Why Founders Are Fleeing the West and Flocking to the Gulf

For decades, the dream for ambitious founders had a one-way ticket: Silicon Valley, London, Berlin, New York. These places were romanticised as the beating heart of global innovation, where venture capital flowed, unicorns were minted, and the next big thing was born out of a garage or a dingy flat. 

But the dream is shifting. Quietly at first, then suddenly all at once, founders are packing up their laptops, selling off their overpriced flats, and boarding flights headed east.