Wamda

Regional

How can startups build successful collaborations with corporations?

This article was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. Collaborative entrepreneurship initiatives are trending and an...

Coentrepreneurship Expo 2020 Dubai CE

Regional

What I know about investing in robotics: Jose Berengueres

To obtain his PhD in bio-inspired robotics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dr. Jose Berengueres studied the movement of a gecko in...

Adasi pal robotics robotics

Global

Do startups really create lots of good jobs?

This article is a crosspost with Harvard Business Review. Eskimos have 50 words for snow. Humans only use 10 percent of...

Employment jobs Policy

Global

How to do a Google design sprint: 10 things to know

Google Ventures' design sprint tries to take teams from problem to solution in five days. (Image via Fastcodesign) Do you want to...

agile Daniel Burka Design Sprint

Turkey

The importance of workshops for UX design

On the fourth floor of an Istanbul hotel young men and women are huddled over work tables, overlooking large poster boards, markers,...

Userspots design workshops User Experience

Maghreb

Tunisian teens start thinking like entrepreneurs

Students putting themselves in an entrepreneur’s shoes. (Images via Spark) The time is long gone when starting a business as a teenager m...

BIAT foundation Spark teenagers

Regional

A marriage of opportunity: why I believe in collaborative entrepreneurship [Opinion]

I begin with a confession: I didn’t believe in collaborative entrepreneurship. Don’t get me wrong,...

Startup Rising CE Collaborative Entrepreneurship

Egypt

Instabug and the ecosystem

Instabug has Egypt's tight-knit ecosystem to thank for much of its success. (Image via Instabug) This is an edited crosspost from Rise...

AgileBm Go Ejaza Accel Venture Partners

Regional

Uber’s getting cuddly with KSA - but it’s not what you think [Opinion]

My initial reaction to Uber’s $3.5 billion round was: great! It is easy to frown upon the deal and question why the...

Public Investment Fund Opinion Arzan VC

Saudi Arabia

What I know about doing good: Shahd Al Shehail

Saudi native Shahd Al Shehail cofounded Project Just during her time in India as an Acumen Global Fellow. Project Just, an online...

Project Just sustainable fashion WIK

Regional

Activate and accelerate: 14 CE tools for corporations

In May of this year, British banking and financial services company Barclays partnered with Flat6Labs to open Egypt's first...

Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship corporations

Lebanon

Priority shares and liquidation preference, the lowdown

The number and type of shares a founder owns in a startup is a crucial point to think about in the context of venture capital...

liquidation shares Soumrani Lawyers & Legal Counsel

Regional

What I know about game publishing: Joseph Shomali

The profits to be made in gaming are not to be sniffed at. But that's generally for countries outside of the Middle East. In 2014...

games xp babil games Joseph Shomali

Regional

Crowdfunding, an increasingly popular option for MENA

Crowdfunding, or raising money from multiple donors through an online platform, has seen a bumpy start in the Middle East. This may be...

AFKARMENA eureeca zoomaal

Global

The next big thing is spacetech [Opinion]

Space is a frontier that's fast becoming accessible to everyone. (Image via Timez5) The space economy is poised for explosive growth...

CanadaArm Space economy Virgin Galactic

Jordan

Data science: how is it good for government?

All those zeros and ones - how can you make the most of them? (Image via Digitalgov.gov) “Understanding and innovating with data...

Kai Chan INSEAD data science

Kuwait

She started at 9: tech entrepreneur Yasmine Mustafa

Yasmine Mustafa pitching her product, Roar For Good, during an event in Philadelphia. (Image via Tec.co) This is a crosspost with...

ROAR for good Nuwait TEDx

Saudi Arabia

Know your LLCs from your SPVs in the GCC [Opinion]

Starting a business can involve serious amounts of paperwork - but you've got to get it right the first time. (Image via Coseer) “We’re loo...

JSC joint stock company SPV

Jordan

Student demo day at University of Jordan Innovation Center

University of Jordan Innovation Center (UJIC) is holding its first demo day for IT students tomorrow on May 10. The event will display...

UJIC University of Jordan amman

Regional

Edtech and the future of work in MENA

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are in the midst of a tremendous inflection point, with the future of the...

Refugee Open Ware Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education Fourth Industrial Revolution

Global

What I know about building an IoT device: Shaun Moore

A stint at Merrill Lynch in Chicago, experience developing mobile apps, and a constant affiliation with technology is what led Dallas-based...

MEMakersGE WIK What I Know

Egypt

The solution to Cairo gridlock is already here [Video]

Smart car use in Egypt is not a fantasy, fuelled by visions of Google cars and Tesla Model 3s, it's a real possibility. Ismail...

Raye7 smart transportation Ismail Zohdy

Maghreb

Look to Africa, says Moroccan startup godfather

Casapplanca’s founder sees most of its traction in Egypt and Nigeria. (Image via Casapplanca) Taher Alami is often c...

cassaplanca Adweb Taher Alami

Regional

How to value your startup [Opinion]

Startup valuation has a direct impact on the founders’ remaining share in the company after each investment round, and it impacts the m...

post-money pre-money startup valuation

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