that integrates sustainability organization benefit realization and project success criteria in order to shift decision making towards sustainable outcomes His research identifies 26 selection criteria classified into two groups first the sustainability group consisting of three pillars environmental, social and economic and the second with two subgroups organization benefit realization and project success Through engaging with key developers and clients in the UAE construction industry Taha was able to determine the weight of these new criteria should they be used in the decision making process He found that when presented with these criteria developers do indeed consider sustainability as more important than organizational benefits and project success Specifically, the top six selection criteria for developers were revealed to be energy use, material use health and safety, strategic fit profitability and organizational risk Based on these findings Taha developed three portfolio value optimization models including a project screening matrix a linear programming model and genetic algorithms and presented a real case study to demonstrate their application Taha proposes these models as a valuable tool for developers to ultimately impact decision making towards sustainable construction We now present Dr. Taha, Saeed and Jamrouz مصطفة صحبان التكريتي مصطفة's dissertation title is Tracking the Commitment to Sustainable Development Decisions مصطفة التكريتي's research provides organizational leaders with an effective mechanism for tracking commitment to sustainable development related decisions and how these decisions are ultimately executed at the corporate level Organizational leaders are under tremendous pressure to make decisions that not only consider a wide range of variables but also satisfy the complex and intertwined maxims of sustainable development in their organizations These maxims, when adhered to should dictate organizational policy shape short and long term corporate goals influence leadership decisions and set the tone for programs and projects to enhance the triple bottom line However, while several support systems have been developed to address decision making in different industries and corporate structures these systems tend to focus on the initial process and the relevance of the decisions to the corporate business strategy Yet, without a well developed commitment tracking system Corporate leaders are unable to effectively track and assess their organization's commitment to sustainability goals down the line and therefore truly assess their project's success Under the supervision of Dr. Salwab Hairi and Dr. Vian Ahmed مصطفة has successfully developed a new mechanism to track corporate commitment to sustainable development related leadership decisions including a holistic framework and sustainable development commitment tracking tool In addition, he has created a user interface apparatus to facilitate the tools application in public entities and private corporations alike Through an infrastructure project case study مصطفة has highlighted the knowledge gaps in organizational structures such as the execution of capital projects and has emphasized the hurdles of these leadership decisions permeating down the line of command His first related publication in a series of journal articles was published in the highly indexed Sustainability Journal in May this year We now present Dr. مصطفة صحبان تكريتي حسن صالح محمود The dissertation title is A data analytics approach for forecasting cash flow in construction projects حسن محمود's research aims to benefit the construction industry by providing an owner perspective cash flow prediction framework that allows for more accurate cash flow estimates As one of the most crucial sectors in any economy The construction industry leads the development of underlying infrastructure across the board including industrial, transportation, environmental and commercial elements The industry fosters and executes projects that strengthen corporate performance and is considered the largest employer worldwide engaging and training various technical and vocational expertise It is vital therefore that the construction industry maintains its financial competitive advantage through the combined performance of individual projects and collective programs to sustain its operations As such, there is a continuous need for owners to more accurately forecast, monitor and control project performance While many tools have been developed to monitor both the cost and scheduled performance of construction projects most have lacked a comprehensive integration of cash factor quantification tools and the inclusion of owner tailored input particularly in cash flow monitoring and prediction Under the supervision of Dr. Vian Ahmed and Dr. Salwab Hayri حسن has successfully created, validated and tested a cash flow risk index that integrates relevant risk factors and collects and models project data and contracts default probabilities and predict time and cost overruns In addition, he has created a metric that measures the response of project owners towards identified risks and the response strategy Finally, حسن has created an interactive tool for owner developers to monitor and control the financial performance of project operations Earlier this month the first related article was accepted in the Journal of Risk and Financial Management as the first of a series of articles scheduled to come out of this study We now present Dr. حسن صالح محمود Well, this concludes this historic graduation ceremony and on behalf of all presents of the entire AUS community I would like to once again congratulate the newly inducted doctors Congratulations I now ask that you please proceed to the rotunda so photos can be taken Good night and thank you very much


Yeah, well you might have noticed that there might be a little theme going on this episode both me and I are wearing our door Hardware nerds jerseys, so we're rooting for them for the Super Bowl


In academia it's common that we work long hours, we push ourselves over the weekend and we answer emails in crazy hours of the night, all the while reading papers, but it has been proven that your focus and efficiency and accuracy of your work drops when you overwork yourself, so please set a weekly limit and a daily limit to your working hours and try to stick to it. Overworking yourself is not going to make your work better, it'll just make you feel like you're achieving less and putting in more time.


So the Ravens, they did it. And I know a lot of y'all like, I seen a comment section. Oh, and I remember when we did the live stream, a little bit after the 53 man roster was finalized. It was a lot of people just like scared and worried like why would we cut cold cap? Why would we cut McPhee? Why would we cut those guys? We really kept Ferg over McPhee and they were going crazy and we tried to explain like, look Ravens, Ravens got to be one of the most loophole teams in the league. You know, Patriots, they been up there, but Ravens is close man. When it comes to finding loopholes in the system and maneuvering this and that. And like being a Ravens fan, you will really learn about a lot of the ins and outs of football, a lot of the business stuff that you maybe on some other teams you might have never found out about. But because they really just, they try to system. They try to play the system as much as they can and they do a pretty good job of it. Even remember, I think it was last year. Remember when they were gonna, they came to the agreement with the Jaguars, but the Jaguars, the Jaguars are the Saints. Maybe it was the Saints. I forgot who it was. Ah, I forgot who it was. But they came to agreement with, maybe it was the Saints. But where the Saints, they were gonna sign a Jadavian Clowney and they, the Ravens were gonna agree to trade either some draft picks or some players to the Saints. And then they would get Jadavian Clowney. Y'all remember that? Because the loophole was that the Ravens, they couldn't pay all of the signing bonus because they didn't have enough money to do that. So the Saints, no, I think it was actually the Jaguars. The Jaguars were gonna absorb the blow of the signing bonus, but they were gonna get some players and draft picks from the Ravens and Ravens were gonna get Jadavian Clowney. Remember that? I sure remember it. I don't remember if it was the Saints or Jaguars. I'm thinking it was the Jaguars, but either way, the Ravens, they do this stuff where they really try to play the system. So I love it. I'm with it. It's all good. But I know a lot more of Ravens fans were super scared, especially... Especially after yesterday with Michigan Mason. Because Michigan Mason, oh boy. I'll let him announce his own plans. I'm not saying anything. I'm not saying a word about that guy. Don't talk to me about Ben Mason. Shout out to John Harbaugh, man. But shout out to Harla. We love Harbaugh, man. We got like this. It's a tough love for Harbaugh. It's a frustrating love for Harbaugh, but it's a love for Harbaugh, man. And that's what I feel like. You gotta have that, man. You gotta have that. Don't always agree with everything that he does. Don't always agree with all the different moves that the Ravens making, whatnot. But there's Harbaugh pretty cool, man. He's pretty cool. But anyway, with Ben Mason, I know that whole situation, that scared a lot of Ravens fans with pranel McPhee. Because they saw that. They saw this guy, Ben Mason. He just got cut. And it's like, whoa, this is a rookie who just got cut. I'm proven guy, but he went and got picked up by the Patriots for their practice squad. So that had a lot of Ravens fans like, oh my goodness, what's gonna happen with McPhee? He's not back. What's going on? And with McPhee, it's like, this is a proven guy. This is a veteran. This guy, he has plenty of what he's done on film already, so teams could see that. And they could be like, mm, you know what? Come through. Come through. Especially because those little handshake deals, they mean nothing.  You coming through? Oh, yeah, yeah, I'll come through. Y'all just hit me up when you're ready. Those don't get deposited into the player's bank accounts. They don't. Because while it's an agreement, it's a verbal agreement, those verbal agreements are not contracts. They're not contracts.  Yeah, yeah, yeah. But until you sign, then it becomes official. But if you don't sign, it's obviously not official. So that had a lot of people freaking out about Pranel McPhee, but now all can be put to rest. Everybody can be at ease now, because McPhee is officially back with the team. And not only that, he's on the active roster. He's not even on the practice squad. So the Ravens say, we bringing this guy back to the actual team, not the practice team, but the actual team. So this is good for the Ravens. This is good for Pranel McPhee. Hopefully he can get his second Super Bowl with the team. We'll see how things work themselves out. Now, earlier today, the Ravens had a presser, and that presser featured another one of Ravens' past rushers, a new guy, Daylan Hayes. And Daylan Hayes is somebody who I feel like everybody has just fallen in love with. They absolutely love this guy, just the way he speaks. I know my guy simply said that he gets J.K. Dobbins vibes from Daylan Hayes. But this guy, when he talked about training camp, he said it was the hardest six weeks of his life. The hardest six weeks of his life. But he said it's been a grind. He talked about his relationship with Adafi away, said that they like twins. So they obviously both rookies that came in on the same class together. So they will always forever have that connection, no matter where, which one ends up, if they end up going somewhere else. If they stay here, whatever happens, they will always forever be linked because they were two of the Ravens' outside linebackers drafted in the same year. He also, of course, with Justin Houston, Yoda. There's just that respect for Justin Houston. And this guy, he's only been on the team for a short amount of time, but you hear that impact that he's had on so much of these young guys, man. And the DW, the Ravens' outside linebacker coach. Oh, I forget his name, but he talked about, he was like, hey, that guy got 97 and a half sex, not me. That dude was super cool, man. But Justin Houston, we just, this team, man, when you sit back and really think about it, this team is, they pretty stacked, man. They are pretty stacked. The one thing that they got going against them is just health of everybody. But even with that, even with the injuries that they have right now, there are injuries that those guys should be backing a little bit. Obviously, minus J.K. Dobbins and minus L.J. Fort, but most of those injuries, those guys should be back relatively soon. So Ravens got a lot of stuff going in their favor right now. Hopefully it continues that way and they stay healthy. But this team is like, they with it, man. Now, with Daelyn Hayes, again, I felt like as a pastor, I should like right here, right now, he's above Adafi away. He's passed Adafi away. Now, Adafi away, he's very raw. He definitely got the athleticism and the intangibles and the measurements. Shout out to y'all that was in the stream the other day, when I just could not remember what the words were. But that's why I appreciate team keeping clean so much. But Adafi away, and he's got the build, he's this giant, he's just like a freak of nature, man. So when he gets it, it's gonna be very, very scary. But Daelyn Hayes is somebody that, he's gonna make some noise this year too, for sure. I envision him being active right now on every single game day. I really see it right now. Because what he's shown in just a small sample size and pre-season, it has looked really good. And the thing about it too, that I love the most is that it's been consistent. It's been consistent. And I know some people could, same argument that we talked about before, some people could be like, oh, well, he was going against backups. He was going against backups. He wasn't even going against starters. He wasn't going against starting quarterbacks. He wasn't going against starting offensive lines. But think about this, while that is true. One, if he was doing bad against those backups, then the conversation would be a lot worse. But imagine him going against those starting offensive linemen. So yeah, the challenge raises itself up. But imagine him also with Kaleis Campbell next to him. There, Wolf. Adafi away, Bowser. Well, Bowser, he'll be probably spelling Bowser. But you get what I'm saying. Imagine him not only going against starters, but playing with starters around him. So now you got to account for those guys too. So yeah, Daylan Hayes, he gonna be something. He gonna do some stuff this year, man. I think that is for sure, because he just, he got it right now, man. He got it. The only thing that I could see holding Daylan Hayes back would be the lack of opportunity. That will be the only thing I see holding him back. Would be the lack of opportunity. That will be it. Other than that, man, from what we've seen so far in pre-season, man, we gonna see it all, man. But anyway, team keep it clean. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Happy Thursday. Hope everything is going good with y'all, man. If it's not, keep your head up, keep going. Keep going. Don't give up. Too many people give up. Too many people give up. Don't give up, man. Cause stuff, it could be way worse than what it is right now. Way worse. But you still here. You still got an opportunity to turn that thing all the way around, man. I love y'all, team keep it clean. Y'all keep y'all heads up. We out.


Good morning everyone I'm Eleanor Crespo. I'm the co-founder of Pigment. We are a company that is actually here to replace Excel Headquartered in Paris. We have PostSeries B and I'm actually here to tell you about your very first hires I used to be an investor working for index ventures, which is one of the largest funds in Europe and in the US and I can tell you that talent is your secret source and it's really really important To do it right from the get-go So first of all I will explain why the topic is so important The first thing you need to know is that every single person that you will hire can either make or break your team And when it breaks your team it can be very harmful because it takes about six to nine months to actually You know spare part with someone but at the same time if you hire a right I can tell you that this is going to be the game changer and I'm going to give you example later down the line The second thing that you probably know is that a plus always brings a plus talent And that's very very important to have in mind because at the end of the day when you hire someone that is Exceptional you can make sure that this person will bring with him or her The ten best people he knows of and I can give you an example at Pigment for instance We hired the head of global business of Facebook workplace as our first pretty much very first business hire And he's bringing with us probably you know some of the best talents in the world to actually tackle or go to markets The third thing which is quite obvious is that the best people build the best company So it seems very obvious But depending on what you're tackling you need you need to think from the get-go about who is Going to be the best people to tackle the prime you trying to tackle so to give you an example with us We are trying to replace Excel and what was very important from the get-go is to find people That are the best engineers in the world Why because in order to replace Excel you have to become a no-brainer in a market And that means that you have and you need the strongest back-end engineers to build the strongest platform That's a very important point that I'm putting here on the screen and probably the most important At first talent is the one and only asset of your company So when you are for instance at a seed stage and you are B2B B2C whatever it is I can tell you that this is will look at your team first And this is the only thing they will be able to see is the quality of your team And they will be like do I actually believe that this team can be so ambitious to tackle a gigantic problem And if you don't make it right from the get-go if you think you know I'm gonna first hire cheap or two junior people or people that I don't know but that are friends, etc That's never gonna work for you So think about that from the get-go and I can tell you that the first ten employees of pigment were chosen So carefully to always think about that and to be able to say look in our first employees We actually have someone that was for instance the VP engineering at Creteo Which is a company that my co-founder created before creating pigment He was a CTO of Creteo put it to the NASDAQ and we hired as one of our first engineers is VP engineering And that you know can prove you that obviously, you know You're bringing and trying to bring the best and I can give you more example about that So as I said Talent is you one and only asset at the beginning and this is really what will make investors trust you But not only investors obviously customers as well for us obviously we had to sign our first customers We started the product We actually launched our product this year the company was funded in 2019 and we launched publicly in Q2 this year And what happened is that we wanted actually to bring the best logos on board to actually You know tell the world that our product is already a no-brainer and that companies in the lack of for instance Deliveroo, Gong in the US that has the best sales team Are actually using pigment broadly to actually think about their strategy because we are a planning tool We are replacing Excel and these teams are actually using us and in order to send these logos when you have a very nascent product I can tell you that the nature of your team is what will make them sign and so it's super super important to do it right from the beginning But as you know the prime today that hiring is very very hard and why that first of all the market has never been hotter As you know companies are raising massive rounds these days It's crazy right like people are raising rounds of a hundred million two hundred million Etc. And that creates a war for talent and the problem is that for you when you create a company Your first employees will only join you on your vision. You have nothing you don't have a brand You don't have an investor backing you you have nothing with you And so you need to convince them that actually They should trust you and they should come to your team for who you are and for what you want to be Challenges you are trying to bring to the table The third aspect which is important is that you in the street sometimes is very complex to to actually understand So for us to give you an example, you know when we tell people we are replacing Excel and we are business planning tool And we want to create this very powerful platform very simple to use where people can actually create agile planning You know think about strategy etc at first I can tell you it was very hard to convince people that you know A market was here and that you know the idea was not too big actually to be tackled And so here obviously it's very very hard and you need to find the right words to actually convince people and so Because of that I want to actually give you a playbook and I think it's why I'm here today About like basically the best tips and secrets to actually create a great team from the get-go So how to go about it the first thing which is very important is that you should always be hiring Always what does that mean that means that everywhere you go? You should think about talents Every person you meet you should think does this person could actually be someone I hire Why and does she know some people that I could actually hire for my company? And this is really what I do I can tell you every time I go somewhere I always try to understand if this person can be someone I should hire or consider of hiring The other thing is to try to get as many referrals as you can that means that every single employee You meet you should always ask them about who do they know are they like who are the most brilliant people that they could bring You know with them in the adventure are they people that you know They would dream of working with that they should actually you know consider and one thing I'm actually asking to every single employee at pigment is that every time they join now They give me the list of the ten people they dream to work with no matter who they are They might be like people that you think are unreachable, but I can tell you that no one is unreachable You know when I convicts actually my co-founder who has a city of crypto to start a company with me Some people could have thought it's unreachable. It's never unreachable I can tell you that was the same with my head of business It was the same with my head of customer success was head of customer success at Facebook workplace If you dream about someone you have to put all of the energy you can to actually bring this person with you The second thing is around talent talent never fall from tree and here I also want to emphasize that you should never Think that you should rely on let's say for instance an HR recruiter to actually find the best talents It's a job of the co-founders and the funding team to find these talents sourcing is key You have to spend time hiring all the time all the time all the time so that means that for me to give you an example I would think as a CEO that I probably spend I would say 30% of my time today hiring but at the very beginning it was more about 70% And it's really what I try to do every day because you are going to be the one bringing the best talents And no one else can do it for you The third point here that I put around around to finish this topic around always be hiring is around calibration That's something that we tend to forget because you know when you start a company sometimes You don't know how to find the best talents and where and how what I like to do actually Whenever I try to find someone so let's say you know right now I'm looking for instance for VP marketing I Trying to meet the best VP marketing in the world And so I'm trying to get in truth from my investors Etc. And people that I know but who are the best VP marketing like the best people like the best thought leaders Etc. And I try to understand from them what it means to be the best VP marketing And I can tell you that that helps a lot understand what you need and how to hire well And I really advise you to that for every single role you do not only exact But everyone and this TV marketing can also tell you about how to actually hire the best marketing team And what's interesting is that when you do that you realize that sometimes when you reached to actually the best VP Marketing the world guess what one of them might actually want to join your company And if it's not now it might be in two years And so it's very important also to think in advance and I will come back to that But again like this calibration is key and it can actually bring great surprises to your team The second point of you see is around peak only the very best So here what I mean by that is that obviously as I said at the very beginning You need the strongest team from day one. You cannot make a mistake You have to hire the 10 first people of your company should be the smartest people That you know and that you can bring on board In order to do that first of all the first advice I would give is to define the kids kids You want in your team and when I mean what I mean by that is two things the first thing is around the culture With a if you are alone as a founder with a co-founder from the from day one You really need to think about what is a culture that I want at your company And what I mean by that is that you know for instance for us with my co-founder We are true team players. We are we love creativity We think you know we love to work with humble people that are smart that try to bring new ideas every day very good at communicating Etc and from day one It's important to define this kids and to make sure you put this into your interview process So that means and it's something actually yesterday night I was discussing with the CEO of Supercell that was on stage just before me and it's something He does that every single interview meaning that you know He has agreed that he sends before the interview where he puts basically, you know the values of his own company And next week he put actions that relate to the value So basically the virtues that you probably heard of from Ben Horowitz and here I advise to do that because it's very important that in an interview You can have a sense for the social skills that you want to bring on the table The second is around hiring people that are better than you but not only better than you they should be expert in what they do You want people that from day one will bring your company from zero to a thousand You are not looking for someone you don't have time to teach anyone what to do And so the first advice I give here is really to say you need to find people That have a very big experience in the space you are tackling and you need to try to stick to hiring these people For every important role that you have I can give you another example here We've just hired our head of security He was actually the CTO of one French unicorn So I can't give his name unfortunately today but of a French unicorn that actually got one of the biggest data breach in history and He was actually brought there to fix it and he was the head of security there became a CTO And you know when I see that I'm like it's typically what we need for a product like Excel We need to be the best at security and we need people that are gonna bring us not only to the next level But people that are gonna be even jealous in a space and people that are actually gonna praise for your company and tell To everyone that pigments is probably by far one of the most secure company in the world And it's really every time you do something you should think is this people like are the people that I'm hiring going to one They speak at slush and be actually a specialist in what they do And I think that gives a good frame actually to help you think about are they actually you know the best in their own field The third point is that it's great to hire experts But the problem sometimes that it's hard to actually get experts that are also doers And that's something that is very very very difficult to find and that what makes the equation difficult Because every time you hire someone that has a lot of experience that is better than you in what he does Obviously that also comes with a fact that he has probably already spent a good ten years being hands-on and maybe now is looking for management skill so here obviously if someone is in that situation it will never be a good hire trust me even if you think Oh, but you know what two years down the line this person might manage, you know her hundred people at my company Still at the first on the first day you want this person to get his hands dirty You know look at tooling sign the first customers Whatever it is like if it's an engineer that was actually managing, you know 200 people at some point it should come back to becoming a you know the best individual contributor out there And if this person doesn't have the skill it means in that the right one Last thing obviously which wrap up the topic around picking the very best is that obviously in the first You know employees that you bring to your table you should think about Who are the best for the product I'm creating so obviously, you know you need to have an angle there So for us as I mentioned at the beginning the angle is that we needed the best back-end engineers The best designers and the best engineer to agree create the platform And that was the first core team of employees and then obviously you need to think about that for every single sector So meaning that you know if you are an e-commerce company perhaps the most important things for you are gonna be around supply chain and marketing And so from day one think about who are the best talent I can bring there before thinking about the rest Now on to the third topic obviously after you've picked the very best you need to attract them to your company And that gets hard because of what I said, right? It's very hard to attract the best talents because obviously talent is where they are probably you know They get a thousand other offers on the side as I said today It's a total war like every time I contact someone it tells me in the process with you know ten other companies out there So it's very very very hard so there are many things you can do here But the first advice I would give is that we are not in 2000 right now people are not working anymore from a garage And that's a reality especially if you want to build a team of quality It means that the people for instance for us at pigment the average age is 35 years old And that means that many you know team members at pigment actually have a family they have kids You know they actually you know they cannot afford to not be paid for two years and just get equity right So you actually need to make sure that you raise in advance Thanks to abuse you know the people that you bring first etc But you actually need to make sure that you can afford the expectation of these people And you really cannot be cheap here because you will never be able to attract the best talent otherwise It's very important and I think it's not it's not only obviously about the salary and the equity But it's also about how you can create a professional team from day one How can you put them empower them to be in the best conditions to actually work and that goes with a lot of things It goes obviously with a great office with you know allowing them to actually get the two links Allowing them to bring the people that they need in the team etc. Etc. So that's very very important and then obviously what's important in the in the in the interview process is To really remember that you are speaking to a human and that as I said at first It's not going to be rational This person is going to join you at a stage where your company is nowhere You don't have customers. You don't have a brand. You don't have the best investors You are not post series D.  I'm gonna trust these co-founders. They seem so different. They have so much energy They seem to have so much ambition. They seem to you know, they want to change the world They want to have an impact on you know thousands and thousands and thousands of customers and I'm gonna trust this person for that and here like you can find many Many ways to be surprising But don't you know follow the rules of like the normal interview process like try to find things that define you as a Person and here remember that it's really what will make the difference and I can tell you that it takes time For us, you know, there are some employees that we hired It took me more than six months to convince them to join pigment and it was a lot You know you have to go and it's also what investors do right like I did the same when I was an index venture You try to meet people early and then you try to nurture the relationship You you know and maybe they will say no like my head of business actually told me that he wouldn't want to join And then I convince him to join after another three months of work, right? So it's really important to actually you know be really really tough and sorrow and be a hustler there of Thinking what can I do? Can I bring this person to dinner? Can I understand his personal life? What matters to him to her what's important? You know, is it about carry? Is it about ambition? Is it about work life balance? Etc. Etc. You should speak to the person The fourth point is around prioritizing agility So here again as I said we are at war We are in a talent war and so we need to hire fast and we need to hire rights And we need to convince people to join so I think that is important here And that obviously is very true most of the time is that you need to go fast in the process Meaning that you know every time you want to find someone and that you know This person is getting serious about joining the adventure and telling you that actually it's something that he or she cares about You should really really put an effort to show them that you are proactive and that you really want this person to join And so that means that you should make this person meet every single Person that can convince her to join meaning it can be obesity members co-founders Investors people that you know certainly there's in the space angels customers anyone that can convince this person to join In no time and you should really join forces here Second point is about anticipating your future needs. That's Quite nice to do. I would say that every time you know you are you think about your needs of hiring You should need you should actually think at least nine months in advance meaning you should say you know What do I actually need to be successful in nine months from now? Is it that I need to actually and enforce you know my business team my marketing team my engineering team my design team? And it's important to start the process early because you know especially in Europe It takes more than six months to hire someone and then another three months to actually on board this person So it's important to anticipate and to start meeting people early because the best exec as I said will probably take time to Actually think about whether they want or not to join the adventure Third point and that's an advice that I got from one of the best investor in the world Eric from benchmark that you might know off He told me Aaron or there is something you need to do at pigment You are taking a very complex problem You need to stay agile and that means don't hire too fast Do not hire too fast do not go too fast from 20 to 200 people that will harm your company And the reason why is that when you are a small team when you are about 20 people It's very very easy to change gears and to change direction. It's a bit like a small sailing boat But imagine we are on a cruise ship with 200 people It's actually much harder to actually steer gears and move around fast when you need to pivot And the problem is that as you can imagine in the first two years of the company You will need to pivot many many many many times Maybe you know your customers won't like the first version of your product Maybe you will realize you didn't tackle it through the right angle and in order to do that Please do not hire too fast. It's so important to do that, right? The five point to wrap up this playbook is around onboarding And I think you already got an idea with the talk that was just before me But we are in a difficult world because obviously there is this war for talent and of course as well You know, we are born more remote and here, you know When I say that it's that you know for us for instance, we started the company I think it was five months before covid hits and so from one day to the next everyone got remote And we were a very small team and we couldn't you know have the culture of being together at the office Celebrating successes, etc. And so here you need to think from day one About how can you embed in your structure a way to onboard people in the best possible way There is a great company in France called doctor leave. It's a it's one of the best companies out there It's a unicorn they do that really well They have created from day one an academy and this is what we do as well at pigment to make sure that people Get onboarded from day one the right way meaning that you know They spend a good two to three months meeting everyone in the company getting the best training Etc. Etc. And that has to come from the core team You need to make sure you know the first hires have a body that they can understand you product and to end that they can Shadow customers for us for instance every single hire Engineers whatever it is marketing support they spend time they get certified. We actually have a certified Certification internal to actually understand our product So they spend basically a month to get trained on pigment They spend another two weeks actually getting trained on the culture on the sales process on the engineering process on design Etc. Etc. And we also try obviously to make them shadow customer calls Interviews etc etc so you need to spend time on that because otherwise I can tell you that even if you find the best talents if they don't get the onboarding rights It's gonna lead you to failure So I think with this playbook you should have enough to actually know about About early teams, but I'm always available and always happy to help so never hesitate to contact me or link Dean through my email It's easy to know at gopigman.com I'm always happy to share more tips But I can tell you that Harry get the beginning is really of the essence because it's really what Investors and early customers are going to look for I'm going to share a couple of resources to read so these are books that you probably know of but I think Honestly that these are probably the best books to start a company So obviously there is who that is the book to read when it comes to hiring because it gives you everything About the interview process hiring the best You know what people are actually looking for how to speak human to human create empathy, etc Another one that has nothing to do with the ring is start with why and I do think at the very beginning It's important to start with why and to tell people why you have this vision why you are actually creating that company and so here It's it's a great book because it's a marketing book But you know it actually helps convey people to understand why you have actually picked a special mission High growth and handbook So this is more I would say for a little bit later stage But one of the best book out there from ill at gil one of the strongest angel in the valley that can also give you tips Around hiring exact and the cell acceleration formula for the teams out there that needs to build a sales team Because it's a fantastic book actually to get tips around how to actually build a team that scale And that's also very important because when you build yourself team from day one You need to understand how to actually put in place the first layers of your sales machine So for us for instance at pigment, you know I needed people to actually start from day one thinking about what it means to actually be one day at 200 million 300 Million dollars in error And so in order to do that it means that from day one obviously you need to be hands-on and say in the first days And and close the first important logos and customers But at the same time you always need to think ahead about you know what you need to go to the next stage So that's all for me. I hope you enjoyed the speech, but really I cannot emphasize enough how talent is important Thank you so much


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