9 Secrets for Replicating Silicon Valley's Success July’s Global Innovation Summit (GIS) in Silicon Valley brought together 400 people to share ideas and on what makes a good s... Kia Davis • 27 August, 2012 Ecosystem Innovation
RoundMenu Announces $730K Round of Funding to Expand into New Markets After launching just over a month ago, RoundMenu has closed its first round of investment, for US $730,000, led by HoneyBee Tech Ventures,... Nina Curley • 27 August, 2012 Food & Beverage Mobile Apps Technology
Seeqnce Launches 8 Web Startups at 2012 Accelerator Program Finale LivingSocial's recent exit made for good small talk, but hardly daunted budding web entrepreneurs in Lebanon this past Saturday night, as a... Nina Curley • 27 August, 2012 Accelerators Competitions Investment
UPDATED: Rocket Internet Exits Turkey, Mizado, Expands Amazon Clone in Egypt and Morocco [UPDATED: We have received confirmation that Rocket is launching Jumia, an Amazon clone, in Egypt, extending a site initially launched in... Nina Curley • 26 August, 2012 Rocket Internet Trends E-commerce
Looking Back to LivingSocial's Exit from MENA: What Went Right, What Went Wrong? In the aftermath of the news that LivingSocial is leaving the MENA region, many have reflected this weekend on what this means for... Nina Curley • 26 August, 2012 Daily Deals Exits and Sales
Fekrety, the AUC's Business Idea Competition, Approaches Final Round Fekrety, the national business idea competition organized by The American University in Cairo’s School of Business – Ent... Omar Aysha • 26 August, 2012 Accelerators Competitions
You Have to Take Risks [Pic of the Week] With the announcement of the exit of LivingSocial and talks about the entrance of LinkedIn into the MENA space, we see a great example of... Glen Dalakian II • 23 August, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
LinkedIn to Enter Middle East Market in September On the heels of news that LivingSocial is leaving the region, an email circulating the region reveals that LinkedIn is priming to open an... Nina Curley • 23 August, 2012 Social Networks Technology Trends
Growing Pains for Jordan's Tech Entrepreneurs Jordan has managed to avoid the violence and political upheaval its neighboring countries have experienced with the Arab Spring... Knowledge @Wharton • 23 August, 2012 Technology Wharton
LivingSocial Confirms Closure of Middle East Operations [Exclusive] Early this morning, LivingSocial has confirmed its rumored exit from the Middle East and North Africa to Wamda. In a statement, the... Nina Curley • 23 August, 2012 Exits and Sales Daily Deals
Algeria Algerian Team Takes Microsoft's Global Stage to Fight Diabetes This July, three Algerian college students became the first team from the Middle East and North Africa to place as finalists in the cloud... Nina Curley • 22 August, 2012 Competitions Health Mobile Apps
Leaving Cash Behind: The Rise of Electronic Payments in the MENA Region [REPORT] This report, published by Strategy&, reveals the ways in which shifting from cash-based systems to e-payment systems can benefit both... Booz and Company • 22 August, 2012 Payment Gateways Booz & Company
i360 Hub Launches Traveling Accelerator for Idea Stage Entrepreneurs in MENA Continuing the accelerator boom in the region, i360 Hub has launched a new seed funding program that pledges to take entrepreneurs from... Nina Curley • 22 August, 2012 Accelerators Innovation Investment
Arab Twitter Apps Developer: Saleh Al Zaid of LunarApps [Wamda TV] Arabic. Saleh Al Zaid, co-founder and CEO of LunarApps, speaks about the start of the company specialized in developing applications for... Maya Rahal • 22 August, 2012 Social Media Arabnet
How Arab Startups Turned a Slow Ramadan into Quick Success Although Ramadan can be a slow month for consumption, some startups have found ways to make the most of it throughout the past month.... Fernande van Tets • 21 August, 2012 Digital Media E-commerce Ramadan
What the Samurai Can Teach the Startup What can the Samurai teach us about successful business? Over a dozen enterprising people attended The District recently to find out,... Omar Aysha • 21 August, 2012 Education Gaming Programme
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