Wamda

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Gaming Mobile Gaming

Wind Technology: Could Radical Innovation Come from MENA?

The world today needs a clean and affordable energy solution to address both growing electricity challenges and the effects of global...

Green Energy Environment

ImagineCup Calls On MENA's Best Tech Students

This year, Microsoft is once again giving entrepreneurs a chance to launch themselves on a global stage with its Imagine Cup competition....

Competitions

The Danger of Entrepreneurial Passion

This article was originally published on Harvard Business Review, January 6, 2010. Passion is up there with innovation in what people...

First MENA Business Women's Network Forum Launches Tomorrow and Friday

The groundbreaking MENA Business Women's Network Forum is launching tomorrow and Friday in Dubai- join us! For the first time, 350...

Conferences Women

Nominate a Social Entrepreneur for an Ashoka Fellowship

Ashoka Arab World is looking for social entrepreneurs for its Fellowship program, who are social innovators with “System Changing Ideas” tha...

Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

Twitter Wars, Turks, and Tipping Points: Where We Are After ArabNet

Over a week after Beirut tech conference ArabNet, I’m still reflecting on the event. While managing editor Maya and I together c...

Arabnet Startup Communities

du announces Wamda as Knowledge Partner for ‘The Entrepreneur’

du is pleased to announce that it is joining forces with Wamda, the enabling platform for MENA entrepreneurs, for its innovative reality...

Competitions du

Pi Slice: Building a Culture of Transparent CSR

While some corporate social responsibility programs create real change, others are functional in name only, ineffective, or simply lacking...

CSR

We Are Just Scratching the Surface of Our Opportunity

In many ways, the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Middle East is very nascent. When it comes to existing models of what an ecosystem...

CoE Cards

Last Chance to Submit to eClub's Photo Competition

eClub, an nonprofit launched in connection with the American University of Beirut (AUB) to raise awareness about entrepreneurship, has...

Competitions

Livestream of Flat6Labs' Mobile Gaming Class

Want to build the next big game? Train by watching Flat6Labs's new mobile gaming classes, which will be held for the next 3 weeks, over 9...

Mobile Mobile Apps Mobile Gaming

Lessons in Social Entrepreneurship from the Skoll World Forum

Last week, I attended the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, a real celebration of change makers, of humanity, of...

Social Entrepreneurship

Are You REDe to Break into E-Commerce?

While it's apparent in the region that payment gateways, cash-on-delivery, and international duties pose significant challenges to...

E-commerce

Lebanese Company I-DAW Innovates Faster Restaurant Service

Ordering food in a restaurant can be a tricky endeavor, with orders frequently getting lost in the chaos. The elimination of paper orders...

Innovation

Creating an Egyptian Economic Miracle at Startup Nation 2.0

“The vision is to get Egypt into the top 10 list of countries by GDP in 5 years time.” This vision brought together around 50 progressive Eg...

Angel Investment Innovation Investment

Young People in the Middle East Are Ready to Innovate

Lebanese entrepreneur Habib Haddad is one of the Middle East's biggest cheerleaders for the creation of a vibrant startup culture. As...

Social Entrepreneurship Wharton

Regional

Valuation methods for SMEs in MENA [Opinion]

Valuation in the Middle East and North Africa for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a mixture of art, science, negotiations,...

Investment

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