7 tips for launching a successful guerrilla marketing campaign We all see tons of emails each week with subject lines like, “Top 10 Advertising Ideas for this Year” or “What Are Some of the Most Creat... Muhanad Sabha • 31 October, 2013 Advertising Marketing
6 startup challenges answered at Mix N' Mentor Beirut Our latest Mix n' Mentor wasn't just cool because it was hosted in an old silk factory in the suburbs of Beirut; it was also a more... Nina Curley • 22 October, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship
Global Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey's 15 Do's and Don’ts for achieving success A recent New Yorker profile called Jack Dorsey "more than a lucky man" as it chronicled his rise to success as one of... Reine Farhat • 21 October, 2013 Lists Advice
10 of Reid Hoffman's most valuable tips from LinkedIn's Series B pitch deck As part of Greylock Partners’s mandate to “always help entrepreneurs,” Reid Hoffman has published LinkedIn’s slide deck from its Seri... Nina Curley • 16 October, 2013 Expert Advice Advice
5 qualities to look for in a co-founder There are many reasons why people search for partners with whom to found a business. Sometimes it’s because of the need for essential s... Muhanad Sabha • 21 October, 2013 Cofounder Team building Advice
Guy Kawasaki’s top 11 mistakes made by entrepreneurs [Video] As one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh computer in 1984, Guy Kawasaki has since started his own... Glen Dalakian II • 08 October, 2013 Venture Capital Expert Advice Tips
Vivek Wadwha: what Silicon Valley can and can't teach emerging markets A recent discussion between Vivek Wadwha, Vice President of Innovation and Research at Singularity University, and Dick Costolo, CEO of... Gulay Ozkan • 10 October, 2013 Diversity Expert Advice Advice
Jordan Can Jordan's Voga Closet scale its e-commerce store without offering cash-on-delivery? [Update: Voga Closet is now offering Cash on Delivery] Needless to say, online payment is a serious issue for e-commerce websites in... Reine Farhat • 06 October, 2013 cash-on-delivery Shipping Payment Gateways
11 ways to be unremarkably average [Cartoon] Lately, startup lingo has compared social media managers to gurus, developers to ninjas, and entrepreneurs to superheroes. This can be an... Aline Mayard • 07 October, 2013 Graphic Cartoon
6 tips for successfully crowdfunding your creative project Got an idea so crazy it just might work? You’re in luck: Zoomaal, the Arab world’s only crowdfunding site, is launching its Cre... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 30 September, 2013
4 incubators and accelerators that can help startups set up in Dubai This is the third and final post in this mini-series about moving your startup to Dubai. Below, I explore the incubators and accelerators... Abdullah Alshalabi • 01 October, 2013 Incubator Advice Accelerators
How to identify a startup opportunity In light of the exponential growth that the Arab world has witnessed over the last few years – the startup ecosystem grew from $10 million ... Muhanad Sabha • 13 October, 2013 Advice
3 simple ways to make a creative breakthrough at your startup Imagine an Executive Education program designed to catapult the next generation of creative leaders—offering the very best of business s... Leena AlOlaimy • 30 September, 2013 Inspiration Entrepreneurial Mindset How-Tos
Flat6Labs Cairo graduates six new startups and celebrates its second birthday Cairo accelerator Flat6Labs held its 6th Demo Day yesterday, where we were treated to the now customary mix of startup stands... Omar Aysha • 26 September, 2013 Flat6Labs Accelerators
Global If you had the chance to exit, would you sell your startup to a competitor? Entrepreneurs are passionate by nature. They work hard to make their ideas come to life, and harder to make them survive. In a tough... Reine Farhat • 26 September, 2013 Poll Results Music Daily Deals
Meet the 6 social startups joining virtual incubator i2i from across Pakistan [Note:this photo is of i2i's first class of startups, which graduated this January]. When Plan9 began incubating its first class of... Nina Curley • 23 September, 2013 Incubator Support Organizations Accelerators
What did startups learn at Astrolabs' recent workshop in Amman? After their first Scaling Online Startups (SOS) workshop in Dubai this past May, and subsequent workshops in Riyadh and Beirut,... Glen Dalakian II • 24 September, 2013 Astrolabs Workshops Marketing
6 people entrepreneurs should look for at a networking event Dubai is an unusual place. The startup scene is small but growing rapidly, the majority of people are expats, and there are dozens... Kia Davis • 22 September, 2013
SYL Workshop: “Lessons Learned from Entrepreneurs” - Casablanca StartupYourLife, a non-profit initiative which seeks to build the startup community in Morocco, will be organizing its first workshop ... Wamda • 23 September, 2013
Avoid these 10 mistakes that could ruin your company's reputation For small businesses, reputation is everything. A report recently published by O2 shows that 72% of consumers will not forgive a small... Muhanad Sabha • 02 October, 2013 reputation Social Networks
Learning how to focus your startup with the Mini Entrepreneur When trying to build you startup, it’s easy to get distracted by popular trends or a project with quick returns. But if they’re outside you... Wamda • 24 September, 2013 Mini Entrepreneur Advice
Put global recruiting trends to work in your job search New LinkedIn data may spell good news for the ever-increasing number of job seekers in the Middle East. A recently released study... Ahmed Gabr • 13 October, 2013
Global What do employers look for on social media? [Infographic] While LinkedIn is often hailed as the go-to social network for professionals, and job seekers in particular, many employers also scout a... Glen Dalakian II • 18 September, 2013 Job Recruitment Programme Social Media
6 lessons learned from the closure of a real estate startup in Lebanon Bootstrapping a startup in the Arab world, let alone Lebanon, is anything but easy. And sometimes, despite launching with the support of an... Maya Rahal • 16 September, 2013 Mapping Real Estate Advice