Littlebits makes big in $44.2M funding round

Littlebits, the open source hardware startup from Lebanese founder Ayah Bdeir, has raised over $44 million in what they say is one of the...

Lucy Knight • 29 June, 2015

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How this NASA-certified mat can help Muslims reduce knee injuries

Innovation often comes from a personal inspiration or a simple observation. In Nader Sabry’s case, it was both.  “I saw...

Reine Farhat • 14 June, 2015

MEMakers Timez5 Healthcare

Nature versus nurture, can you breed an entrepreneur?

Once mixed, there's no turning back. (Image via Raail.com) A new wave of entrepreneurship research encompassing the classical psychology...

Teeb Assaf • 11 June, 2015

Personality traits Nature versus nurture entrepreneurs

How this tech device may help Muslims with their prayers

Sensor technologies have evolved in almost every aspect of our lives to provide us with a better experience and make some tasks more...

Reine Farhat • 11 June, 2015

Salatcard prayer Wearable devices

How this fresh grad landed a job at Wamda

Standing out in the crowd can be hard work. Even for pencils. (Image via Evoke) At the start of May young Egyptian graduate Ahmed Soliman...

Lucy Knight • 19 May, 2015

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5 minute guide to the Internet of Things [Infographic]

Coffee machines able to order new supplies for you. Electronic pet feeders that can schedule and feed your dog. Cars...

Rachel Williamson • 18 May, 2015

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Lebanese m-health entrepreneur meets President Obama

"Everybody has ideas. Most people are afraid to take first step. Go for it." @mcuban #StartTheSpark @WhiteHouse #PAGE...

Lucy Knight • 13 May, 2015

Spark Global Entrepreneurship Initiative Global Entrepreneurship Summit White House

How a seed VC makes investment decisions [Infographic]

This is a crosspost with the NextView Ventures blog. Note: In 2013, Rob Go published a flowchart articulating his VC decision making...

Rob Go • 11 May, 2015

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Facebook adds free peer-to-peer payments in Messenger

This article is a crosspost with the Payfort blog. If you’re like most people, you know settling debts or splitting bills between f...

Faisal Al Khalidi • 03 May, 2015

How to develop succinct workflow policies

Workflow policies, whether for startups or large corporations, are a good way to smooth out work processes and avoid task conflicts...

Mohamed Kamal • 28 April, 2015

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How one Jordanian's innovative approach to job hunting got Airbnb's attention

Nina Mufleh wants a job at Airbnb. Like thousands of others though, when she began her quest, she quickly found her applications and calls...

Lucy Knight • 23 April, 2015

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GoNabit’s cofounders reunite to embark on a new journey

Having been a part of Dan Stuart and Sohrab Jahanbani’s team back when they cofounded GoNabit, the first online group buying website...

Reine Farhat • 06 April, 2015

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droidcon Dubai 2015 [Limited free tickets]

droidcon is a global developer conference series and a network focusing on the best of Android. droidcon Dubai 2015 will be happening on...

Wamda • 04 April, 2015

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Fadi Bishara on what will attract the VC from Silicon Valley [Wamda TV]

Catching up with Fadi Bishara at the recent ArabNet conference in Beirut Wamda got a chance to chat with him about his thoughts on the VC...

Lucy Knight • 29 March, 2015

Fadi Bishara blackbox silicon valley

Corridor for UK and MENA investment in SMEs opened up further by UK regulation

The Dubai-based international investment platform Eureeca announced today that they have recently received the stamp of approval from the...

Wamda • 23 March, 2015

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19th Silicon Oasis TechForum in Dubai

TechForum, an event hosted by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, is a community networking platform that hosts technology professionals,...

Wamda • 03 March, 2015

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Thinking of joining a startup? 6 things you should know

A recent conversation with a young woman in her 20s, about how her job at a startup had left her unpaid for the last two months, left me...

Lucy Knight • 02 March, 2015

Vinelab game cooks zoomal

If I was setting out to be an entrepreneur

This article is a crosspost with Financial Times. If I were setting out as an entrepreneur today, I would buy an existing company to...

Daniel Isenberg • 24 February, 2015

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Hello Tomorrow Challenge 2015

Hello Tomorrow is a non-profit association that facilitates the connection between the scientific and business communities to accelerate...

Wamda • 23 February, 2015

hello tomorrow challenge

The 7th Startup Turkey Conference

The Startup Turkey Conference is a three demo-day event for Startups from Turkey, Eurasia and MENA to the investors from all around the...

Wamda • 23 February, 2015

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The invisible heroes: who are your mentors?

This post has been upgraded from Wamda's community page During a recent interview I was confronted with two comments; “you must be proud o...

Genny Ghanimeh • 15 February, 2015

entreprenership Mentor Leadership

How to finance the scale-up of your company

This article has been crossposted with The Harvard Business Review Online. Tom Szaky knows well the meaning of the saying “Beware your d...

Daniel Isenberg • 09 February, 2015

Terra Cycle Isenberg scale up

VV GROW Fellowship Program 2015, deadline March 30

Based on its experience with women business owners around the world, Vital Voices has launched the VV GROW Fellowship Program, a one-year...

Wamda • 06 February, 2015

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Women for Success - Global Partnership for Women SME's Conference

The “Business Women of Egypt 21” association announced the "Women for Success - Global Partnership for Women SME's" conference, which will ...

Wamda • 04 February, 2015

Egypt Women