Launching 5 October 2026

RAK & ROLL

Conversations with the people building business in Ras Al Khaimah.

Different industries. Different backgrounds. Real experience about what worked, what did not, how they market, how they grow, and what life in RAK looks like from the inside.

Launch conversation with Paul Dawalibi Recorded at Innovation City New conversation every two weeks

Audience reach

The conversations already travel beyond the room.

Average monthly LinkedIn performance, based on the 90 days from 2 July to 29 September 2026.

Average monthly impressions
36.6K
Average monthly members reached
17.6K
Senior audience
56%
30% Senior-level professionals 10% CXOs 8% Business owners 8% Directors 5% Managers 4% VPs

The idea

One business story can give another business owner an idea.

RAK & ROLL brings together people from different business fields across Ras Al Khaimah. Each conversation looks at how the business really works, what the owner has learned, what marketing actually brings customers, what failed, what changed, and what they would do differently.

The industry may change every episode. The useful part is often transferable. A restaurant owner may hear something from a photographer. A property broker may learn from a fitness business. A retailer may recognise a problem described by a healthcare founder.

What we talk about

Business without the brochure.

The conversation moves where it needs to. These are recurring themes, not an interview checklist.

01

How the business really works

Customers, pricing, growth, mistakes, expectations and the realities outsiders rarely see.

02

Marketing that earned its keep

What actually drives enquiries and sales, what looked promising but failed, and what they would try next.

03

Building in Ras Al Khaimah

What is different about doing business in RAK and the UAE, and what newcomers often misunderstand.

04

The human part

Work and life, home versus here, ambition, frustration, strange habits, good stories and a few less predictable questions.

Across the emirate

Different fields. Different lessons.

The guest list is deliberately broad. RAK & ROLL is about the people behind the businesses, not one industry.

Hospitality Real Estate Healthcare Retail Creative Fitness Beauty & Wellness Technology Construction Professional Services Food & Beverage Manufacturing

The questions

“If someone made a movie out of your business journey, would it be an adventure, suspense, tragedy or comedy?”

The serious questions matter. So do the ones that make people stop giving rehearsed answers.

The host

Kaan Bozoglu

Kaan hosts RAK & ROLL as a business and marketing conversation, not a service pitch. The show is published under his personal name and keeps the focus on the guest, their experience and the ideas other business owners can take from it.

Each episode also makes room for a practical marketing discussion: what appears to be working, what may be getting too much attention, and what might be worth trying next.

Know someone worth hearing?

Suggest a guest.

We are looking for people with real experience, an interesting point of view, and a meaningful connection to business in Ras Al Khaimah.

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