Best way to keep a competitive edge

Every Friend matters! The OTeam works very hard at getting to know everyone on OArabs.com. No one is a stranger on our network. From the technical side, as I mentioned before it is very important to keep innovating and improving our site by adding very exciting features and a great content. Keeping close attention to our members’ recommendations is what we strive for on a daily basis.

Guiding principle in life

Integrity Integrity Integrity!

Yardstick of success

If I had to use a yardstick to keep score of my success, I would measure the width of my smile and the excitement in my eyes.

Goal yet to be achieved

Unite our community and turn it into a solid rock of true friends. One friend at a time!

Best practical advice

Keep your zipper up and your shoes clean, am I getting too practical here? I beleive it is crucial to follow your passion in life, and to fight for it with your teeth. Success is about a 1000 failures put together, don't give up! Everytime you fail, you are one step closer toward achieving your goals.

Supportive words from a family member or friend on your venture

I pay very little attention to words, but the greatest thing to experience is when you see your friends and family more excited about what you are doing than you are. It pushes you to the edge, keep you going and make you unstoppable.

Mentor(s) and why?

I'm a person that loves people. I love listening to their stories, their problems, their success their failures ... That's my real mentor I beleive, being very attentive to people and learning from them. I have learned from janitors as much as I learned from CEOs from kids as much as from adults.

What motivated you to get started?

People are very social by nature, they love to hang out, meet new people, and make new friends. With the busy schedules that we all have, it is very hard to be on the go all the time. The online world offers a great alternative to that by allowing you to filter thousands of people and decide who interest you and who doesn't. But the major social networking portals and dating sites disconnected the online world from the real world. There is no value in having thousands of virtual friends, where their friendship is measured by the number of comments or messages they send you. That’s not how friendship works in the real world. I found it very important to be able to bring these two worlds back together. Adding the ethnic factor to the formula simulates the real world in a much better way and naturally brings people who share the same beliefs, values and traditions together.

Like best about what you do?

I create new friendships every minute of the day! That's very exciting and rewarding by itself, and that’s what I truly love about what I do!

Like least about what you do?

We are new players in the space. Thousands of sites preceded us and shaped the image of social networking. When a new member land on our site, they already have that old image in the back of their head. It makes it tougher for us to communicate our mission to them and have them understand our real cause.