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Best practices for ecommerce SEO (Part II)

Earlier this week we shared five tips on how to get the most out of the SEO for your ecommerce site. Here are another five current and...

SEO

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Best practices for ecommerce SEO (Part I)

Whether you’re only just thinking of starting an online store or you’ve already launched into the fray, you’ll quickly find that there’s a w...

SEO

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Innovation Prize for Africa now open, Deadline 31 October

The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) is calling on all African innovators to submit their entries for the fourth edition of the...

africa

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A university instructor's take on how to foster entrepreneurship in the classroom

The author with one of her classes at Lebanese International University. They say that entrepreneurship can’t be taught, however, my e...

Education

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8 things successful entrepreneurs do to cope with stress

During our recent Mix N’ Mentor in Beirut, Wamda’s CEO Habib Haddad asked mentors and entrepreneurs how they relieve the...

Tips

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The definitive guide to developing an MVP

UXPin recently released a guide for entrepreneurs, titled The Guide to Minimum Viable Products: A Master Collection of Frameworks, Expert O...

minimum viable product resources mvp

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This season, fall into MOOCs

Summer may be over, but the kids aren’t the only ones going back to school. A new year is starting, and it’s a perfect time to make some goo...

MOOCs

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DEMO Africa: Why Arab startups should be looking to Africa for support

Last week, entrepreneurs, VCs, and press from all over the world flew to Lagos, Nigeria, to learn about trending African startups during...

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Could Google's Quality Score make or break your startup?

Yesterday I wrote about what a Quality Score was and how it was measured; today I’m going to tell you about how you can improve it and let y...

quality score Google

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A quick, current, and crucial guide to Google’s Quality Score

Whether you’re brand new to pay-per-click marketing with AdWords, or you’ve been at it for ages, you’ve probably heard others harp on the im...

quality score Google

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Small-batch Pakistani shoes startup launches Kickstarter to target Arab world

In 2010, Waqas Ali didn't know that a regular visit to his ancestral village of Okara in the Punjab region of Pakistan, and chance meeting...

markhor pakistan

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Could this unusual investment fund/event organizer be the future of seed funding?

The launch of TheFamily a year ago shook up the French startup scene in a big way. The organization, falling somewhere between...

seed investment accelerator France

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Fadi Ghandour to help select this year's Hult Prize winner

Wamda Chairman and Aramex founder Fadi Ghandour has been selected to participate in a judging panel that will award this year’s Hult P...

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How French-Lebanese entrepreneur Rand Hindi made it onto MIT's 35 Under 35

When Rand Hindi was included in this year’s MIT 35 Innovators Under 35 list, no one was surprised. This Lebanese, who moved to France w...

big data Diaspora

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5 agile software development practices for your startup

In just a few years, the lean software development movement has gained influence by promoting a powerful yet simple methodology. Beyond...

product development Programmer's Day software development

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8 essential skills for growing your team [Infographic]

Do you need to expand your team but don't know how to start? According to data extracted from LinkedIn, the best recruitment managers are a...

CV Job Creation Job Recruitment

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3 examples of corporates and startups collaborating in emerging markets

When the corporate world isn’t a source of suspicion for the startup it’s often one of mockery. After all, how many sectors were disrupted b...

General Electric Coca-Cola Nigeria

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How Lebanese 3D-mapping pioneer Louay Eldada shares his success with the MENA

Leaving behind his Beirut childhood, Louay Eldada went off to New York City to attend Columbia University. The PhD he earned there is in...

3d-mapping quanergy systems louay eldada

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Jordan's Bitcoin Meetup Group weighs in on the cryptocurrency's recent crash

In the world of the internet, a bug is not something to take lightly. So Monday, when MTGox, the first Bitcoin exchange site...

Bitcoin

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Egyptian job site Wuzzuf joins 500 Startups' acceleration program

Wuzzuf, an Egyptian recruiting site launched in 2012 by BasharSoft, was on the verge of closing down two years ago. However...

silicon valley Egypt Accelerators

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What keeps your employees happy? It's not the money

Although the Middle East suffers from high unemployment rates, Arab startups often also find it difficult to retain...

Motivation Tips Advice

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10 mistakes to avoid when speaking in public

At some point in our lives, we will most likely have to stand in front of people and present an idea or a project. While the experience...

Mistakes Expert Advice Top Lists

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littleBits, led by a Lebanese founder, releases Synth Kit, secures $11.1M investment

Lebanese entrepreneur and maker Ayah Bdeir’s startup littleBits, which has been hailed as the LEGO of electronics, has just released its n...

Electronics Hardware littlebits

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6 of the hottest smartwatches: fashion trend or smartphone alternative?

In 1973, Motorola introduced the first wireless "hand-held cell phone." Twenty years later, in 1993, IBM and American...

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