Meet the Jordanian Company that Might Disrupt Global Game Development For those of us who aren’t game developers, launching a disruptive middleware platform, as Jordanian company Mixed Dimensions (MXD) did t... Nina Curley • 23 October, 2012 Design Developers Gaming
Wamda Mix N' Mentor Events in Amman, Beirut, and Dubai After the success of Wamda's CoE E-Commerce event in June, Wamda is now hosting three mentorship events in three cities! If you came to CoE ... Wamda • 23 October, 2012 Accelerators
Pivoting into Mobile: Alexis Bonte of Social Gaming Company eRepublik [Wamda TV] At the Webrazzi Summit 2012 event earlier this month, Alexis Bonte, co-founder of eRepublik, discusses the company’s pivot from social b... Wamda • 23 October, 2012 Arabic Content Conferences Gaming
Michael Trueschler of Citruss TV at CoE E-Commerce [Wamda TV] At our June CoE E-Commerce Event, Michael Trueschler, owner of Citruss TV, briefly discusses the lessons he learned at the event and gives... Wamda • 22 October, 2012 Arabic Content COE CoE E-Commerce
5 Tips for Winning Business as a Software Services Startup When you are a software services startup, business development is your lifeblood. In a country like Pakistan, where the development of... Jazib Zahir • 22 October, 2012 Negotiation Software Marketing
User Experience vs. Usability: How Can Startups Enhance Their Brand? When it comes to user experience and usability, both of these terms are still very new to this market, so it’s not surprising that people s... Amol Kadam • 22 October, 2012 Digital Marketing Ecosystem Marketing
10 Startups in the Arab World that Parents Will Love This week we highlight 10 startups that parents (and their children) will love. From education to clothing, social communities to gadgets,... Glen Dalakian II • 22 October, 2012 E-commerce Ecosystem Education
Jordan’s Wheels Express Closes Despite Steady Customers: Did it Scale Too Quickly? In May 2011, Wheels Express was a rising star in Jordan. It graduated from Oasis500 and was one of the first companies to secure... Nina Curley • 22 October, 2012 Expansion Failure Oasis500
Spotify’s Axel Bringeus at Webrazzi 2012 At the Webrazzi conference earlier this month Axel Bringéus, Director of International Growth at Spotify, discussed Spotify’s goal to in... Wamda • 22 October, 2012 Conferences Digital Media E-commerce
Elie Habib of Riyada Enterprise Development at CoE E-Commerce [Wamda TV] At our June CoE E-Commerce event, Elie Habib, Lebanon Country Manager for Riyada Enterprise Development, discusses the biggest pitfalls for ... Wamda • 21 October, 2012 Advice COE CoE E-Commerce
Angel Investor Aydin Senkut on Opportunities in the Middle East Market [Wamda TV] At Webrazzi, a major Turkish conference focuses on web and entrepreneurship, we chatted with Aydin Senkut, who previously worked at Google ... Nina Curley • 21 October, 2012 Advice Investment
Hyperlocal Social Network Nassya Brings Cairo's Neighborhoods Online In old Egyptian movies, women used to gossip on their balcony with their neighbors throughout the morning. Today, the same scene takes... Hanan Solayman • 21 October, 2012 Egypt Social Networks
Vodafone Ventures Egypt Announces Investment in Eshtery, Ogra, and GyroLabs After sponsoring and participating in the Euromoney conference in Egypt earlier this month, Vodafone Ventures Egypt has announced... Nina Curley • 21 October, 2012 Accelerators Investment Mobile
GlamBox: Beauty Product E-Commerce for the Arab World To tackle the beauty e-commerce space, four young entrepreneurs based in the UAE have self-funded and launched GlamBox, a beauty hub... Maya Rahal • 21 October, 2012 E-commerce Women
Innoventures and Fascila Launch Startup Reactor Acceleration Program Last week, Innoventures announced the launch of a new entrepreneurial support program called ‘Startup Reactor’. Launched in... Omar Aysha • 21 October, 2012 Accelerators Ecosystem Egypt
Weekly Wrap-Up: October 14-18 This week, our Weekly Wrap-Up features posts ripe in e-commerce information. Learn from others' experience is an especially sound piece of... Wamda • 18 October, 2012 Angel Investment Animation Arabic Content