The Halo Effect: Why Angel Investors Can Bridge the Funding Gap for Startups Edward Roderick, Co-Chairman of Envestors MENA, describes the role that angel investors can play to support startups, especially in the... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
DUPLAYS: Connecting through Sport Ravi Bhusari and Derv Rao discuss their journey starting the website-based sports community Duplays to help residents of Dubai and Abu... Wamda • 18 September, 2010 Sports
A Priority List for Startup Company Founders Leading a startup company is nothing like leading a big, established company. Startups are focused foremost on survival, while big... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
The Right Amount of Equity to Give Investors Investors will often seek a share of your company in return for crucial start-up funds. But what is a fair percentage? This article by Paul... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
How to Become a Great Business Leader Have you made the transition yet? With a few tips from this leadership expert, you can learn to become a great business leader. Patty... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
Shaking the Money Tree: The Search for Financing When it comes time to seek financing your startup enterprise, do you know your options? Mathew Georgiou, MediaSpark Inc. This article ... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
Jihad Alammar: Starting-up from scratch Jihad Al-Ammar founded the first comprehensive restaurant review site in Saudi Arabia, in which he lets the community rate and report on... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
Sulayman Al-Bassam: The Theatre Maker Kuwaiti playwright and theatre director, Sulayman Al-Bassam, founded Zaoum theatre company and its Arabic arm Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre,... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
How to Easily Evaluate your Startup Idea The crucial issue of whether your startup idea is worthwhile can be assessed with a few simple questions. After you listen to about a ... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
Entrepreneurship 101: Make something people want. Making money is it's so much easier than building something great. This essay is derived from a talk by Paul Graham at CISCO’s Startup S... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
10 Tips for Starting a Business from Your Home This article appears courtesy of CISCO's Small Business Resource Center. Starting a home-based business is never easy. From a... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
The Basics of Networks: What You Need To Know When looking at networking basics, understanding the way a network operates is the first step to understanding routing and switching This... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
Green light: Abraaj stresses the importance of environmental responsibility Abraaj's Fred Sicre highlights that environmental responsibility is not simply a form of charitable concern but should form an essential... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
Giving back: Abraaj's culture of social commitment Abraaj's Fred Sicre discusses the company's long history of devising and delivering innovative CSR programmes, which has contributed to its... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
How to Launch a Marketing Campaign In business, “turning on the faucet” is a metaphor for flooding your market with the full spectrum of marketing and business development. ... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
VCs and option pools: Swimming in the deep end Understanding the "option pool" will help entrepreneurs get to grips with early-stage employee rewards and incentives. Scott Edward ... Wamda • 18 September, 2010