The Perfect Crime: How Pink Dreams Murdered 300 Tech Projects in One Year!
🚨 Warning: Before You Become the Next Victim
⚡ Mass Crime File
In 2025, more than 300 tech projects in the Gulf region were murdered in cold blood.
Not because of bad ideas. Not because of strong competition. Not even because of lack of initial funding.
The real killer: Pink dreams that murdered bitter truths.
The crime file will reveal:
- Why 42% of projects die from lack of real victims (customers)
- The difference between a beautiful dream and a killer project
- Why investors in Qatar and the Gulf reject 90% of potential victims
- How real feasibility studies save you from the massacre
First: Crime Scene - Autopsy of a Dead Project
🔍 Forensic Report
Victim: Tech delivery platform in Doha
Blood Spilled: 2.5 million Qatari Riyals (initial funding)
Duration of Agony: 18 months from birth to death
Final Loss: 3.2 million Riyals (including debts and blood)
Official Cause of Death: "Market conditions"
Real Cause of Death: Cold-blooded murder - no feasibility study before the slaughter
This story isn't fiction. It's a recurring criminal pattern in emerging tech projects across the Gulf region. Names change, but the killer remains the same.
How Did the Conspiracy Begin?
January 2024: Three young founders, graduates of international universities, had a "revolutionary" idea - a delivery platform using AI to improve delivery times.
The idea was indeed seductive as poison. The presentation was dazzling as black magic. The enthusiasm was poisoned with illusions.
The Problem? The silent killer was laughing in the darkness. No one asked the questions that would reveal its identity:
- Does the Qatari market really need another victim for delivery?
- What's the size of real victims (not expected ones)?
- How much will hunting each victim cost?
- When will the project start drinking the blood of profits?
February 2024: They secured initial funding from an angel investor who fell into the trap. Money entered the account. The beginning of the massacre was swift.
March - June 2024: Major financial bleeding on:
- App development (40% more than expected - the first blood)
- Digital marketing (without clear strategy - the second blood)
- Hiring a large team (before proving the idea - the third blood)
27.3%
Death Without Victims
Primary cause of death in MENA region - lack of real customers - Wamda Research
90%
Execution Rejection
of funding requests are rejected for lack of evidence of the perfect crime
Second: Crime Sequence - From Dream to Nightmare
1
Month 1-3: Killer Illusion Magic
February - April 2024Rapid financial bleeding on development and marketing. Team enchanted by dreams. Initial numbers 'promising' (but fake as poison). Costs began devouring the corpse without mercy.
2
Month 4-8: First Death Signals
May - September 2024Customer hunting cost 3x higher than expected. Victim retention rate weak (less than 20%). Monster competitors began smelling blood. Money started vanishing into void.
3
Month 9-12: Desperate Rescue Attempts
October 2024 - January 2025Desperate attempts to change model before death. Search for new blood (additional funding) failed. Team reduction as beginning of slaughter. Debts began accumulating like corpses. Investors fled the crime scene.
4
Month 13-18: Slow Death
February - July 2025Gradual operations closure like organ removal. Employee layoffs like mass slaughter. Asset sale attempts like selling corpse organs. Official death announcement. Final loss: 3.2 million Riyals of blood.
Revealing the Real Killer's Identity: Absence of Feasibility Study
When we analyze the crime scene deeply, we find the killer isn't:
- ❌ The idea (was indeed innovative as magic)
- ❌ The team (were technically competent as surgeons)
- ❌ Initial funding (was sufficient if spent wisely)
- ❌ The market (exists, but not in imagined size)
The Real Killer: Pink dreams that murdered real questions before they were born:
❓ The Killer Questions No One Asked
1. Size of Real Victims: How many people actually need to die for this service in Qatar? (not how many could die)
2. Hunting Cost: How much will hunting each victim cost? Is this sustainable for the massacre?
3. Victim's Lifetime Value: How much will each victim pay before dying with us?
4. Blood Drinking Point: When exactly will the project start drinking profit blood?
5. Exposure Risks: What's the worst scenario that could expose the crime? How do we hide evidence?
6. Criminal Advantage: Why would victims leave other killers and come die with us?
If a real feasibility study had been done, it would have revealed that:
- The Qatari market is 60% smaller than expected (fewer victims)
- Victim hunting cost is higher than expected blood from them
- Competing killers have much bigger weapons
- Blood drinking point is too far (5-7 years not 2-3)
Result: Could have saved 3.2 million Riyals of blood with a study costing 50-100 thousand Riyals.
Third: Evidence from the Ground
📊 Numbers Don't Lie
Let's look at real data from the Gulf region and Qatar specifically:
📈 Reality of Tech Projects in Gulf 2024-2025
Funding: Gulf projects raised $4.05 billion in 2025 (almost flat from 2024)
Number of Deals: Dropped to 321 deals (31.8% decrease from previous year)
Average Deal Size: Rose to $12.6 million (from $8.6 million in 2024)
⚠️ What does this mean?
Investors became more selective. They invest in fewer projects, but with larger amounts. Projects without strong feasibility studies don't get a chance.
🎯 Qatar: Model for Opportunities and Challenges
Qatar offers a unique environment for tech projects:
Opportunities:
- Startup Qatar provides up to $500,000 for new projects
- Qatar Development Bank supports studied projects
- More than 100 FinTech projects received support since 2020
- Growing market with high purchasing power
Challenges:
- Relatively small market (2.9 million population)
- Strong regional competition (Dubai, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi)
- High expectations from investors
- High operating costs
2,000+
New Entrepreneurs
annually in Qatar seeking funding and opportunities
500+
Active Investors
looking for studied and scalable projects
Fourth: The Turning Point - Role of Real Feasibility Study
💡 Feasibility Study Isn't a Report... It's a Roadmap
The difference between a successful project and a failed one isn't the idea. The difference is answering hard questions before spending.
✅ Real Feasibility Study Answers:
1. Realistic Market Analysis
- Actual market size (not expected)
- Real growth rate
- Precisely targeted customer segments
- Purchase and consumption behavior
- Seasonality and fluctuations
2. Deep Competitive Analysis
- Who are the real competitors? (not just obvious ones)
- What are their strengths and weaknesses?
- How do they actually make money?
- What's the sustainable competitive advantage?
3. Logical Financial Modeling
- Real startup costs (with 20-30% margin)
- Monthly operating costs
- Customer acquisition cost (CAC)
- Customer lifetime value (LTV)
- Realistic break-even point
- Cash flow projections (3-5 years)
🎯 The Golden Truth
💎 The Golden Rule
Real feasibility study costs 1-3% of required capital
But it saves you 100% of potential loss
Mathematical example:
• Project needs 2 million Riyals
• Professional feasibility study: 50,000 Riyals (2.5%)
• If study proves unfeasibility: saved 2 million Riyals
• If study proves feasibility: increased success chances from 10% to 60%
Conclusion: Case File Closed
The Hershey story isn't just a tale from the past. It's living criminal evidence for any company thinking about implementing an ERP system.
Projects don't fail because of bad ideas
Projects fail because of decisions based on hope instead of data
The real question isn't:
"Is the idea good?"
The real question is:
"Do the numbers make sense? Does the market really exist? Can we make profit?"
