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How To Create a Good Relationship with a VC

Venture capital funding is a relationship, not a transaction, argues Nat Goldhaber Nat Goldhaber is co-founder and managing director of...

How much should you look for in your seed round?

The challenge of how much money to seek in early-stage funding remains one of the most complex an entrpreneur can face. Will Herman is an...

How to Create an Effective Business Plan

When an entrepreneur has identified a potential business opportunity, the next step is developing a business plan for the new venture. What...

Freemium: A business model startups can’t ignore

The word “freemium” may be less than four years old, but the business model it describes – offering basic service access for free and then ...

Can "lean" co-exist with "innovation"?

“Lean” has come to mean an integrated, end-to-end process that combines the waste elimination, just-in-time inventory management and a cul...

How to Negotiate with a VC over Stock Options

Scott Edward Walker is the founder and CEO of Walker Corporate Law Group, PLLC, a law firm specializing in the representation of...

How To Deal with Venture Capitalists

Steve Sammut, a senior fellow and lecturer at Wharton School of Business, talks to Arabic Knowleldge@Wharton about how entrepreneurs can...

5 Startup Legal Pitfalls You Need to Avoid

Starting your business is an exciting time. But as you focus on the big picture, it’s easy to ignore the minutiae of organizing your c...

How Your Business Can Benefit from Google Voice

Will free phone calls for Gmail users spur another internet revolution? And how can your small business benefit? By Kartik Ram Google is ...

Buying power: How Aramex is Facilitating E-commerce

E-Commerce has started to explode across the Arab World, with payment flexibility and logistics expertise helping to drive momentum. The ...

E-commerce

Bassel Ojjeh on Building a Business

After spells at both Microsoft and Yahoo, Bassel Ojjeh is well placed to understand the potential of technology. In his last role, he was...

Entrepreneur in Focus: Elie Khoury

This article first appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of The Explorer, Aramex's thought-leadership magazine that investigates issues...

Just Capital: Seed Funding in Jordan

This article first appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of The Explorer, Aramex's thought-leadership magazine that investigates issues ...

Entrepreneur in Focus: Jihad Alammar of Qaym.com

Part social network, part Zagat’s guide, Qaym.com specialises in user-generated reviews of restaurants across the Middle East. Founded in R...

Rebuilding Babylon: New Opportunities in Iraq

The post-Saddam years, with the removal of sanctions and a new low-tax environment, created a bonanza of opportunities. Seven years later,...

Success Writ Large: Samih Toukan on Entrepreneurshp

Now CEO of the Jabbar Group of internet-focused companies, Samih Toukan made his name as one half of the Maktoob story. He hopes that his ...

Sharing Innovation: Kamal Hassan empowers SMEs

Palestinian-American entrepreneur Kamal Hassan believes solving creative problems through “open network innovation” can provide the cre...

The Net in Networking: Social Media in Jordan

Established and growing businesses in the region are making full use of the popularity – and opportunity – of social networking sites This a...

Entrepreneur in Focus: Mohammed Kilany

This article first appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of The Explorer, Aramex's thought-leadership magazine that investigates issues...

Meteorological Rise: Vimov's Weather HD App

This article first appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of The Explorer, Aramex's thought-leadership magazine that investigates issues...

Mobile Apps

Feroz Sanaualla of Intel Capital on Finding Funding

Access to financing might be a common problem for entrepreneurs, but Feroz Sanaulla, a leading regional investor, believes they first need...

Abdulsalam Haykal: SME Investment in Syria

He started as a 14-year-old by creating a graphic design company called ASH Works for Computer Arts. Now, Abdulsalam Haykal is CEO of...

The 5 M's of Mentoring

View a presentation from the Mowgli Foundation onthe 5 M’s of Mentoring; Motivation, Meaning, Model, Meme and Mind Set. 5m's ...

The Arab Technology Business Plan Competition

The Arab Technology Business Plan Competition is a regional Technology investment competition organized by Arab Science and Technology...

Thought Leadership

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