Arab Youth and Entrepreneurship: Holistic Approaches to Nurturing Local Ecosystems On February 16-18, 2013, the Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI) and Silatech is hosting a conference on “Arab Youth & E... Wamda • 31 January, 2013 Conferences Ecosystem
Look for Co-Entrepreneurs that Will Complement Your Skillset [Pic of the Week] "Without talented employees I’ll never make it." I hear this sentiment expressed often by new entrepreneurs struggling to build their s... Maya Rahal • 31 January, 2013 Advice CoE Cards Pic of the Week
Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Middle East’s Newest Crowdfunding Platform: Zoomaal For entrepreneurs in the Middle East seeking investment, a new platform is launching in February to offer crowdfunding for creative... Nina Curley • 31 January, 2013 Crowdfunding Investment
10 Tips of the Month from Entrepreneurs on Wamda As they revealed their successes, challenges, and failures, the entrepreneurs we chatted with on Wamda this month had great advice for... Glen Dalakian II • 31 January, 2013 Advice Tips Top Lists
Palestinian Startup Magic Lens Provides Multimedia Solutions in Gaza [Wamda TV] Three young Palestinian entrepreneurs recently launched Magic Lens, a design startup offering multimedia services for clients in Gaza. The s... Mariam Hamed • 31 January, 2013 Animation Arabic Content Digital Media
Iraq Startup Weekend Sulaimani, Iraq For the first time ever, Startup Weekend makes its way to Iraq on January 31-February 2, 2013. SW Sulaimani will take place at... Wamda • 31 January, 2013 Startup Weekend
Mideast Tunes, the Indie MySpace of the Middle East, Announces Partnership with Shazam In 2010, when MySpace-style music platforms were just launching in the Middle East, opinionated blogger Ahmad Al-Shagra took a stand,... Nina Curley • 30 January, 2013 Digital Marketing Mobile Music
How the Middle East Can Reclaim its Creative Work Culture “8-5 shifts”, “lunch breaks”, “weekends”, and “vacations” are part of the not-so-wonderful jargon we have inherited from the Industrial Revo... Oubai Elkerdi • 30 January, 2013 Advice Ecosystem Education
A Look at Investment and Workforce Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa [Case Study] This is the eighth and last installment of a series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. This case study as... Wamda • 30 January, 2013 Aureos Aureos Case Studies Financial management
Saudi Woman Entrepreneur Designs Program to Overcome Stage Fright [Wamda TV] Glassophobia (commonly known as public speech anxiety) is a problem that most of us (in fact, over 74% of us) have faced at some point in... Ahmed Al Majid • 30 January, 2013 Women
Tutorial Platform Facebook Studio Edge Launches in Dubai After unveiling the platform last spring, Facebook today announced the Dubai launch of Facebook Studio Edge, a tutorial platform designed... Glen Dalakian II • 29 January, 2013 Facebook Marketing Social Media
Entrepreneurs of the Week: Marc Dfouni and Nemr Badin from Eastline Marketing [Wamda TV] More than 15 years after starting up Eastline Marketing, a digital media agency based in Beirut, today's Entrepreneurs of the Week,... Maya Rahal • 29 January, 2013 Advertising Digital Advertising Digital Marketing
Tips for Startups on Gamification: A Chat with Gabe Zichermann [Wamda TV] Is gamification a marketing fad or does it have the potential to build a market in the U.S. worth $2.8 billion by 2016, with some vendors... Gulay Ozkan • 29 January, 2013 Gamification Advice Gaming
2013 Java Developers Conference On March 8-9, 2013, the Java Developers Conference will take place in Cairo, Egypt to bring professionals and students from across the Arab... Wamda • 29 January, 2013 Conferences Developers
11 Lessons I Learned After 4 Years at Wizards Productions As we mentioned recently, Jordan is seeing a slew of gaming companies close lately, Wizards Productions among them. Co-founder and... Sohaib Thiab • 29 January, 2013 Top Lists Tips Advice
Sallaty Brings Online Grocery Shopping to Jordan When Samia Jarrar first met her husband, she had no idea that she would end up starting a company with him. But in 2011, six years after... Shaden Abu Al-Haijaa • 29 January, 2013 Delivery E-commerce Food & Beverage
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