FOCUS
Michael Lahyani
COMPANY
PropertyFinder.ae
INDUSTRY
Consumer
YEAR SELECTED
2014
EMPLOYEES 2014
110
REVENUE GROWTH, 2013–2014
100%
PROPERTYFINDER is the UAE's first
digitized real estate catalog. Its free
interface allows visitors to browse
over 1 10,000 residential and com-
mercial properties, posted by over
500 real estate agents in UAE,
Morocco, Bahrain, Qatar and Egypt.
The website boasts a 95% client
membership renewal rate, bringing
one million monthly visitors and gen-
erating over 120,000 leads for real
estate agencies and developers.
PF won the Arabia Fast Growth
500 award in 2012 and took the
Online Business of the Year title in
the 2013 Gulf Capital SMEinfo Awards.
To expand into Lebanon, PF acquired
its competitor, realestate.com.lb.
Endeavor assembled Michael's
advisory board, put together a
two-year roadmap for services, and
connected him with an EY Vantage
Advisor. Michael was a featured
speaker at Impact Hub's "Disruptive
CEOs" event.
SINCE ITS LAUNCH
in December 2013, the
Endeavor UAE office
has successfully brought
four companies to Inter-
national Selection Panels.
Post-selection, all four
companies received
advisory boards.
RAVI BHUSARI,
co-founder of Duplays,
shared his thoughts
on failure at an entrepre-
neurship event jointly
held by Endeavor UAE,
Young Arab Leaders, and
The Impact Hub Dubai.
PROPERTYFINDER was
named Arabian Business
Start-Up's "SME of
the Year."
Endeavor UAE supports seven entrepreneurs
from four companies.
ENDEAVOR
MAIN OFFICE
Dubai (2013)
Michael Lahyani
56
ENDEAVOR IMPACT REPORT 2013–14
