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4 tips on monetizing Arabic content from Rudolf Jabre of 2Pure

This is the first part of our expert content series, in which we will highlight valuable advice from key experts in the regional...

Chababs Gheir Ra2ed

Women's entrepreneurship addressed at recent TechForum conference in Dubai

A panel called ‘How to be a successful woman entrepreneur’ was a highlight of the most recent TechForum event, org...

Women

Don't make these 13 critical mistakes on your homepage

As an entrepreneur, you’ve got a lot to worry about beyond your web content and design alone. But knowing a bit about best practice when i...

User Experience Design

4 proposals to develop online payments in Morocco [Wamda Debates]

Entrepreneurs in the coworking space New Work Lab How can you launch e-commerce in a country where internet penetration and credit card...

Wamda Debates Debate

Repurposing content: A Beginner's Guide

If there’s one thing businesses seem to struggle with when it comes to content, it’s producing enough of it. In fact, 64% of B2B com...

repurposing content content

Tips from 3 experts on building a successful co-working space in the Arab world

Co-working spaces are a new thing in the Arab world. We’re not used to working in the same place with strangers who aren’t colleagues or eve...

Coworking Advice Egypt

How to successfully crowdfund your next game

Cross-posted from Cloud Games on February 10, 2014. Continuing its streak as the most successful crowdfunding campaign to date, upcoming...

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3 lessons in startup culture from Beirut's sudden success, Jai Kitchen

This is the first in a series on the business of starting a food & beverage company in the Middle East. Check back periodically for...

jai kitchen f&b beirut

3 reasons to develop a strategic partnership

Entrepreneurs tend to insist on doing everything related to their startup themselves, often without realizing that there are solutions that...

strategic partnership

Global

Egyptian job site Wuzzuf joins 500 Startups' acceleration program

Wuzzuf, an Egyptian recruiting site launched in 2012 by BasharSoft, was on the verge of closing down two years ago. However...

silicon valley Egypt Accelerators

4 ways to use Twitter lists to develop your business

Regionally, Twitter is the second popular social media site after Facebook with almost 4 million users in the Middle East...

twitter

U.A.E

Can Dubai franchise Mandilicious be the next Just Falafel?

Some say that in the Middle Ages, the earliest franchises were born when political leaders began to designate privileges to citizens,...

Team building Franchising Tips

6 simple ways for startups to give back to the community

Nine out of 10 consumers prefer to buy their products from companies that adopt corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, according...

CSR

Global

What keeps your employees happy? It's not the money

Although the Middle East suffers from high unemployment rates, Arab startups often also find it difficult to retain...

Motivation Tips Advice

10 tips for entrepreneurs on how to protect users' private information

Whether you own an e-commerce site, a content platform, or any other kind of websites, you find yourself today asking for an increasing...

data privacy day privacy

How to get your posts listed on Hacker News, the online community of passionate techies

One of the most famous places to engage with passionate entrepreneurs and builders is Hacker News, an online community launched in 2007 by...

5 tips for budding regional entrepreneurs, from Dubizzle founder J.C. Butler

J.C. Butler and Sim Whatley, founders of Dubizzle, the UAE's biggest classifieds site, created a multinational, multimillion dollar...

Dubizzle

The secret sauce for running a successful crowd investment campaign

Will 2014 be the year of crowd investment? Yes, if startups like SearchinMENA have anything to say about it. The B2B marketplace, founded...

crowdinvestment How-Tos

4 ways to increase sales on your e-commerce site

Which e-commerce website owner doesn’t dream of higher sales numbers? Making a plan and building a skilled team to increase sales on your w...

sales E-commerce

Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and the fallacy of online isolation

If you haven't seen Shimi Cohen's video, "The Innovation of Loneliness," from this summer, it's even more relevant today, as movies like...

Global

10 mistakes to avoid when speaking in public

At some point in our lives, we will most likely have to stand in front of people and present an idea or a project. While the experience...

Mistakes Expert Advice Top Lists

Startup news ticker: Integreight reaches its goal on Kickstarter in 6 hours; Kamel Al-Asmar in Forbes’ 30 Under 30

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

Egypt Crowdfunding Social Entrepreneurship

4 ways to benefit from your competitors

Entrepreneurs tend to feel more enthusiastic and motivated about executing their idea when they believe they were the first to think of...

competitors Marketing

4 steps for imagining better solutions at your startup

At Wamda Media, we’re working on running a tighter ship in 2014. That means being more in touch with what you, our readers, want to read, ...

Thought Leadership

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