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AMR SHADY Egypt, AiNGEL My entrepreneurial journey started in 1999, two years after graduating with an Electrical Engineering Bachelors from Dalhousie University in Canada. I left the family business to start a family business :) I founded TA Telecom with $50,000 of family investments and bootstrapped it to a multi-million dollar company. I was having a good life until 2011, when I became an Endeavor Entrepreneur. I saw all the different breeds of high impact entrepreneurs and since then have learned what dreams are made of. With TA Telecom making an impact on the Middle East, I am pursuing a calling to leave a mark on the entrepreneurial ecosystem, starting with Silicon Valley. Inspired by the work of Endeavor Insights, I pursued an MSc. in Business Analytics from NYU in 2015. My thesis was on 'predicting startup success as early as inception'. I co-founded Aingel Corp. in Silicon Valley based on my research. My day (and night) job is using artificial intelligence to find the next game- changing startups and founders, and helping them fundraise faster. This is the one problem I want to spend the rest of my life solving. Airbnb was rejected 50 times by the top VCs. The next Airbnb is ours to find and invest in. I work with some of Silicon Valley's top VCs on how to use AI and machine learning to improve their deal flow sourcing, selection and founder analytics. Misc./Fun facts: I've proudly been serving on the Endeavor Egypt board since 2012. I love reading, partially because my grandpa got shot twice but survived because he had a book in his pocket! And I hate hugs.