5 Tips for Writing a Good Job Pitch I’m sure every employer in the region has seen an e-mail like this: Dear Sir/Madam, I learned about you from a reliable source. I want to o... Glen Dalakian II • 13 March, 2013 Tips Programme
Advice from One of Saudi Arabia's Most Famous Web Entrepreneurs “Developing for another sevice, like Twitter, is often a non-permanent profit business model”, says Saleh Al Zaid, the founder of Lun... Ahmed Gabr • 13 March, 2013 Technology Social Networks Social Media
Lebanese Startup Kactus Reinvents the Mobile To-Do List [Wamda TV] [Arabic] At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, we chatted with Nadi Chemali, the co-Founder of Kactus, an iPhone app in Lebanon that... Wamda • 12 March, 2013 Scaling Accelerators Angel Investment
The Big Start Competition: The Big Talk Come learn about The Big Start, a student entrepreneur competition which builds and empowers entrepreneurial community in the UAE. The... Wamda • 12 March, 2013 Competitions
Apply Before April 19: HCT-Wharton Innovation Tournament 2021 The Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE and Knowledge@Wharton have teamed up to host the second edition of the “Innovation Tournament 2... Wamda • 12 March, 2013 Social Change Environment Wharton
10 Trends Shaping the Future of Business in the Arab World, from Fadi Ghandour At the MENA ICT Forum in Jordan this past week, Fadi Ghandour, Vice Chairman and founder of Aramex, and Chairman of the Board at Wamda,... Ola Doudin • 12 March, 2013 Predictions Trends
Empowering the Third Billion: Women and the World of Work [Report] It’s no secret that women are poised to transform the global economy over the next decade. A study by Strategy&, released... Wamda • 12 March, 2013 Booz & Company Ecosystem Women
Building a Self-Funded Tech Solutions Company from Jordan [Wamda TV] [Arabic] We chatted with Ashraf Alqudah, co-founder of TjDeeD Technology, at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, which provides software p... Wamda • 11 March, 2013 Investment E-commerce
How to Optimize Your Facebook Presence for Graph Search Facebook is gearing up to release its new Graph Search technology. Currently in beta for English speaking users, this will help people find... Wissam Dandan • 11 March, 2013 Graph Search How-Tos Facebook
Jordan's MENA ICT Forum: Bigger, Bolder, Now with Mentorship Organised by int@j, the MENA ICT Forum returned bigger and bolder this year, to bring many of the region’s tech movers and shakers to t... Ola Doudin • 11 March, 2013 big data Jordan Cloud Computing
Wamda Announces Partnership with Google for Mix n’ Mentor 2013 Google for Entrepreneurs and Wamda are excited to announced our partnership to foster entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa... Wamda • 11 March, 2013 Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Mix n Mentor Ecosystem
Tiger Global Takes Cobone Over from Jabbar UPDATE: We have confirmed that Cobone has closed down Abu Dhabi and its product line and thus laid off several employees in Dubai in what... Nina Curley • 10 March, 2013 Tiger Global Jabbar Daily Deals
Launching a New Flash Sales Website in Palestine [Wamda TV] [Arabic] In Gaza, two entrepreneurs, Ahmed Alyan and Moaz Hamid, decided to launch a flash deals website called Safaka, planned to launch... Mariam Hamed • 10 March, 2013 Daily Deals
Keystone: Saudi Arabia’s First Idea Translation Lab Within the barren hills of oil-rich Dhahran in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia, a unique structure is slowly reaching high into the... Ahmed Al Majid • 10 March, 2013 Ecosystem Accelerators Innovation
Weekly Wrap-Up: March 03-07 Looking forward to forging new connections at Mix N' Mentor? We're definitely looking forward to connecting with all of you. Check out this... Wamda • 07 March, 2013
Starting A Company from Home: Salma's Chocolates in Oman [Wamda TV] [Arabic] We chatted with Salma Al Hajri at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, co-founder of Salma’s Chocolates in Oman which specializes in... Wamda • 07 March, 2013 Marketing Women