#Let #The #Hypers #Hype, The Doers Will Do

Today, I had an interesting exchange on Twitter with the founder of one of the most promising consumer startups in the Middle East. He...

Habib Haddad • 13 September, 2013

Hype

How to better understand your customers by creating personas

The success of any company directly hinges on how well it serves it customer base. One way to get a better handle on who, exactly, the...

Muhanad Sabha • 19 September, 2013

personas Customer Acquisition

Beirut's SMEX launches an aggregator to support Arabic content online

You've often heard the statistic: while Arabic is the fifth most spoken language in the world, with 360 million Arabic speakers, only...

Maya Rahal • 11 September, 2013

Aggregation Arabic Content

Startup funding: How to fuel your car [Infographic]

This past week, our Wamda Community member Osama Natto designed and posted his own infographic on his own profile, using the metaphor of a...

Wamda • 09 September, 2013

Funding Scaling Advice

12 productive ways to take a break at work

Whether writing a long report, entering hundreds of names into a database, or dealing with a tough client, sometimes it’s nice to take a f...

Glen Dalakian II • 04 September, 2013

Tips Advice

The simplest way to improve your startup's chance of success

Running a start-up is extremely demanding. Whether you’re focusing on getting that product out or making sure you can pay out salaries, a...

Timothy Bataillie • 05 September, 2013

Healthcare Expert Advice How-Tos

Why healthcare in the Arab world needs to go mobile

This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should take advantage of its...

Jamil Wyne • 01 September, 2013

Health Mobile Trends

15 tools that the most successful entrepreneurs use [Infographic]

For today’s entrepreneurs, finding the right management and marketing tools can be just as important as hiring the right team member. In t...

Glen Dalakian II • 01 September, 2013

Tips Advice Infographic

How the world will replace employees with entrepreneurs [Infographic]

The age of the traditional job, and the security that comes with it, may soon be coming to a close. It’s been said that entrepreneurship i...

Glen Dalakian II • 27 August, 2013

Infographic

3 critical ways to boost revenue by making your website SEO-friendly from the beginning

If you’re launching a business or bringing your existing business online, you may have wondered when it would be best to focus o...

Wissam Dandan • 25 August, 2013

SEO Design User Experience Design

Crowdsourced tools for startups: a master list

Startups looking for extra resources to help them scale should check out this list of crowdsourced tools for startups, compiled by Tom...

Nina Curley • 26 August, 2013

Lean Methodology collaborative economy Expert Advice

3 simple ways to screw up your startup

I was recently asked to give a talk at Lamba Labs on three ways to screw up your startup. But which three to choose? Note: Lamba...

Fadi Bizri • 22 August, 2013

Expert Advice Advice Mentorship

5 steps for choosing your customer acquisition channel

This piece was originally published on Brian Balfour's blog, Growth. SEO, SEM, Facebook Ads, content marketing, affiliates,...

Brian Balfour • 15 August, 2013

SEM Customer Acquisition SEO

What’s the biggest career mistake you would gladly make again? 11 leading entrepreneurs tell us.

“Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom." -William Jordan In career, and in life, we make mistakes. You can’t prevent them and avoiding ...

Noor Shawwa • 19 August, 2013

Mistakes Leadership Advice

7 lessons I learned during my journey as an 'Entrepreneur Wannabe'

Even though I’ve been on an entrepreneurship journey for more than four years, I still consider myself an “entrepreneur wannabe,” because ...

Kamel Al-Asmar • 18 August, 2013

Advice Failure

Is multitasking actually counterproductive?

Most employees are on the lookout for ways to achieve multiple goals simultaneously. In fact, many non-multitaskers perceive themselves as...

Mais Gousous • 15 August, 2013

Advice

Do you really need to write a business plan? [poll results]

  “‘He who fails to plan is planning to fail,’” said Omar Sati, the Managing Director at DASH...

Reine Farhat • 15 August, 2013

Poll Results business plan Venture Capital

How to optimize your marketing emails for mobile

Managing email is already difficult for most users these days, who often open up their email only to find that, of a dozen new messages,...

Saad Bhatti • 13 August, 2013

How-Tos

4 cool productivity apps, chosen by Moroccan startups

It’s not always easy to organize your day, prioritize tasks or collaborate on a mission in a stress-free and efficient way. To see what e...

Chadi Nanaa • 15 August, 2013

10 things that great entrepreneurs do

In my work as a startup mentor, I’ve met with a lot of startup founders in the Arab world and around the world; I also listen to podcasts ...

Kia Davis • 12 August, 2013

Lists Advice

Weighing the pros and cons of freelancing in the Arab world

A lot of professionals do freelancing on the side, making some extra money and building a reputation in their field. But a lot of people...

Reem Boudraa • 13 August, 2013

Freelancers Advice

How a business plan can help win investors, tips from the Mini Entrepreneur [Wamda TV]

Sometimes entrepreneurs tend to keep their ideas to themselves and start creating their businesses on their own. But at some point, many...

Wamda • 08 August, 2013

Mini Entrepreneur Angel Investment Investment

How the founder of Hmizate raised $1.6 million in a plane

There’s a saying that finding an investor is like finding a spouse; as a startup, you’re looking for a long term partner, that will bring n...

Aline Mayard • 06 August, 2013

Daily Deals Hmall Venture Capital

CEED Morocco's Going International

Ceed Morocco is organizing a conference to share insights about the Moroccan ecosystem and the posibilites to go internatioanl, and to...

Wamda • 07 August, 2013

Mentor