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15 funding and team building tips from Mix N' Mentor Beirut

Lebanon

15 funding and team building tips from Mix N' Mentor Beirut

The Lebanese tech scene has evolved a lot since Wamda organized its first Mix N’ Mentor here back in 2012. It’s now more structured and mat...

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A quick, current, and crucial guide to Google’s Quality Score

Global

A quick, current, and crucial guide to Google’s Quality Score

Whether you’re brand new to pay-per-click marketing with AdWords, or you’ve been at it for ages, you’ve probably heard others harp on the im...

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The Middle Eastern startup blind spot: an obsession with money

Regional

The Middle Eastern startup blind spot: an obsession with money

This article was co-authored by Melltoo founders Sharene Lee and Morad Irsane “How do you make money?” is a question everyone asks about Mel...

monetizing Funding

Smart phones in healthcare: Lessons drawn from the experience of Kuwaiti AbiDoc

Regional

Smart phones in healthcare: Lessons drawn from the experience of Kuwaiti AbiDoc

With technology infiltrating pretty much every aspect of life, the intertwining of disciplines is the norm, in particular, in the health...

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4 ways to tackle Saudi ecommerce, from an Oasis500 mentor

Saudi Arabia

4 ways to tackle Saudi ecommerce, from an Oasis500 mentor

Sometimes, you can talk to people for hours and not understand how the time passed so quickly. And then there are those times when a half...

Saudi Arabia Social Media Marketing

Diaspora key to making Lebanon more business friendly, says Nokia's Ramzi Haidamus

Diaspora key to making Lebanon more business friendly, says Nokia's Ramzi Haidamus

In the early 1980s, at the age of 17, Ramzi Haidamus migrated from his war-ravaged home of Lebanon, leaving his family behind....

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Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

In a startup ecosystem as young as the Arab region’s, there are only a few founders that have completed the full entrepreneurship cycle, f...

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A Forbes 30 under 30 shares some home truths about entrepreneurship

A Forbes 30 under 30 shares some home truths about entrepreneurship

They call me a “social entrepreneur,” but I always prefer to call myself an “entrepreneur wannabe.” But regardless of the name, what we do s...

8 essential skills for growing your team [Infographic]

Global

8 essential skills for growing your team [Infographic]

Do you need to expand your team but don't know how to start? According to data extracted from LinkedIn, the best recruitment managers are a...

CV Job Creation Job Recruitment

Shelvies builds on Instagram's momentum in Saudi to promote ecommerce

Shelvies builds on Instagram's momentum in Saudi to promote ecommerce

This article was originally posted on Firnas.org. During my meeting with Khalid Al-Issa, the young developer told us how he built...

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5 easy ways to green your MENA startup

5 easy ways to green your MENA startup

Time and money are precious when building a startup. Because going green is often seen as expensive on both fronts, and because it’s a r...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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...

5 tips to get your customers excited about sharing your product

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...

Referral Growth hacking Tips

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

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]

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

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

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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