Global The Facebook factor: hacking social media for growth [Wamda TV] A business today with no social media presence is, frankly, an anomaly. Continuously, surveys show that the use of social media as a... Lucy Knight • 21 June, 2016 Step2016 Advertising Facebook
Regional Marketing for the growth of your mobile app: a Webinar by Nagi Salloum Founder of Mobile Growth Academy Nagi Salloum is organizing a webinar to teach you the exact marketing system of leading Silicon Valley ... Wamda • 11 February, 2016 Nagi Salloum webinar regional
Lebanon Examining the 'Business to Diaspora' market [Opinion] Editor's note: this is the second of two articles on diaspora engagement. You can read the first one here. The diaspora is more than a... Irene Kapusta • 19 November, 2015 Diaspora engagement Lebanese Diaspora lebanon
Regional StartUp Maroc Championship StartUp Maroc Championship is a disruptive event designed to bring together new and experienced entrepreneurs with investors, mentors, ... Wamda • 16 October, 2015 championship startup maroc entrepreneurs
Regional 5 leadership lessons from the trenches When Lebanon's Hala Hanna graduated from the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Leadership Fellows program in June, she was asked by her... Hala Hanna • 07 July, 2015 wef Leadership World Economic Forum
Global How a seed VC makes investment decisions [Infographic] This is a crosspost with the NextView Ventures blog. Note: In 2013, Rob Go published a flowchart articulating his VC decision making... Rob Go • 11 May, 2015 NextView Ventures VC investment seed investment
Global Does your startup have what it takes to get into a top accelerator? Applying for a MENA accelerator or a global one can turn out to be a time-consuming process, so it’s important to make ... Aline Mayard • 19 January, 2015 Hxlr8r accelerator Hardware
Maghreb Will 2015 be the year of the Maghrebi startup? 6 experts share their thoughts [Wamda TV] Click on cc to pick subtitles in English Aline Mayard • 08 January, 2015 Yunus Social Business Microsoft Innovation Center MCISE
Regional Investor and entrepreneur Noor Sweid talks to Wamda about angel investing [Wamda TV] At our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai earlier this month we took some time to talk to the mentors about their particular areas o... Wamda • 31 December, 2014 Noor Sweid mix n mentor dubai Mix n Mentor
Global Which Europe/US-based tech event should you attend in 2015? For a startup looking to scale in the Arab world, to expand abroad, or to launch internationally, going to Europe or US-based events is a... Aline Mayard • 08 December, 2014 slush pioneers festival sxsw
Watch the Livestream of Flat6Labs Spring Demo Day 2013 Check back at 6pm! Want to see the latest round of startups coming out of Cairo's accelerator Flat6Labs? Tune in to this Livestream of... Wamda • 12 May, 2013 Egypt
Building a Strong Brand In an Emirati Cartoon: Mohammad Harib of Freej Mohammad Harib, the founder of Lammtara Pictures, describes his tough journey launching the first 3D animated series in the Arab World in ... Wamda • 11 January, 2012
Find out if you're a scale-up entrepreneur with this two-minute test This article has been cross posted from Harvard Business Review. Cool ideas for new businesses are a dime a dozen. That — plus all t... Daniel Isenberg • 03 July, 2014 harvard business review scale scale up
What advice did you receive at Mix N' Mentor Beirut? We ask the crowd [Wamda TV] Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Beirut brought together entrepreneurs and mentors from across Lebanon to discuss and workshop the main challenges the... Wamda • 04 November, 2013 Expert Advice Mix n Mentor Advice
How one Saudi woman entrepreneur found success through Instagram [Wamda TV] When 26 year old Sarah Al Dabbagh graduated with a degree in early childhood education from Simmons College in Boston she returned to... Zeina Tabbara • 31 October, 2013 Event Planning instagram
Gaza Sky Geeks bootcamp prepares entrepreneurs to pitch to investors [Wamda TV] [Arabic] Last week, MercyCorps Gaza and Oasis500 partnered to organize their first week long bootcamp in Gaza, in collaboration with Gaza ... Mariam Hamed • 09 September, 2013 Accelerators Investment Oasis500
How do you increase brand engagement on social media? We ask the crowd [Wamda TV] [Arabic] At Oventure’s annual Mashable Social Media Day Egypt in Alexandria last June, the day’s discussions covered a range of social media... Hanan Solayman • 04 August, 2013 Social Networks Social Media
Would you outsource your startup's social media presence? We ask the crowd [Wamda TV] [Arabic] Last June, Oventure organized the annual Mashable Social Media Day Egypt in Alexandria, with discussions on social media including ... Hanan Solayman • 01 August, 2013 Social Media
How WebTeb is overcoming challenges to starting up in Palestine [Wamda TV] [Arabic] At the World Economic Forum Meeting in Jordan this May, Mahmoud Kaiyal, founder of Palestinian medical Arabic platform WebTeb, di... Wamda • 25 July, 2013 Healthcare Health Medical
Advice for women looking to advance in the workplace [Wamda TV] At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting in Jordan this May, we caught up with Genny Ghanimeh, the founder of Pi Slice, a micro-credit p... Wamda • 28 July, 2013 World Economic Forum Women
Advice for managing a growing team as you scale [Wamda TV] At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting in Jordan this May, we caught up with Tarek Sultan, CEO and General Manager of Agility, a global ... Wamda • 24 July, 2013 Logistics Expert Advice Team management
Can Microsoft help scale R&D in the Middle East? [Wamda TV] At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting in Jordan this May, we caught up with Charbel Fakhoury, VP of Sales, Marketing, and Services at M... Nina Curley • 18 July, 2013 R&D Technology Ecosystem
How to succeed in Morocco or Silicon Valley: Advice from Akram Benmbarek of Social IQ Moroccan entrepreneur Akram Benmbarek spent most of his career working working as an investment banker in Silicon Valley, focusing on the... Aline Mayard • 30 June, 2013 Expert Advice Advice
Why contacts are more important than wealth: a chat with Keith Ferrazzi, Part 2 [Wamda TV] After writing a piece on tips for networking, drawn from Keith Ferrazzi's famous book Never Eat Alone, Wamda contributor Nafez Dakkak sat do... Nafez Dakkak • 03 June, 2013 Keith Ferrazzi Never Eat Alone Expert Advice