The Founder / The story behind Think10

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Nouman Saeed, founder of Think10 and Taqseem, in a blue suit against the Dubai skyline
Founder, Think10 & Taqseem · Ex-Carrefour & Amazon

13+ years / Retail & e-commerce

Nouman Saeed

Experience with Amazon & Carrefour.
Perspective for your business.

Retail & e-commerce, learned from the inside. Nouman’s experience spans store operations, supply chains, marketplaces and digital growth — working inside major retail and e-commerce businesses shaped a practical understanding of what it takes to build, operate and grow a brand.

Building and operating brands.
Founded in 2020.

Helping business owners make
their next decision with clarity.

Real experience. An honest conversation. Your next step.

San Marco
Amazon
Carrefour
Huna
Althakeel
Taqseem

Experience, in perspective

Taqseem / Founder-reported achievements

Built with a team.
Measured across real work.

Years of hands-on experience

Retail, e-commerce, operations, logistics and AI.

Experts at Taqseem

A multidisciplinary team supporting connected commerce.

Brands served by Taqseem

From establishing a presence to running and growing it.

Countries with service availability

UAE roots. Support that reaches beyond borders.

Revenue generated for brands

Reported cumulative performance across brand work.

Reported return on investment

A historical peak, not a typical result or a guarantee.

The journey

Experience became
a reason to build.

Years of building brands revealed something beyond operations: entrepreneurs were making their biggest decisions alone. That is where Think10 began.

13+ years. Six companies. One connected perspective — now shared with the entrepreneurs who need it.

Career & ventures

Different environments. A connected perspective.

From financial foundations
to connected commerce.

San Marco

Accounts & Finance

A grounding in financial operations and the commercial discipline behind a retail business.

Amazon

E-commerce experience

First-hand exposure to digital commerce, customer expectations and connected operations.

Carrefour

Retail experience

Practical knowledge of retail realities: people, stock, stores and the day-to-day decisions behind performance.

Huna

Business & Brand Development

Experience with homegrown retail and food-and-beverage concepts across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Althakeel

E-commerce & Digital Growth

Brand creation, omnichannel growth and commercial operations across a portfolio of concepts.

Taqseem

Founder · Established 2020

Bringing brand strategy, retail, marketplaces, marketing, fulfilment and AI together through one team.

Why Think10 was created

How Think10
Was Born

After years inside retail and e-commerce, the same need kept appearing: entrepreneurs facing a crossroads without someone who understood. Think10 was created to be that someone.

Real experience.Neutral perspective.Human understanding.

Decide with clarity.

A business decision made alone carries all the weight. Think10 exists so entrepreneurs can take decisive, accurate and informed decisions — shaped by someone who has been through the same situation before.

An experienced perspective

Be heard. Not judged.

In the day-to-day of running a business, entrepreneurs can feel stuck. What they often need is not another interested opinion, but someone neutral: a person who listens without judging, understands the pressure and will not take a side — someone to talk a hard decision through with, or simply to share the weight of one.

A neutral, non-judgmental listener

Women building businesses.

A dedicated reason to build: helping women in the region start, execute and scale businesses in the UAE — with guidance that helps them grow well and with confidence.

A stronger start in the UAE.

For anyone starting a new business in the UAE: a clear, practical starting point — what works here, what to expect and where to begin — before commitments are made.

A local perspective for investors.

Investors from around the world who want to invest in the UAE economy — especially retail — gain commercial perspective from the ground. Regulated matters stay with qualified professionals.

Your business. Its next chapter.

Owners already running a business get a second opinion when it matters — moving a store online, scaling marketplaces or weighing the next stage of growth.

The name. The ambition.

Think tank thinking.
A tenfold ambition.

Think

from “think tank”

People who bring deep expertise, challenge assumptions and help others think clearly.

10

the ambition

An ambition for business growth — not a guarantee of 10x returns.

A future think tank for the UAE business community.

Nouman’s long-term vision is to bring carefully selected consultants from leading organisations and different industries onto one platform. Today, Think10 remains a founder-led retail and e-commerce advisory firm. The wider marketplace is an ambition being built towards, not an existing service.

Explore the consultant vision

Your next decision starts here

Let’s discuss
your business.

  • 15-minute strategy session
  • AI + human insight
  • A clear next step

One conversation can change the direction of your business.Start yours today