Mobile Apps Win the Day at the Second Startup Weekend Nablus

Mobile seemed to be the theme of last month's Startup Weekend Nablus, evidenced by the top five startup teams selected by the panel of...

Glen Dalakian II • 04 February, 2013

Conferences Mobile Mobile Apps

10 Tips of the Month from Entrepreneurs on Wamda

As they revealed their successes, challenges, and failures, the entrepreneurs we chatted with on Wamda this month had great advice for...

Glen Dalakian II • 31 January, 2013

Advice Tips Top Lists

Startup Weekend Sanaa

Startup Weekend makes its way to Sana’a, Yemen for the first time on May 29-31, 2013.  SW Sana’a  will follow the basic Startup Weekend mode...

Wamda • 04 February, 2013

Conferences Startup Weekend

Startup Weekend Tunis

Startup Weekend makes its way to Tunis, Tunisia on March 1-3, 2013.  SW Tunis will follow the basic Startup Weekend model, anyone can pitch ...

Wamda • 01 February, 2013

Conferences Startup Weekend

Startup Weekend Byblos

Startup Weekend makes its way to Byblos, Lebanon on March 1-3, 2013. SW Byblos will take place at the American University of Technology Ca...

Wamda • 01 February, 2013

Conferences Startup Weekend

Startup Weekend Kuwait (Q8)

Startup Weekend makes its way to Kuwait on January 31-February 2, 2013. SW Kuwait will take place at the Gulf University for Science and T...

Wamda • 30 January, 2013

Conferences Startup Q8 Startup Weekend

7 Co-working Spaces in Cairo

Tired of the corner coffee shop, many entrepreneurs in Cairo are choosing to join a coworking space to get their startup off the ground....

Ahmed Gabr • 24 March, 2013

Coworking Spaces

Maroc Web Awards, 6th Edition

The Maroc Web Awards (MWA) is Morocco's largest web competition  wich seeks to recognize talented tech influencers from across Morocco. The ...

Karim Jazouani • 25 January, 2013

Digital Media Technology

5 Ideas for Building Team Spirit at Your Startup

Maybe at this point your startup has grown from thought to reality, moving from your apartment into a coworking space, office, or perhaps...

Glen Dalakian II • 22 January, 2013

Tips Top Lists

The Greater Your Goals the Greater Your Risks [Pic of the Week]

With a big idea comes big risk. Some entrepreneurs hope to have global reach, others are content with attracting a local market; the world...

Glen Dalakian II • 24 January, 2013

CoE Cards Ideas Pic of the Week

Introduction to Video Game Design

The Design Institute Amman is hosting a course titled “The Age of Videogames: from Pong to Gamification.” By defining game design pri...

Wamda • 21 January, 2013

Gaming Mobile Gaming

10 Lessons Startups Can Learn from Gamers

By Lucas and Glen Dalakian. My brother and I decided to write a post together to highlight 10 business principles and lessons we learned...

Glen Dalakian II • 15 January, 2013

Advice Gaming

Two Skills that Separate True Innovators from the Rest of Us

Legendary innovation gurus are both “legendary” and “gurus” for good reason. In 2011, Clayton Christensen, Jeffrey Dyer and Hal Gregers...

Oubai Elkerdi • 13 January, 2013

Advice Innovation

Windows Startup Challenge

Microsoft, Startup Weekend and DEMO recently announced the Windows Startup Challenge, a global contest offering developers, designers and...

Wamda • 15 January, 2013

Competitions Developers Mobile Apps

How to Build a Startup Community: Do's and Don'ts

Since I returned to Kuwait after living abroad, I have been asking myself how we can build a startup community in Kuwait. We lag behind...

Abdullah Alshalabi • 08 January, 2013

Startup Communities Startup Q8

Mahatat Initiative Promotes Egypt’s Contemporary Art Scene

Since the 2011 revolution, Egyptian society has been transforming demographically, culturally, and politcally, inspiring several new...

Ahmed Gabr • 28 January, 2013

Art Egypt Women

TEDxAUC's Idea Bakers Celebrates Egyptian Entrepreneurship

TEDxAUC held its second event “Idea Bakers” at the American University of Cairo (AUC) New Cairo campus, at the end of December.  The ev...

Omar Aysha • 09 January, 2013

Learning and Development Open Forum at Shelter Dubai

Organizational learning and development has become one of the most important topics in the field of management and leadership, to bring...

Wamda • 08 January, 2013

Conferences Education

#truDubai: A Recruiting Unconference

On January 16, 2013, Shelter Dubai is hosting #truDubai: A Recruiting Unconference from 9am-5pm. Following the success of previous #tru ...

Wamda • 08 January, 2013

Advice Conferences Programme

Open Diversity Forum: The Next Stretch

On January 23, 2013, Shelter Dubai is hosting an Open Diversity Forum featuring the founders of The Next Stretch, a recreational and...

Wamda • 08 January, 2013

Conferences

GIST Entrepreneurs in Action Photo Contest

Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) invites submissions from the 44 eligible program countries in the Middle East, Ce...

Wamda • 07 January, 2013

Competitions

Startup Weekend Giza

Startup Weekend is coming to Giza on March 7, 2013. All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch t...

Wamda • 02 January, 2013

Startup Weekend

320 Reality Contest Application Deadline

320Reality is a contest that encourages social entrepreneurs to share and implement their ideas to address defined challenges in the Middle...

Wamda • 07 December, 2012

Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

Have Fun: Short Term is Short Term [Pic of the Week]

For some this is the end of a bad year, maybe their worst year so far. Others could be wishing 2013 to be as good as 2012. You might be in...

Maya Rahal • 27 December, 2012

Advice CoE Cards Pic of the Week