How Lebanese gaming portal At7addak is building an online empire with user-generated content As I drove up to the town of Mansourieh overlooking sprawling Beirut, I wondered how such a successful online company could operate in... Glen Dalakian II • 29 December, 2013 Content Portals Arabic Content Gaming
4 steps for imagining better solutions at your startup At Wamda Media, we’re working on running a tighter ship in 2014. That means being more in touch with what you, our readers, want to read, ... Nina Curley • 29 December, 2013
Weekly Wrap-Up: December 22-26: How to unplug A note from our Editor in chief Here at Wamda, we've had a huge 2013, and it's not over yet. Christmas is over, but this holiday weekend,... Wamda • 26 December, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
Why e-commerce site Namshi stopped using 'Sukar' as a keyword In an e-commerce sector that is increasingly competitive in the Middle East, online retailers of all sizes are seeking to enrich their... Eman Mostafa • 26 December, 2013 sukar Namshi Google
The future is mobile: here are the 3 things you need to build an app According to mega-successful VC Bill Gurley, “we are in the midst of a critical platform transition,” from browsers to mobile app... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 26 December, 2013 VC Mobile
Can AskNative save Egypt's tourism industry? AskNative, a tourism service that works like a social network, is up against serious odds in Egypt, where both tourism and e-commerce are... Eman Mostafa • 26 December, 2013 AskNative Tourism Egypt
8 companies from the Arab world join the Endeavor Network At Endeavor’s 51st International Selection Panel a couple of weeks ago, the support network accepted 28 entrepreneurs from 20 companies i... Nina Curley • 26 December, 2013
5 tips for relaxing this holiday season Happy holidays from Wamda! Whether you're celebrating Christmas today or unwinding during the winter lull, remember to schedule time off.... Nina Curley • 25 December, 2013
What You Look Like to a Social Network [Infographic] Facebook makes a lot of us feel warm and fuzzy; if commenting on ‘life event’ photos and smugly stalking friends and family halfway around ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 December, 2013 privacy tumblr twitter
How to build loyalty by turning traditional marketing on its head For startups looking to launch a marketing campaign over the holidays, or starting in 2014, here’s a fun little nugget on marketing, f... Nina Curley • 24 December, 2013 Customer Acquisition
Tracking these 10 items will help you create better content Lately, as online marketing shifts to a heavier focus on content, it seems that businesses are clambering to start... Wissam Dandan • 23 December, 2013
By women, for women: How two sisters are bootstrapping an online marketplace in Dubai When we last chatted with the Kanaan sisters, the founders of Ananasa.com, they were struggling with a classic problem that many... Maya Rahal • 23 December, 2013 Women E-commerce Handicrafts
Holiday book list: 20 essential resources for entrepreneurs In early November, an entrepreneur asked me which books and resources that I thought would help him become a successful CEO for a... Louis Lebbos • 23 December, 2013
Startups at Palestine's first accelerator bet on P2P lending, travel, and therapy “Five years ago there were no startups,” Yousef Ghandour, a tech entrepreneur with 14 years of experience in the field, says of the eco... Eric Reidy • 23 December, 2013 Fast Forward Peer-to-peer
'Arab Inspire' hopes to make entrepreneurship a way of life for youth and artists Artists and youngsters have one thing in common: they could use some help from professionals to take the leap, start a company, and make... Aline Mayard • 22 December, 2013 tunisia Artist Entrepreneurs Mentorship
Does Madfoo3at’s deal with the Central Bank of Jordan signal a new startup-friendly era of government? The relationship between startups and the government in Jordan is complex. On the one hand, it’s one of the most w... Nina Curley • 22 December, 2013
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