Wamda

A Lesson in Leadership: Fadi Ghandour's Visit with Tony Fernandes of Air Asia

He walks in to greet us and starts cracking jokes. Full of passion and charisma, his knowledge of every single detail of his company is...

Fadi Ghandour

How an Advisory Board Adds Value to Your Business

What is an advisory board? Ideally, it’s a collection of individuals who bring unique knowledge and skills to the table that complement the ...

Corporate Governance

Power Pioneers: How One Firm Became a Leader in the Gulf's Energy Sector

GDF Suez came to the Gulf region in the 1970s, as countries such as Oman were celebrating newfound independence. In time, it has become the...

Tough Calls: How 40 CEOs Made Their Career-defining Decisions

CEOs make decisions that is their job. Every decision, however, does not carry the same weight. Many are routine; some are significant. A...

10 Tips for Giving and Receiving Good Feedback

Sebastien Trzcinksi-Clement, the MENA Developer Relations Lead at Google, knows a thing or two about developing a good relationship with...

Advice Feedback Software

Failure- What is it Good For?

Failure is perhaps the most important teacher for any entrepreneur. Although failure is often treated as a taboo in school and university,...

Sitat Byoot: The Power of Simplifying a Model

In the wake of funding struggles, Saeed Omar of Jordanian handicraft business Sitat Byoot is transforming his challenges into a vehicle for...

How to Become a Great Business Leader

Have you made the transition yet? With a few tips from this leadership expert, you can learn to become a great business leader. Patty...

Quirkat Studios: Staying True to Arab Culture

This is not just a story about electronic gaming. Nor is it about Quirkat, the Jordanian studio billed with creating the important strategy...

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...

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Regional

StartUp Maroc Championship

StartUp Maroc Championship is a disruptive event designed to bring together new and experienced entrepreneurs with investors, mentors, ...

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Regional

Crowdfunding can be a 'catapult for innovation' in the Middle East

Rafat Abushaban, a business development specialist from Gaza, was first introduced to crowdfunding in 2011 when someone told him to check...

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Free Materials from the MIT Sloan School of Management

MIT Sloan is a world-class business school long renowned for thought leadership and the ability to successfully partner theory and...

AstroLabs partners with Blackbox to send a Middle Eastern startup to Silicon Valley

AstroLabs, the startup workshop series, is now joining ranks with the organizations working to connect startups in the Middle East with...

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What are your startup challenges? We ask Lebanon's entrepreneurs [Wamda TV]

At Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Beirut on October 12, we chatted with attending entrepreneurs and mentors about the challenges they see in the Leb...

Challenges Mix n Mentor

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...

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...

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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...

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 ...

Social Media

Matching Entrepreneurs with the Right Mentors: A Chat with Paris Norriss of Rise UAE [Wamda TV]

At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Paris Norriss, the founder of Rise UAE, discusses how his program connects experienced mentors with ...

Ecosystem Mentorship

Entrepreneur of the Week: Fadi Daou of MultiLane [Wamda TV]

Entrepreneur of the Week Fadi Daou, the founder and CEO of MultiLane SAL, discusses how he built his high-tech company in Lebanon after a...

Entrepreneur of the Week Technology

Why Gamers Make Great Managers & Tips on Startup Culture: MixnMentor Dubai Panel Part 5 [Wamda TV]

In the 5th segment of our final panel at the Mix n' Mentor event in Dubai this November, investor Joi Ito discssues the parallels between l...

Advice Mix n Mentor

Beirut Global Shapers Hub Launch

The Beirut Global Shapers will be officially launching their hub on December 21st at Karaj Beirut in Mar Mkhayil. Check it out to learn...

Ecosystem Innovation

Acumen Global Fellows Program Is Accepting Applications

The Acumen Fund is collecting applications for their Global Fellows Program until November 16, 2012 for the Program Class of...

Mentorship Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship

Thought Leadership

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