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Lebanon

Beirut's new Co-Working +961 space hosts first startup pitch event

Last week, at the newly launched Co-working +961 space in Beirut, entrepreneurs, investors, and startup enthusiasts gathered to...

Pitching MIT Coworking Spaces

5 predictions about the future of digital, from Arabnet Dubai

Arabnet’s first Digital Summit in Dubai brought together the startup community and the digital media and marketing industries to hash out ...

Digital Advertising Arabnet Innovation

Regional

How to make investment more attractive for VCs in emerging markets [Opinion]

Cross-posted and adapted from the original version published on Techies.pk on June 19, 2013. If you ask prospective...

Venture Capital Advice Technology

Why we moved our startup to Dubai

Two months ago I moved our startup from Kuwait to Dubai (we also have another office in Malaga, Spain which is still running). But making...

Relocating Dubai Scaling

Weekly Wrap-Up: June 30 - July 4

If there's a main lesson to extract from this week's content, it's how important it is to always be ready- always have a clear way to...

Weekly Wrap-Up

Lebanon

Zoomaal launches first crowdfunding platform for the Arab world

The Middle East’s newest crowdfunding platform, Zoomaal, launched today, offering entrepreneurs, artists, and socially-minded doers the c...

abdallah absi Crowdfunding zoomal

Why Ahmed Nassef left Yahoo: A look at Telfez, his new social TV startup

Ahmed Nassef, one of the Middle East’s early internet pioneers, announced last month that he has left his role as Yahoo! VP and managing d...

Social TV Departures SmartTV

Global

Is it better to host a big launch or have a soft roll out for your product? [poll results]

Among the many reasons why startups fail, perhaps the most important is launching a product that doesn’t really fit the...

Lean Methodology Facebook Investment

5 reasons why professionals quit their jobs

The rise of regional jobsites means that sourcing talent has become faster, easier and more cost effective for employers than ever. It...

Team Programme

6 unsettled debates from Arabnet's first Dubai summit

“How was the new Arabnet?” People have been asking since I returned from Dubai last week. Quickly: it was sleeker, with more industry hea...

Debate Arabnet Conferences

Palestine gets its first seed fund, supported by MENA Apps and USAID

The startup scene in Palestine has been slow to build over the past few years, led by initiatives like Bazinga and grassroots...

Seed stage Incubator Accelerators

Why Saudi Arabia could be the next big e-commerce hub in the Arab world

Saudi entrepreneurs have often cited the challenges to opening an e-commerce startup in the Kingdom. Many note a lack of public trust...

Saudi Arabia Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce

Wizards founder builds new mobile gaming company at 500 Startups in Silicon Valley

In an effort to keep their gaming startup, Wizards Productions, afloat, founders Hussam Hammo and Sohaib Thiab pivoted into mobile,...

Incubator Failure Mobile Gaming

10 tips for adopting the right entrepreneurial mindset

I genuinely believe that entrepreneurship is both a science and an art. The science will fast track your success but won’t get you there. T...

EdTech Tips Education

What tools do developers prefer when building a mobile app? [Infographic]

A recent study by VisionMobile revealed that 67% of mobile developers are below the “app poverty line” of $500 per app per...

Developers Infographic

U.A.E

Do consultants make good entrepreneurs? Advice from a founder in Dubai

Lately, it seems that more and more entrepreneurs have made the leap into starting businesses after a few years in consulting. Bana Shomali...

Consulting E-commerce

What it's like to be a woman entrepreneur in Saudi Arabia

[The Wamda media team with Diana Rayyan of Trochet at our W4Women Riyadh roundtable] What most of the world knows about Saudi Arabia is...

W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Women

Global

Thought Leadership

Beirut's new Co-Working +961 space hosts first startup pitch event

5 predictions about the future of digital, from Arabnet Dubai

How to make investment more attractive for VCs in emerging markets [Opinion]

Why we moved our startup to Dubai

Weekly Wrap-Up: June 30 - July 4

Zoomaal launches first crowdfunding platform for the Arab world

Why Ahmed Nassef left Yahoo: A look at Telfez, his new social TV startup

Is it better to host a big launch or have a soft roll out for your product? [poll results]

5 reasons why professionals quit their jobs

6 unsettled debates from Arabnet's first Dubai summit

Palestine gets its first seed fund, supported by MENA Apps and USAID

Why Saudi Arabia could be the next big e-commerce hub in the Arab world

Wizards founder builds new mobile gaming company at 500 Startups in Silicon Valley

10 tips for adopting the right entrepreneurial mindset

What tools do developers prefer when building a mobile app? [Infographic]

Do consultants make good entrepreneurs? Advice from a founder in Dubai

What it's like to be a woman entrepreneur in Saudi Arabia

Three steps to a great elevator pitch

How to track your website's progress on Google Analytics

Arab Entrepreneurs Spread the 'Power of Yalla'

Twitter now offers free account analytics. How does it benefit users?

How will Project Loon handle governments? Google answers our questions

Egypt's famous not-so-good girl Amy Mowafi explains why women can't have it all

Weekly Wrap-Up: June 23-27

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