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SILA Angel Investment Network Launch Event

On October 15th, Silatech is announcing the launch of SILA, an initiative aimed at transforming the startup ecosystem in Qatar by...

Angel Investment Mentorship

How to Get Covered in the Media: Tips for Businesswomen in the Arab World [Wamda TV]

At the MENA Business Women's Network Forum in April, Caroline Faraj, the Dubai Chief Operations Director and CNNArabic.com Editor at CNN, ...

Media

Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? [Wamda TV]

This video was originally published on the BabsonMedia YouTube channel on March 29, 2012. "Can entrepreneurship be taught?" an interviewer...

Should We Celebrate Failure? [Wamda TV]

Cross-posted from Babson Media YouTube channel, posted on April 12, 2012. In a video interview, Dan Isenberg discusses the difference ...

Failure

AUC Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The AUC conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Shaping the Future of Egypt kicks off today, at the AUC New Campus, jointly held by ...

Conferences Education Innovation

How Online Community Jeeran Pivoted to Boost Regional Expansion [Wamda TV]

Laith Zraikat and Omar Koudsi speak about how they channeled their abilities and ambitions into starting up online community Jeeran in...

Endeavor

Starting Up a Business in Yemen: Amad Almsaodi

Amad Almsaodi of Aqarmap.com discusses the challenges that he faced launching a business in Yemen, including a lack of family support,...

The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur

Company founders and innovators fuel economic growth and give nations their competitive edge. But what drives an entrepreneur? Whay truly...

Entrepreneurial Mindset Workshop Brochure

Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute offers a course on Entrepreneurial Mindset. The Entrepreneurial Mindset course is specifically designed...

9 Myths About Entrepreneurs

9 Myths About Entrepreneurs View more presentations from iFoundry.

You don’t have to be Bill Gates to be an entrepreneur

You shouldn’t have to be Bill Gates to be considered an entrepreneur. By Yusuf Mansur. This article first appeared in venture magazine. Do ...

Why it's Important to Share Your Idea: Alex Tohme [Wamda TV]

Alexandra Tohme, a Digital Planner at Leo Burnett in Beirut, shares with Wamda her unique idea for creating an online lingerie store in...

Joichi Ito of Creative Commons: "Happiness"

Joichi Ito, CEO of Creative Commons, discusses the mindset that is needed for being a successful entrepreneur in today's world.

Pamela Hartigan: The Power of Unreasonable People

Pamela Hartigan, Executive Director of the Skoll Center at the Saïd Business School, talks about the power of people who persevere in ...

Thomas Lundgren of THE One: "Humanology"

Thomas Lundgren, Creative Emotional Originator at THE One discusses "humanology."

Falling Forward and Pivoting with Perseverance

Jim Hornthal, the Venture Partner of Information Technology at CMEA Capital in the US, explains what he looks for in a startup company as...

Eating the Big Whale: Maher Kaddoura

Maher Kaddoura of Jordan-based accelerator Meydan discusses his experience founding Hikmat Road Safety, his desire to transform Jordanian...

ComScore's Magid Abraham on Returning to the Middle East as an Entrepreneur

Magid Abraham talks about the importance of practical learning on the job as well as the various ways that entrepreneurs returning from...

Bayt.com's Rabea Ataya on the Four Horses of Entrepreneurship

Rabea of Bayt.com discusses the challenges he faced in founding and developing the regional job platform Bayt.com, and describes the four...

The Crucial Ingredients for Success: Naguib Sawiris

Naguib Sawiris of Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. talks to Wamda at Ashoka Arab World's Social Innovation Forum 2010 about the crucial...

Champion fencers Balsam and Lulwa Al Ayoub Discuss the Source of Innovation and Success

Kuwaiti sisters and champion fencers Lulwa and Balsam Al-Ayoub discuss the origins of innovation at the Ashoka Arab World Social Innovation...

Hal Gregersen of INSEAD on Innovation

Hal Gregersen of INSEAD sits down with Wamda to discuss the power of fostering innovative thinkers within an organization to take it to the...

The Ingredients for Success: Sheikha Hanadi

H.E. Sheikha Hanadi Nasser discusses her journey of turning challenges into opportunities as a woman economist in Qatar, and advises on the...

Hal Gregersen of INSEAD: On Exploration

Hal Gregersen of INSEAD talks about the importance of experimentation in the process of creating successful ventures, emphasizing that...

Thought Leadership

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