What's dangerous about the hype in the Middle East startup ecosystem [Wamda TV] At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting on the Middle East and North Africa in Dead Sea, Jordan this May, we chatted with Usama Fayyad, E... Nina Curley • 09 July, 2013 Hype World Economic Forum Incubator
How the founder of Dubai's propertyfinder.ae wrestled his company back from NewsCorp Last week, propertyfinder.ae solidified its position as a startup to watch, closing a round of series A funding led by BECO Capital... Nina Curley • 08 July, 2013 BECO Capital Venture Capital Real Estate
Wamda launches in French! Wamda has been bilingual, in Arabic and English, from the very beginning, but this weekend we crossed a threshold that we’ve been... Wamda • 08 July, 2013 Wamda News
Wamda announces the Karim Jazouani Prize for entrepreneurship advocates in Morocco At Mix n’ Mentor Casablanca this past Saturday, Wamda announced the Karim Jazouani Prize, in honor of one of Morocco’s pioneering advocates ... Nina Curley • 08 July, 2013 Prizes Leadership Mix n Mentor
Lebanon Beirut's new Co-Working +961 space hosts first startup pitch event Last week, at the newly launched Co-working +961 space in Beirut, entrepreneurs, investors, and startup enthusiasts gathered to... Reine Farhat • 08 July, 2013 Pitching MIT Coworking Spaces
The Mini Entrepreneur pushes through the challenges of entrepreneurship Do you feel like you’re running in to a brick wall, nervous that you may have to shut down or give up on a valuable project? Here, the Mini ... Wamda • 07 July, 2013 Mini Entrepreneur
Challenges to scaling in Dubai: A look at Wild Peeta [case study] This is the third post in our new case study series, in partnership with the El Khazindar Business Research and Case Center (KCC) at the A... Wamda • 07 July, 2013 Scaling Food & Beverage
5 predictions about the future of digital, from Arabnet Dubai Arabnet’s first Digital Summit in Dubai brought together the startup community and the digital media and marketing industries to hash out ... Kia Davis • 07 July, 2013 Digital Advertising Arabnet Innovation
Regional How to make investment more attractive for VCs in emerging markets [Opinion] Cross-posted and adapted from the original version published on Techies.pk on June 19, 2013. If you ask prospective... Khurram Zafar • 07 July, 2013 Venture Capital Advice Technology
Why we moved our startup to Dubai Two months ago I moved our startup from Kuwait to Dubai (we also have another office in Malaga, Spain which is still running). But making... Abdullah Alshalabi • 07 July, 2013 Relocating Dubai Scaling
Weekly Wrap-Up: June 30 - July 4 If there's a main lesson to extract from this week's content, it's how important it is to always be ready- always have a clear way to... Wamda • 04 July, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
Lebanon Zoomaal launches first crowdfunding platform for the Arab world The Middle East’s newest crowdfunding platform, Zoomaal, launched today, offering entrepreneurs, artists, and socially-minded doers the c... Glen Dalakian II • 04 July, 2013 abdallah absi Crowdfunding zoomal
Why Ahmed Nassef left Yahoo: A look at Telfez, his new social TV startup Ahmed Nassef, one of the Middle East’s early internet pioneers, announced last month that he has left his role as Yahoo! VP and managing d... Nina Curley • 04 July, 2013 Social TV Departures SmartTV
Global Is it better to host a big launch or have a soft roll out for your product? [poll results] Among the many reasons why startups fail, perhaps the most important is launching a product that doesn’t really fit the... Reine Farhat • 04 July, 2013 Lean Methodology Facebook Investment
5 reasons why professionals quit their jobs The rise of regional jobsites means that sourcing talent has become faster, easier and more cost effective for employers than ever. It... Lama Ataya • 04 July, 2013 Team Programme
6 unsettled debates from Arabnet's first Dubai summit “How was the new Arabnet?” People have been asking since I returned from Dubai last week. Quickly: it was sleeker, with more industry hea... Nina Curley • 03 July, 2013 Debate Arabnet Conferences
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