Who Created Value at Startup Weekend Amman? This past Saturday evening marked the end of an intense 54-hour run of entrepreneurial ambition. Startup Weekend Amman, the first event in... Walid Sahawneh • 24 February, 2012 Startup Weekend
Jordan’s Entrepreneurs Persevere at Startup Weekend Amman Startup Weekends may seem like a great way to dip a toe into the business of building a startup. Yet as mentors, writers, and spectators... Nina Curley • 24 February, 2012 Startup Weekend
A Look Inside du's New TV Show, "The Entrepreneur" It's about time that the Middle East had its own entrepreneurship-related TV show. Now, thanks to UAE telecom company du, a small business... Nina Curley • 23 February, 2012 Competitions du
Tough Calls: How 40 CEOs Made Their Career-defining Decisions CEOs make decisions that is their job. Every decision, however, does not carry the same weight. Many are routine; some are significant. A... Knowledge @Wharton • 23 February, 2012
Digital Conferences in the Arab World: What Needs to Change Make no mistake. When a Digital Conference takes place in the Middle East, the online communities are always there tweeting their hearts... Joe Akkawi • 23 February, 2012
How Can Entrepreneurs Access and Utilise Diaspora Networks? This is a selection taken from Take Advantage of Your Diaspora Network, by Daniel Isenberg of Babson College and William Kerr of Harvard... Daniel Isenberg • 22 February, 2012 Diaspora
CSR in Saudi Arabia: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly When I tell people that I make a living by helping companies in Saudi Arabia become more responsible towards their communities and the... Bushra Azhar • 22 February, 2012 CSR
How to Get the Most Out of Startup Weekend How can you achieve the maximum benefit from Startup Weekend? You can increase your chance of winning at Startup Weekend by 100%, by... Khaled Sadek • 22 February, 2012 Startup Weekend
New Collective Workspace MAKE Launches in Dubai Leith Mathews came to Dubai in 2007 to work in the emirate’s booming food & beverage industry. Having a genuine passion for the i... Nafez Dakkak • 21 February, 2012 Food & Beverage Startup Communities Coworking Spaces
What Makes An Entrepreneurship Ecosystem? The question of how to build a fully fledged entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Middle East is one that we look to address daily at Wamda.... Nina Curley • 21 February, 2012 Trends Ecosystem
Advancing Arabic Content for Women: Maroc Numeric Fund Invests $300K in Majalatouki The Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF) announced last week an investment of 2.6 million Moroccan dirhams (around US$ 300K) last week in Majalatouki,... Maya Rahal • 21 February, 2012 Investment Women
Pioneering a Gourmet All Natural Dessert Line in the UAE: Catwalk Cow When Samia Ataya first started dessert line Catwalk Cow two years ago in the United Arab Emirates, she had a vision of an ideal product... Maya Rahal • 20 February, 2012 Food & Beverage
Abraaj Capital Announces Acquisition of SME-Focused Fund Aureos Capital Abraaj Capital is continuing its expansion across the region, today announcing its acquisition of Aureos Capital, a global private equity... Nina Curley • 20 February, 2012
Reawakening Oman’s Entrepreneurial Spirit at the Entrepreneurs Jam Oman Entrepreneur's Network held their second Entrepreneurs Jam this past Monday at Mood café in Muscat. The event, designed to create ... Sharifa Al-Barami • 17 February, 2012 Startup Communities
Wikipedia To Build Arabic Pages with Cairo Initiative Following Yahoo!'s partnership with ictQATAR comes an announcement by Wikipedia that it seeks to generate more Arabic content on its... Nina Curley • 16 February, 2012 Digital Media
Yahoo! Boosts Arabic Digital Content Creation in Deal with ictQATAR Aspiring digital media entrepreneurs in the region have a new reason fire up projects this year. Yahoo! and ictQATAR announced a strategic... Nina Curley • 16 February, 2012 Digital Media
Group Buying Websites Battle for Middle East Shoppers with Online Bargains Shoppers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are among the wealthiest and most discerning in the world. Most major malls in Dubai, for... Knowledge @Wharton • 16 February, 2012 E-commerce Wharton
What Do Entrepreneurs in Tunisia Need Most? Legal Reform “Entrepreneurs are people that bring things together. Nothing in entrepreneurship is done alone,” said Hernando De Soto on the last day of t... Alia Mahmoud • 15 February, 2012 Legal
MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Announces Top 50 Teams The MIT Entreprise Forum announced the Top 50 Semifinalists in its Arab Business Plan Competition yesterday. In the competition, conducted ... Nina Curley • 15 February, 2012 Ranking MIT MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition
How to Increase Your Social Media Influence With Klout Last month I compiled a list of The 100 Most Influential Arabs on Twitter based on scores from social media influence tool... Khaled El Ahmad • 15 February, 2012
Jordan Marketing with Animation: Yebab.com and Kharabeesh Launch Emirati Wedding Cartoon Series Startups looking to launch a viral video campaign can now look to the example of Emirati weddings directory Yebab.com, which recently... Maya Rahal • 14 February, 2012 Wedding Industry
Meet Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists in Jordan Twelve entrepreneurs representing ten companies were shortlisted in the Ernst & Young Jordan Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2011 this... Maya Rahal • 14 February, 2012 Competitions
Going Mobile: Are You Ready to Put the “m” in “www”? Looking for recent movie information? If you go to imdb.com on a smartphone to research this information, you’ll be welcomed by a mobile o... Gaby Abi Aad • 14 February, 2012 Mobile Mobile Apps
Egyptian Location-Based Mobile App Nasy Increases Civil Society Engagement The Middle East has, undoubtedly, seen some changes in the past few months. One of the most noticeable changes is engagement with local... Embee • 14 February, 2012 Mobile Apps