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How to make the first 30 seconds of your pitch really count

Editor's note: A few weeks ago, Rabih El Khodr from Standup Communication gave us his tips on how to pitch in under a minute. Now, he's...

Rabih El Khodr StandUp public speaking

Regional

Startup-corporate partnerships 2/3: why are there so few?

The second in our series of three articles looking at the intricacies of the startup-corporate relationship, we follow on from the logic...

corporations startups partnerships

Regional

Top 10 MENA entrepreneurship quotes of 2014

2014 was quite a year for Wamda. We celebrated notable investments and acquisitions, we witnessed the launch of four big VC funds, we...

Tips

Regional

Startup-corporate partnerships 1/3: the logic behind them

King Abdullah II of Jordan with Queen Rania at the opening of the MENA ICT FORUM in November. In the first of our three articles looking...

corporations startups partnerships

Regional

LMTD's Will Hutson talks to Wamda about scaling service-based businesses [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...

will hutson LMTD mix n mentor dubai

U.A.E

Dubai entrepreneurs pick VC brains with these 6 questions

Last Saturday, Wamda closed out yet another fruitful Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow. This year’s last event took place at the...

insights mix n mentor dubai fundraising

Global

What an entrepreneurship ecosystem actually is

This article is a crosspost with Harvard Business Review Fostering entrepreneurship has become a core component of economic...

Ecosystem

Global

7 tips to get the most out of Europe and US-based events

As we said yesterday, going to a Europe or US-based tech event can be a game changer, but this is a costly investment, so once you’ve m...

events

Regional

User Growth 101: From 500 to 5 million

I sat down to talk with two mobile developers today. They were anxious to discuss the app they had been building over the past few months....

users growth

Global

How to pitch your idea in less than a minute

Rabih in communication mode. Elevators are remarkable feats of engineering. They have revolutionized the way we think of mobility and...

speech communication Pitch

Jordan

Founding a second company: risk or investment?

Four years after launching Sitat Byoot, the female focused e-commerce site, CEO Saeed Omar is about to embark on a new journey in the...

Sitat Byoot Startup Jo Jordan

Regional

5 ways to build your brand strategy on social networks

Launched earlier this year, Brand US Social (BUS) has already made quite an impact on the social and digital media scene. A London...

strategy Branding Social Media

Regional

Finding Solutions: Roundtables at MENA ICT workshop 4 scenarios facing entrepreneurs

The Wamda team took over the Zain Innovation Campus (ZINC) in Amman last week at the MENA ICT Forum 2014, as it hosted a session of...

Zain Jordan Workshops

Regional

What makes a successful wedding site in the MENA?

There is no doubt that planning a wedding requires a lot of time: from setting the wedding date, to inviting guests, and picking the...

Roundup regional Wedding Industry

Global

Is 'design thinking' a path to innovation?

With change happening at an exponential rate, companies have felt an increasing demand to develop their ability to innovate, even to the...

Design Innovation

Regional

5 common scale-up mistakes

Startups the world over, and in the Middle East in particular, often aspire to scale and develop their business in new markets. However,...

AtlanticLIVE Scaling Failure

Global

If you're a startup, don't act like a big business

It seems everybody has a startup these days. I’m the co-founder of www.Melltoo.com, a social network that connects buyers and sellers in t...

traditional business Global Advice

Global

Leadership and anxiety: 6 challenges every leader must confront

Credit: Pioneers Festival Two weeks ago, Jerry Colonna, former VC turned coach for tech CEOs, gave a workshop at the Austrian tech...

event Leadership Expert Advice

Jordan

4 lessons on scaling from 2014's MENA ICT Forum

Last week, Amman’s King Hussein Business Park played host to the 2014 edition of the MENA ICT Forum, a two-day event that brought together ...

mena ict forum Jordan

Regional

The Middle East has the highest unemployment rate in the world, what can be done?

David Silverman via Gerry Images. This article is a cross post with The Huffington Post. The biggest threat from and to the Middle East...

Huffington Post Employment

Egypt

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst: how to close down a business in Egypt

During the excitement of setting up a company, usually the last thing on an entrepreneur's mind is shutting it down. But for many...

levari law Levari law

Regional

How to develop competitive strategy

The Wamda Research Lab’s new report on investment activity in the MENA region highlights several alarming data points. The finding that i...

strategy

Regional

6 regional VCs agree: To support the ecosystem, focus on making it profitable

This is the second of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities...

Q&A WRL Wamda Research Lab

Global

5 entrepreneurs on how to attain work-life balance [Wamda TV]

Limiting working hours is a big deal for both Anghami’s Elie Habib and GoNabIt founder Sohrab Jahanbani. “It’s bad project management to all...

work life balance stress

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