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Jordan

"You need a mentor to show you the track, not to run for you": Insights from Startup Weekend Amman

After having gathered entrepreneurs to help them formulate their ideas along three days, Startup Weekend Amman (SWA) has concluded its...

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Jordan

How to scale Jordan's gaming ecosystem? Community and strategy, say experts at Think ZINC

From left to right: Moderator and Zain CEO Ahmad Hanandeh, Alison Kelly, Greg Mitchell, Gavin Goulden, and Rachad Saddi. Taking advantage...

zinc incubator ZINC Zain Jordan

Regional

The importance of scale-ups: it's what comes after starting up that matters

The past 15 years have seen a great deal of energy and capital infused into cultivating startups around the world. Policymakers...

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Lebanon

Innovation fills the prescription: 6 tips on building a wearable from CardioDiagnostics

Most of the entrepreneurial activity in the region focuses on ecommerce or online services, and software development and services...

CardioDiagnostics Beirut Digital District Wearable devices

Regional

Souq.com dresses Black Friday in white for the MENA

“Our Friday is White,” says the ad campaign for the MENA region’s first Black Friday sales event. Souq.com, one of the region’s bigge...

Souq.com Sales day Black Friday

Bahrain

Bahrain's funding options

“Bahrain is like a petri dish: it’s a pretty self-sufficient ecosystem with a lot of human capital,” says Hasan...

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Global

Leadership and anxiety: 6 challenges every leader must confront

Credit: Pioneers Festival Two weeks ago, Jerry Colonna, former VC turned coach for tech CEOs, gave a workshop at the Austrian tech...

event Leadership Expert Advice

Kuwait

'Fail first, then succeed,' Techstars' Mark Solon tells StartupQ8

Kuwait’s startup ecosystem, which is showing more signs of vibrancy than ever before, hosted “by far” its highest profile guest last week, a...

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Saudi Arabia

ArabNet Saudi looks for an increase in startup funding

Last week, for the third time, Riyadh played host to ArabNet, one of the largest digital technology conferences in Saudi Arabia, featuring...

Jordan

Zain Jordan launches hi-tech incubator

During the MENA ICT Forum 2014, telecom company Zain Jordan launched its latest initiative to support entrepreneurship in the...

ZINC Zain Jordan Incubator

Lebanon

Japan's Cookpad to acquire Lebanon's Shahiya for $13.5M to enter the Arab world

Japan's largest recipe portal Cookpad is set to acquire Lebanon's Shahiya for a reported $13.5 million in a landmark deal for the Arab...

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Lebanon

BDL Accelerate 2014’s first day: tips from the top

Lebanon’s central bank is keen to show its support for the startup and entrepreneurial community of Lebanon. Earlier this y...

Banque du Liban Central Bank Lebanon lebanon

U.A.E

Flat6Labs launches Abu Dhabi accelerator with a focus on media startups

From L to R: Flat6Labs CEO Ramez Mohamed, Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi Managing Director Nina Curley, and twofour54's Issa Aghabi. Hoping to...

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Egypt

Exclusive: Uber Egypt arrives today

Uber, the app that connects smartphone-weilding passengers with freelance drivers, has arrived in Egypt. The local operations will...

U.A.E

How a comic book startup looks to make money

May's cover. Quick Start Immediately after Dubai-based developer Hani Ghaith masterminded Magnoon with Dr. Noha Abbas, the head of...

ipad Magnoon magazine app

Global

Is 'design thinking' a path to innovation?

With change happening at an exponential rate, companies have felt an increasing demand to develop their ability to innovate, even to the...

Design Innovation

Saudi Arabia

Saudi's iPhady finds new home with Alfalak

As part of its expansion strategy throughout Saudi Arabia, Alfalak Electronic Equipment and Supplies, a provider of IT and telecom...

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Egypt

YouTube, the ultimate tool for Arab startups?

Despite being around for more than a decade now, the video sharing network YouTube seems to have become a popular model for startups...

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Regional

Fresh off Stars of Science Season 6, these young innovators are ready to shake up the industry

Stars of Science 6th season finalists during our chat on the morning of the finale. It’s a new beginning for the finalists and winners of S...

Qatar Foundation Stars of Science

U.A.E

Wamda announces the last 2014 Mix N' Mentor: Dubai

Mix N’ Mentor Dubai, the final stop on Wamda’s 2014 #MixNMentor Roadshow, will take place on December 13th, 2014 at Dubai’s in5 Innovation ...

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Regional

Finding Solutions: Roundtables at MENA ICT workshop 4 scenarios facing entrepreneurs

The Wamda team took over the Zain Innovation Campus (ZINC) in Amman last week at the MENA ICT Forum 2014, as it hosted a session of...

Zain Jordan Workshops

Global

If you're a startup, don't act like a big business

It seems everybody has a startup these days. I’m the co-founder of www.Melltoo.com, a social network that connects buyers and sellers in t...

traditional business Global Advice

Kuwait

Kuwait startup ecosystem builds momentum and welcomes new partners

Kuwait’s nascent startup ecosystem may be getting a serious boost this week, when Mark Solon, the managing partner of global accelerator n...

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Jordan

4 lessons on scaling from 2014's MENA ICT Forum

Last week, Amman’s King Hussein Business Park played host to the 2014 edition of the MENA ICT Forum, a two-day event that brought together ...

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