Egypt Pivots and failures: The Wasla Browser story About nine out of every 10 startups in the Middle East fail, yet failure remains to be viewed with disdain. But with each failure comes an... Yasmeen Nabil • 11 April, 2019
Regional What happens when startups fail? Nearly a century ago, Henry Ford said that failure was simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Many... Matt Smith • 04 November, 2018
Global Overcoming failure and defying normal [Q&A] This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Nine out of every 10 new startups will fail. While many entrepreneurs will acknowledge this... Ahmed Gabr • 25 September, 2017
U.A.E What I know about failure: Jean-Pierre Mondalek A failed startup is not the end. Jean-Pierre Mondalek, general manager of the motors division at Dubizzle, is not ashamed of his... Elias Jabbe • 13 February, 2017
Global Startup Watch: Flying cars, thieving chatbots, and Silicon Valley - the musical The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 27 October, 2016
Global Startup Watch: Saudi cash, zombie startups, and your how-to-fire guide The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 21 July, 2016
Egypt Billionaire invests in Shaghalni's blue collar job ads Shaghalni's pitch is not just to advertise blue collar jobs, but 'grey' collar work as well. (Images via Shaghalni) With only seven... Sara Aggour • 09 February, 2016
Regional Fear of success does exist [Opinion] Don't fear greatness, if you don't want to spend your life living among potholes! (Image via outofedenministries.com) 'Fear of Failure'... Abed Shamlawi • 17 March, 2016
U.A.E Baring all: Dubai entrepreneurs talk failure Organic Press Juice cofounder Daniel Vahanian talks failure with Moti Roti founder Tahir Shah. (Image via Jacqueline Sofia) The... Jacqueline Sofia • 22 December, 2015
Kuwait Why celebrating failure is important for Kuwaiti startups [Video] Video has Arabic subtitles. This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. In a country that’s considered one of the... Reine Farhat • 22 December, 2015
Egypt Lessons from the Tahrir Academy shutdown Tahrir Academy first announced their closure earlier this summer. News that Egyptian online learning center Tahrir Academy was... Eman Mostafa • 17 November, 2015
Saudi Arabia 'Kammel' event to celebrate failure Failure is often an awkward and embarassing topic among entrepreneurs. Although it is not often discussed, failure is an important... Wamda • 07 October, 2015
Regional How to leverage failure [Wamda TV] There is no shortage of literature about failure. Bloomberg reported that the average startup that failed between 2010 and 2013 failed 20... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 29 July, 2015
Regional 5 tips on facing failure from Leslie Dewan, inventor of a nuclear power generator Leslie Dewan giving a presentation on how to get power from nuclear waste at Solve for X in 2014. (Image via. YouTube) When Leslie Dewan... Pamela Kesrouani • 10 May, 2015
Regional It’s not a lack of funding, it’s you [Wamda TV] To entrepreneurs, raising a first round of capital is a validation of their startup’s business model. To VCs, it’s a grace... Reine Farhat • 18 February, 2015
Regional Why do funded entrepreneurs fail to raise money again (and again)? This is the third of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities... Maya Rahal • 18 January, 2015
Maghreb 'We need to learn to learn from failure,' says Morocco Technopark's Omar Balafrej It’s been seven years now that Omar Balafrej has been running Technopark, and over that period, he has seen his share of M... Aline Mayard • 15 January, 2015
Kuwait 'Fail first, then succeed,' Techstars' Mark Solon tells StartupQ8 Kuwait’s startup ecosystem, which is showing more signs of vibrancy than ever before, hosted “by far” its highest profile guest last week, a... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 November, 2014
Regional 5 common scale-up mistakes Startups the world over, and in the Middle East in particular, often aspire to scale and develop their business in new markets. However,... Pamela Kesrouani • 01 December, 2014
Egypt Hope for the best, prepare for the worst: how to close down a business in Egypt During the excitement of setting up a company, usually the last thing on an entrepreneur's mind is shutting it down. But for many... Rachel Williamson • 12 November, 2014
Maghreb Bolstered by one failure and two pivots, this Moroccan entrepreneur wants to become your temporary CTO The name Yassine El Kachchani should sound familiar to Wamda’s readers. He's one of the earliest Moroccan entrepreneurs, and his first v... Aline Mayard • 14 October, 2014
Whatever happened to Morocco’s ecommerce pioneer MyDeal.ma? For a few months now, one question has been on many Moroccans’ lips: is daily deals website MyDeal.ma really “on hold, to rise from its ash... Aline Mayard • 16 July, 2014
Knowing when to start over: Lessons from FailCon Dubai Photo credit: Varuna Nand Singh In its first Middle East outing, Silicon Valley’s FailCon proved a refreshing departure from the t... Natasha D'Souza • 07 July, 2014
How this Tunisian gaming company rebounded after a failure Just over a year ago, then-Features Editor Glen Dalakian got pretty excited about a new game, DefenDoor, and a new gaming studio,... Aline Mayard • 15 July, 2014
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