Lessons from Zynga: How Identified is Using Game Mechanics to Become the LinkedIn of Facebook After Zynga’s $10 billion IPO, it’s clear that adding game mechanics to a vast social network is a recipe for success. Yet the recipe isn’t ... Nina Curley • 28 December, 2011 LinkedIn
Last Week to Vote for the Best MENA Startups of 2011 Voting for the Best MENA Startups of 2011 ends on January 3rd! Be sure to place your vote before then, for startups in the following... Wamda • 28 December, 2011
Iraqi Entrepreneur Builds Mobile Application to Control Home Appliances [Wamda TV] Sarbast from Iraq explains how the mobile application he pitched at the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST)... Nina Curley • 28 December, 2011
How Saudi Platform GameTako Will Transform Arab World Gaming in 2012 Gaming may be the hottest sector in Arab World e-commerce and a $2.6 billion market in the Middle East and North Africa, but one Saudi... Nina Curley • 28 December, 2011
Who's Shopping Online in the Arab World? Just in time for the holiday season, OneCard has released an infographic detailing the habits of online shoppers in the Arab World. The ... Nina Curley • 27 December, 2011 E-commerce
Jordanian Animation House Kharabeesh Challenges Traditional Media [Wamda TV] [Arabic]. Wael Attili, Mohamad Asfour and Firas Al Ataybi share their entrepreneurial experience co-founding Jordanian startup... Wamda • 27 December, 2011 Endeavor
Pakistani Students Pioneer Affordable Neural Prosthetics for Victims of Conflict [Wamda TV] Pakistani entrepreneurs Bilal and Fahed pitched their idea for affordable neurally-controlled prosthetics at the Global Innovation through... Nina Curley • 26 December, 2011
Building a Successful Gaming Company in Jordan at Wizards Productions [Wamda TV] [Arabic]. Afif Toukan, Sohaib Thiab, and Hussam Hammo, the co-founders of Jordanian game development company "Wizards Productions" discuss... Wamda • 25 December, 2011 Endeavor
Lebanese Entrepreneurs Prevent Heart Attacks with Innovative Vest [Wamda TV] [English] During the Global Innovation for Science and Technology competition this past month at the second Global Entrepreneurship Summit... Nina Curley • 24 December, 2011
Vote for the Readers' Choice Startup of 2011 The results of the Reader's Choice nominations are in! We encouraged voters to submit their choices for the Best MENA Startups of 2011 that... Wamda • 24 December, 2011
Lebanese Wharton Students Create a New Way to Connect with Friends Ever wonder where the biggest on campus party is happening, or what is the hottest spot your friends are going to? If you are a person who... Souhail Khoury • 23 December, 2011
Creating an Online Flower Delivery Network in Egypt [Wamda TV] Roofy, the founder of www.withlovefrom.me, talks to Wamda about her idea, which she pitched at the recent Global Innovation through... Nina Curley • 23 December, 2011
3 Easy, Cost Effective Content Management Systems In my previous article, 7 Must-Dos Before You Build Your Website, I mentioned different options an entrepreneur can consider to build his... Gaby Abi Aad • 22 December, 2011 Digital Marketing
Making User Data Friendly: Building Personas So, let’s say that as a user experience designer you’ve done your user research in an orderly manner like the "scientist" that you are, and ... George Elkhabbaz • 22 December, 2011 User Experience Design
Improving Access to Finance for Small Businesses in Tunisia Last week, a conference was held in Tunis to discuss improving access to venture capital funding for small and medium enterprises in... Hatem Dammak • 22 December, 2011
Crowdfunding to the Rescue: How Kickstarter and Sprowd Help Startups Interested in starting up a new project but confused about where to get funding? In the last couple of years, we’ve seen the rise of a new t... Souhail Khoury • 21 December, 2011