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Here's how Mounia Rkha walks the line between the entrepreneurship and VC worlds

Mounia Rkha is not your average investor or entrepreneur. The former analyst at Ventech, the famous French venture capital fund, has...

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Economics for Entrepreneurs 101: 4 things to know about an economy

Recently Wamda posted a list of five basic economic concepts that can help guide decision making and structural analyses of entrepreneurs....

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Lessons in branding from the UAE

This article has been cross posted with Wharton@Knowledge. Tucked away in the northernmost part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ras...

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Entrepreneurship isn't free - here's why

This article has been cross-posted with Quartz. There is good news and bad news about entrepreneurship. The good news is that there is...

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6 tips from failed accelerators

It’s been four years since the first accelerator was launched in the Arab world. Now, almost every country in the MENA region has one, and ...

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5 tips to start thinking creatively

We hear a lot about creative thinking, but what does that really mean? Lebanese startup Innovo has one idea. The Lebanese...

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4 big myths about starting your own company

This article has been cross posted with Business Week. Entrepreneurship has become faddish of late, and business school...

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How important is communication for startups?

Most startup founders, especially those working in tech, pay too much attention to the technical aspect of their product, working under...

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5 tips to get your customers excited about sharing your product

Going viral by having your loyal customers becoming your brand ambassadors is a dream for every brand; this is what enabled my first...

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How to run a digital marketing campaign, from Dubai's Digital Labs

Thanks to rapid technological development, digital marketing has become a ubiquitous part of corporate marketing campaigns. Osama Romoh,...

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4 of your worst startup fears, and how to overcome them [Infographic]

Do you think you have a good idea for a business? Are you getting ready to start building it but have some hesitation haunting you? In her...

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Marketing in Ramadan: do well by doing good

In the UAE and MENA region, Ramadan is usually a slow month for most startups. But for charitable causes, Ramadan is an ideal time for...

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9 tips to fight a drop in Facebook engagement

Yesterday, we published the first of a two-part series on how – and why – small businesses are struggling for traction ...

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Run your startup like Algeria plays football

Well, it didn’t happen. We didn’t win the World Cup. We didn’t even make it to the quarter finals. But we did accomplish something huge: we...

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The startup marathon: how to endure to the finish line [Infographic]

Building a startup is like a marathon, and endurance is key. In the infographic below, Anna Vital goes through some of the main worries...

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10 tips to launch your social enterprise

Entrepreneurship has been booming in the MENA region in the last few years, so it was natural that a growth in social enterprises would...

Why is Facebook engagement dropping 40% every year?

It’s been a tough year for businesses on Facebook – especially small businesses. Reaching customers has never been more difficult, and the...

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14 regional accelerators that can put your startup in the fast lane

Two and a half years ago, we published a selection of 10 Accelerators in the Middle East and North Africa, most of which at the time were...

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Jeeran releases Windows Phone app following Nokia partnership

It’s been a while since Wamda has written about pioneering Jordanian user review platform Jeeran, but it doesn’t mean that the startup has ...

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Selling a startup takes planning: 4 tips from an entrepreneur who did it twice

Despite his success, Taoufik El Jamali is largely unknown in Morocco; too bad, given that his business wins could serve as inspirations...

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He climbed Everest, started a company and is now aiming for space. Leadership lessons from Omar Samra

If Egypt’s entrepreneurship world has a movie star celebrity, it is undoubtedly Omar Samra. In a country without a mainstream outdoor c...

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Partnerships, VCs and content: best practices from experts at Mix N’ Mentor Amman

Last week, Wamda organized its 14th Mix N’ Mentor and its fourth in Amman, Jordan. The event was supported by our strategic partners Zain J...

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Four tactics to make niche Arabic content work, from health platform Anakeef

The web is teeming with forums and platforms tackling a wide range of health, nutrition, fitness, lifestyle, beauty, fashion and...

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3 founders share tips on how to recruit and manage freelancers abroad [Part 2]

A few days ago, Herve Cuviliez, Talal Jabari, and Kamal Bouskri, founders of Diwanee, Fariqak and MyVLE respectively,...

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