The UAE-based entrepreneur reveals his tips to set up a successful startup by Zaib Shadani February 25, 2021 Gregor Amon is no stranger to entrepreneurship – he left his financially stable job as a pilot 10 years ago to pursue his ambitions of being his own boss. Today, multiple businesses later, he’s the co-founder of Hotel Data Cloud (HDC), one of the few travel-tech startups that has prospered during the Covid-19 pandemic and has been recognised by the United Nations and Dubai Tourism as a solution for restarting tourism. His secret to navigating the pandemic? A successful pivot. “I think the secret to a successful pivot is to be very agile, you need to be on the tip of your toes, to see where the market is leading”, he says.