How to Prevent Abandoned Shopping Carts in E-Commerce "Abandoned shopping cart" is a term used when a customer who intends to make an online purchase does not complete the checkout process.... Yasmeen Alani • 05 February, 2013 Accelerators Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce
Regional Resource Scarcity and the Future of Business, Interactive Webinar Aramex, ArcelorMittal, the London Business School and CSM will join a live webinar debate on resource scarcity, organized by the Ethical... Wamda • 05 February, 2013 CSR Environment
7 Reasons Why You Should Not Be An Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is suddenly the coolest thing around. Even children who once wanted to grow up to be engineers, doctors, pilots and... Khurram Zafar • 05 February, 2013 Advice
Can a Hackerspace in Beirut Spread Do-ocracy? A Look at Lamba Labs “I reject thinking like that,” Bilal Ghalib said to me when I first met him. I had just arrived in Beirut and was visiting Lamba Lab... Glen Dalakian II • 05 February, 2013 Art Coworking Spaces Crowdfunding
Startup Weekend Sanaa Startup Weekend makes its way to Sana’a, Yemen for the first time on May 29-31, 2013. SW Sana’a will follow the basic Startup Weekend mode... Wamda • 04 February, 2013 Conferences Startup Weekend
Video-on-Demand Portal Istikana Announces Deal with Umniah in Jordan Istikana, one of the region’s major video-on-demand portals, has just announced a partnership with Jordanian telecom company Umniah. Inked t... Nina Curley • 04 February, 2013 Digital Marketing Mobile Video On Demand
Oasis500 Launches New Investment Track for Growing Companies Oasis500, the region’s biggest startup accelerator, is now targeting growth stage companies with a new investment vehicle. Oasis500 is k... Nina Curley • 04 February, 2013 Accelerators Investment
i360PlayCamp February Innovation 360 is hosting i360PlayCamps on the last Wednesday of every month. The i360PlayCamp is a 4-hour workshop aimed at “demystifying i... Wamda • 04 February, 2013 Gamification Innovation Workshops
5 Innovative Ways to Crowdsource Better Governance Whenever I hear people in the Arab region complain about the traffic, I tend to laugh. With the exception of Cairo, which has been bestowed... Jonathan Kalan • 04 February, 2013 Advice Crowdsourcing Government
Mobile Apps Win the Day at the Second Startup Weekend Nablus Mobile seemed to be the theme of last month's Startup Weekend Nablus, evidenced by the top five startup teams selected by the panel of... Glen Dalakian II • 04 February, 2013 Conferences Mobile Mobile Apps
Useful Applications for Bloggers and Online Activists in the Arab World Today, our internet is built upon constructive sharing; users are no longer acting as passive receivers, but rather are actively... Ahmed Gabr • 03 February, 2013 Advice Arabic Content Mobile
SeedStartup Takes Applications for its Third Round: Deadline Feb 15th Tech startups around the globe have two more weeks to apply to the next round at Dubai-based accelerator SeedStartup. The tech-focused... Nina Curley • 03 February, 2013 Accelerators
9 Ways to Increase your Chances at Getting a Job As the demands of the job market become more and more specialized, it's becoming harder to get a job. Unemployment on the whole in the... Maya Rahal • 03 February, 2013 Advice Programme Job Recruitment
Mobile App Nabd Offers Personalized News in Arabic With the abundance of news websites and a constant stream of article and video shares coming various social networks, online users can... Maya Rahal • 03 February, 2013 Arabic Content Digital Advertising Digital Media
Startup Weekend Byblos Startup Weekend makes its way to Byblos, Lebanon on March 1-3, 2013. SW Byblos will take place at the American University of Technology Ca... Wamda • 01 February, 2013 Conferences Startup Weekend
Weekly Wrap-Up: January 27-31 We focused this week on the importance of building a founding team in leading your startup to success. Are you looking for the right... Wamda • 01 February, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
