Hold the Vegetables: How 'Now vs. Later' Affects Customer Choice If people typically watch a kung-fu flick or a trashy teen comedy on DVD before the documentary they rented several days earlier, it only... Knowledge @Wharton • 26 April, 2012 E-commerce Marketing
Demystifying E-Commerce in MENA: What Goes Wrong? Part 1 This content series, "What Goes Wrong?" is part of our new "Demystifying E-Commerce in MENA" series, which will explore the challenges... Nader Museitif • 25 April, 2012 E-commerce Demystifying E-Commerce
Defining Small and Medium Enterprises in Oman As Oman’s Third Economic Forum came to a close on Monday, the question of how to define small and medium enterprises SMEs came to a h... Sharifa Al-Barami • 25 April, 2012 Conferences Ecosystem Startup Communities
The Road to Crowdfunding Ruin Editor's Note (NC): Daniel Isenberg's latest article addresses the "Jumpstart Our Business Startups" (JOBS) act that President Obama... Daniel Isenberg • 25 April, 2012 Legal Trends
Announcing Wamda's Entrepreneur of the Week Series Today we are launching a new video series on Wamda: Entrepreneur of the Week. Each Tuesday, we'll be posting an interview with startup ... Nina Curley • 24 April, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Week
Beware of Praise [Pic of the Week] Fadi Ghandour said it. Arif Naqvi said it. A previous entrepreneur turned VC and blogger told his story. And maybe Chuck D said it best:... Wamda • 24 April, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
The Rise of Arabic on the Web [Infographic] It took 30 years for 2 billion people to come online, but 1 billion more will come online in the next 4 years, according to... Nina Curley • 23 April, 2012 Arabic Content
Shaping the Entrepreneurial Future of Egypt The 2012 AUC Research Conference, held this past week at the university's New Cairo campus, was an exercise in uniting Egypt's... Omar Aysha • 23 April, 2012 Accelerators Angel Investment Arabic Content
4 Reasons Why Smart Businesses Go Green So green is now a trend in the Middle East – even though it’s still to catch on in Saudi Arabia. It's also a term that's been going ar... Norah Magraby • 22 April, 2012 Green Energy
How to Create Banner Awareness (Or Bypass Blindness) User-friendly design guru Jakob Nielsen held out a finding in one of his studies for 10 years, but finally finally to publish it in 2007.... George Elkhabbaz • 22 April, 2012 User Experience Design
Building a Learning Management System in Saudi Arabia: Acadox During our undergraduate studies in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) we, Mohammad Al-Hareeqi, and Nedal Mourad, and... Wamda • 20 April, 2012 MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Accelerators MIT
Journey to Amman Part 2: Impressions of Jordan's Tech Startups When I visited Oasis500 on my recent trip to Jordan, I had the opportunity to meet with 14 startups incubated there, for around 15-20... Nafez Dakkak • 19 April, 2012 Ecosystem Oasis500 Startup Communities
Journey to Amman: 5 Tips from Startups in the Arab World's Tech Capital At the end of last month, Fadi Ghandour talked about the 8 different steps Jordan took to create an enabling environment for tech... Nafez Dakkak • 19 April, 2012 Accelerators Ecosystem Oasis500
James Nakagawa of Mobile Healthcare: 'Entrepreneurship Is about Sacrifice' James Nakagawa never studied medicine, and until 2003, he headed a company that helped financial firms deliver online trading services. But... Knowledge @Wharton • 19 April, 2012 Health
TourTwist Puts Crowdsourced Spin on Tourism in Lebanon Some startups don't just create commercial ventures; they work to turn communities of ordinary people into little engines of commerce.... Said Hamideh • 19 April, 2012 E-commerce Innovation Travel
How Moroccan Daily Deal Site Hmizate Faced Down Competition After working for eight years in the tech sector in the United States, Moroccan entrepreneur Kamal Reggad decided to return to his home... Maya Rahal • 18 April, 2012 E-procurement Daily Deals Hmizate
Can Policy Makers Create an Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship? This piece is cross-posted and adapted slightly from The Economist, November 16, 2010. Zebras are beautiful. They are powerful. They... Daniel Isenberg • 18 April, 2012 Ecosystem
How Did You Build Your Team? [Pic of the Week] You've heard it many times- a one-man show is not the most effective route in entrepreneurship. We've seen investors get wary of a team of... Wamda • 18 April, 2012 CoE Cards Team Pic of the Week
Zawya's Multimillion Dollar Sale to Close Within 6 Weeks It's not just the sleek new interface that's evolving at Middle East business news portal Zawya. The media outlet is preparing for a... Nina Curley • 17 April, 2012
Dokkankom Launches an eBay for the Middle East E-commerce site Dokkankom launched this weekend, bringing the region an eBay-like platform that allows vendors to create customized online... Nina Curley • 17 April, 2012 E-commerce
5 Elements that Distinguish Successful Entrepreneurs, from Endeavor's Dubai ISP Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend Endeavor’s 42nd International Selection Panel (ISP) in Dubai. For those who d... Nour Eldean El-Gabri • 16 April, 2012 Endeavor Conferences
Book Review: Applying Lessons from The Lean Startup to the Arab World The Lean Startup is required reading for anybody serious about entrepreneurship. In the swift, engaging read, Author Eric Ries sets forth a... Nafez Dakkak • 16 April, 2012
Fadi Ghandour to Step Down as Aramex CEO, Focus on Entrepreneurship In a move that surprised many yesterday at Aramex's annual conference in Dubai, Fadi Ghandour has announced that he is stepping down as CEO... Nina Curley • 15 April, 2012 E-commerce Fadi Ghandour
Will Jordan's My Marbles be the next Angry Birds? TakTek Games Inks Deal with Chillingo Amman-based TakTek Games has secured a breakthrough deal this week, signing with U.K.-based mobile publishing giant Chillingo, which... Nina Curley • 13 April, 2012 Gaming Mobile Gaming