Operators building companies — not just advising them — reshaped BIP’s leadership conversations.
- 2025
- Leadership
BIP’s leadership block deliberately put operators on stage who have met payroll, negotiated leases, and closed rounds — not only those who advise from the sidelines.
Speakers shared hiring strategies, board composition choices, and the quiet political skill required to expand across borders while staying rooted in Erbil.
Investors in the audience noted that several of the strongest growth stories in the room were founder-led companies with disciplined unit economics and clear regional ambitions.
The session closed with structured mentoring circles so that the conversation did not end when the microphones went cold.
