When we can’t build startups from a garage, how do we create strong teams?

Marilyn Zakhour is the founder and chief executive officer of UAE-based Cosmic Centaurs, a flexible work...

Thought Leadership • 08 August, 2021

Cosmic Centaurs remote working

The basics of IP: Trademarks

Ludwig Lindermayer is a patent and trademark attorney at PAUSTIAN & PARTNER. In a series of thought leadership pieces,...

Thought Leadership • 07 July, 2021

startup advice trademarks Intellectual property

Startup advice: Building an efficient sales engine for a growth-stage startup

Sakshi Tulsian is the co-founder and chief revenue officer (CRO) at India-based POSist Technologies, which offers cloud-based restaurant...

Thought Leadership • 20 June, 2021

POSist

Startup advice: How to avoid cloud application overload

Rayhan Aleem is the founder of Alpha Pro Partners, a UAE-based accounting firm focused on the tech sector. Cloud-based solutions are one...

Thought Leadership • 01 June, 2021

Cloud Computing

Startup advice: How to tackle late payments

Rayhan Aleem is the founder of Alpha Pro Partners, a UAE-based accounting firm focused on the tech sector. Here, he shares how startups can...

Thought Leadership • 25 May, 2021

cashflow accounting

Advice for startups: Key accounting KPIs to monitor

Rayhan Aleem is the founder and managing partner at Alpha Pro Partners Running a small business means juggling many different things on...

Thought Leadership • 27 April, 2021

accounting

Chicken nuggets in Mena: A guide to market segmentation

Nafez Dakkak is the managing director and CEO of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development.  On a recent trip to the...

Thought Leadership • 13 April, 2021

Nafez Al Dakkak

Things to consider when setting up a legal entity in the UAE

Michael Kortbawi is a partner and Taronish Mistry is a paralegal at law firm BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP The early stages...

Thought Leadership • 22 March, 2021

legal advice

How Covid-19 unlocked the adoption of e-commerce in the Mena region

Wamda, in partnership with MIT Legatum Entrepreneurship Center, will be hosting an online panel to launch a report on ‘How...

Wamda • 11 March, 2021

The basics of IP: Patents and utility models

Ludwig Lindermayer is a patent and trademark attorney at PAUSTIAN & PARTNER. In a series of thought leadership pieces, he...

Thought Leadership • 02 March, 2021

Patents

How can we stay productive in a hybrid world?

Mohammed Arif is the business group director of modern workplace and security at Microsoft UAE As the pandemic has spread around the...

Thought Leadership • 25 January, 2021

Workflow microsoft

What impact will the restoration of relations with Qatar have on its startups?

The almost four-year blockade of Qatar was lifted last week at the GCC Summit. Now that Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have...

Thought Leadership • 12 January, 2021

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How will life change after the vaccine?

When the pandemic first began to take hold, the development of a vaccination against the coronavirus wasn’t just a way to prevent its...

Wamda • 24 December, 2020

Dubai Future Foundation

The importance of a mobile friendly website design

Selina Bieber is the senior regional director for Mena, Turkey, and South Africa at GoDaddy With more than182...

Thought Leadership • 28 October, 2020

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How to communicate when crisis hits

Sean Pattwell is the founder and CEO of CW8 Communications Covid-19 exposed a truth communications practitioners have long known: no...

Thought Leadership • 20 October, 2020

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#askwamda

#askWamda is our virtual service for startups in need of mentorship or advice from the Wamda team. Please fill in this form, and...

Wamda • 26 October, 2020

Adopting emerging technologies in a post-Covid-19 world

By Jad Hajj, partner, Imad Atwi, Jean Salamat, principals, and Riazul Raquib, senior associate, with Strategy& Middle East, part of the...

Thought Leadership • 14 July, 2020

digital transformation

In a world of remote work, will control replace culture?

Marilyn Zakhour, founder and chief executive officer of UAE-based Cosmic Centaurs At the height of the pandemic, I started a company...

Thought Leadership • 05 July, 2020

company culture remote work

Edtech and its roadmap to new realities

Wamda, in partnership with Columbia Global Centers, is hosting an online panel discussion, ‘Edtech and its roadmap to...

Wamda • 25 June, 2020

What is the future of human resources?

By Somaya El Sherbini, co-founder and managing partner at RightFoot With global economies facing challenges for the remainder of 2020,...

Thought Leadership • 25 June, 2020

human resources HR recruitment

[Report Launch] The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem

Wamda and Arabnet have joined efforts to conduct research for a report on the impact of COVID-19 on the startup ecosystem across the...

Wamda • 13 May, 2020

Blitzscaling and the COVID-19 crisis

Theory, a JV with MENA media giant StarzPlay, and its partner network Nat Geo and Discovery, and Harvard affiliates that...

Wamda • 11 May, 2020

Managing Covid-19: Recessions, the runways for innovation?

On 23 April, Wamda hosted its second webinar titled 'Navigating COVID-19: Recessions, the runways for innovation?,’ featuring...

Wamda • 30 April, 2020

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Facebook's advice for businesses in Ramadan

The impact of social distancing as a result of the Covid-19 crisis has been felt across industries and sectors, with technology and social...

Thought Leadership • 23 April, 2020

Ramadan Social Media Facebook