Debunking the Myth of the One-Man Team Successful companies are often represented by a figurehead that embodies the values of the company and acts as a public figure. That was... Souhail Khoury • 07 November, 2011
Sharakeh Shares 5 Tips for Pitching to Angel Investors I am in the business of introducing entrepreneurs seeking funding to investors. Being based in Amman, I have met many highly motivated... Assad Hazmeh • 07 November, 2011
Groupon Fuels Hype with $700 Million IPO After some drama, and some back-and-forth over its valuation, Groupon has today gone public and begun trading on the NASDAQ at a record IPO... Nina Curley • 04 November, 2011
Arab World Needs to Catch Up with Cloud-Based Services [Wamda TV] Husni Khuffash, Microsoft's Country Manager in Jordan, talks to Wamda at the World Economic Forum Special Meeting about the IT challenges... Nina Curley • 04 November, 2011 Cloud Computing Government Job Recruitment
Arabic Type Enters the Modern Era at Kashida Design In the wake of revolutions this spring and summer, discourse about modern identity in the Arab World seems to have translated into a... Nina Curley • 03 November, 2011
5 Website Designs that Keep Users Coming Back Now that I’ve given you an introduction to User Experience Design (UXD) is and the qualities that a User Experience Designer should h... George Elkhabbaz • 03 November, 2011 User Experience Design
Building the Wikipedia of Volunteerism in Arabia at Nakhweh [Wamda TV] Kamel al Asmar, founder of non-profit venture Nakhweh, discusses how the startup works to connect youth in Jordan to volunteer... Nina Curley • 02 November, 2011 Social Entrepreneurship Jordan
Should Startups in the Middle East Keep an Eye on China? [Wamda TV] Wamda contributor Gulay Ozkan talks to Duncan Clark, Chairman of advisory firm BDA in China and Visiting Scholar at Stanford University,... Gulay Ozkan • 02 November, 2011
Wamda Announces Commitment to Follow On Funding for Oasis500 Startups Today, Wamda is announcing a strategic partnership with Oasis500, Jordan’s entrepreneurship accelerator. Through the Wamda Fund (yes there i... Wamda • 02 November, 2011
Sindibad's Investment Report in Internet & Technology Startups in the Arab World Sindibad has released a report on internet and tech startups in the Arab World that includes a summary of the factors contributing to the... Wamda • 02 November, 2011
Regional Arabic SEO Part One: Content Optimization Building on my first post on Wamda, “SEO 101 for startups,” which gives a quick summary of search engine optimization, this... Wissam Dandan • 02 November, 2011 Analytics SEO
What Oasis500 Looks for in a Startup [Wamda TV] Usama Fayyad of successful Jordanian accelerator and early stage investment vehicle Oasis500 chats with Wamda at the World Economic Forum... Nina Curley • 01 November, 2011 Accelerators Investment Mentorship
Mentorship Helps Design Agency Get Out of its Comfort Zone Boudy and Walid Nasrala are two brothers who own one of Beirut’s most successful and well known creative agencies, WonderEight. A n... Wamda • 01 November, 2011
Startup Weekend Dubai Draws Women, Empowers Emirati Youth Last weekend, on October 20th, the first sparks of an entrepreneurial revolution were ignited in Dubai. More than 350 participants from... Nafez Dakkak • 01 November, 2011 Startup Weekend
Jordanian Startup Madfoo3atCom Takes the Headache Out of Bill Payments [Wamda TV] Madfoo3atCom (meaning "your payments") is a Jordanian bill presentation site that allows customers to pay their bills through banks, online... Nina Curley • 01 November, 2011