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Thomas Lundgren, founder and CEO of innovative Dubai-based furniture company THE One describes how he has optimized both the products and...

The rapid growth in Portuguese and Arabic is just the latest sign of the change taking place on Facebook. By Chris Morrison. This article...

Rashid al Balaa, the CEO of Saudi-based internet holding company National Net Ventures (N2V), discusses the multiple means by which N2V...

What is the magical ingredient that transforms an ordinary being into an entrepreneur?

One Eye Shut Curated by Asmaa Al-Shabibi This collection of fine art photography features artists whose works are inspired by and reflect...

Munib Masri, the Chairman of Palestine Development and Investment Company (PADICO), discusses the need for unity in Palestine, and the ways...

Maysoun Gangat of Ramallah-based Nisaa FM on her journey to set up the radio station in the West Bank of Palestine, and her aspirations for...

George Khalaf, CEO of Synergos Middle East and North Africa, discusses his vision for creating change at the grassroots level in the region...

As the founders of bi-monthly magazine BrownBook, innovation center Shelter, and online delivery service Brownbag, Ahmed and Rashid Shabib...

by Ayman Ismail Access-to-finance is a key aspect of entrepreneurial development as well as economic growth in emerging economies. As...

by Ayman Ismail Almost a century ago, an Austrian economist, Joseph Schumpeter(1), popularized the idea that entrepreneurship is at the...

Entrepreneurs in the tech space may have to build a business model around giving their product away for nothing and monetizing the audience...

A new class of investor in the Gulf looks to bridge the gap between seed-funding and venture capital. What will this mean for the region’s e...

It is perhaps of no little comfort that someone has decided that hours spent watching mass-market television, twitching thumbs and...

Business ideas are a dime-a-dozen. But as every entrepreneur knows, it’s getting hold of the dime that is the challenging part. Funding is t...

It is perhaps a truism to suggest that people are more in thrall to stories than products, but it’s no less a telling an observation for i...

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