This week in the business setup phase we were out viewing warehouses / workshops in Dubai Investment Park (DIP).

Our plan is to custom fit each door and window screens which means we need a large workshop to cut and assemble the screens. But to predict what size a business will eventually grow to and thus calculate the size of it’s premise is a challenge for every new business. While you can do all the best business modeling and planning, whatever the prediction indicates is really just an educated guess at best. So with that ‘best guess’ model as a guide we started our inspection of potential locations.

I don’t know if you’ve ever seen an empty workshop after it’s been vacated but they are disgusting! It’s hard to get past the piles of rubbish and stray cats to see the potential. We also noticed that many of the neighboring workshops were not air conditioned and the workers were suffering in the Dubai heat. We made a decision on the spot that we would treat our staff better and offer air conditioning in the warehouse.

With a few possible locations recorded it was back to the DED for the next stage of the licensing process.