Why two Moroccan entrepreneurs chose to go global from day one Some Moroccan entrepreneurs consider their market simply too small to focus on. For a few popular websites such as Bikhir.com or... Aline Mayard • 11 September, 2013 Scaling Advertising Marketing
Wamda announces Mix N’ Mentor Beirut with a new format Kicking off the second half of the Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow 2013, Wamda next heads to Beirut to continue our tour across the Middle East and ... Wamda • 02 September, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship
Why are interns and recruiters unsatisfied in Morocco? [Infographic] It’s no secret that recruiting in the Arab world is hard. And with so many recruiting platforms, each claiming to offer a miraculous so... Aline Mayard • 02 September, 2013 Interns Job Recruitment
Dubizzle founders step down as Naspers takes a majority stake: What's next Note: photo submitted by Dubizzle. After eight years of running Dubizzle, the biggest classified ads site in the UAE, founders... Nina Curley • 27 August, 2013 Dubizzle Departures classified
9 ways to build a better employee: How two Moroccan startups are playing Frankenstein How long will your employees keep working if you can’t afford to pay them any longer? At least eight months, says Yassine El Kachchani, ... Aline Mayard • 27 August, 2013 Interns Recrutement
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
How Namshi is doubling down on operations as it goes from startup to scaleup “I can't stress how much we're trying to break away from the bubble and hype around our funding rounds, and see ourselves as a startup t... Glen Dalakian II • 25 August, 2013 Logistics Dubai Shipping
How do the top technology companies make money? [Infographic] How are the world's major e-commerce, mobile apps, entertainment, social media, search, and hardware companies making profits? A new... Wamda • 25 August, 2013 profitability revenue streams Scaling
Call for projects for the Commercialization Tour 2013 The second round of the Commercialization Tour 2013 will take place be conducted in six countries -Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Saudi Arabia,... Wamda • 14 August, 2013
Why an Emirati mobile services company chose to expand into Thailand When considering expansion, many entrepreneurs in the region are turning their eyes towards Asian markets, which are seen as promising... Ahmed Gabr • 26 August, 2013 Mobile Gaming Mobile
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
How Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow is supporting entrepreneurs in 2013 In the Arab world, a whopping 48% of startups operate without mentors, according to a recent survey of 1,000 entrepreneurs across the... Wamda • 07 August, 2013 Mentors Mix n Mentor Scaling
Leading Egyptian content portal switches to horizontal navigation: a model to follow? Websites adopting designs originally made for desktop screens often look cluttered on tablets and mobile. As smartphone and tablet use... Maya Rahal • 04 August, 2013 Egypt User Experience Design
Why is this mobile game produced in China so popular in Kuwait? When international game publisher Happylatte released their first cowboy shoot'em-up game, High Noon, in 2010, its team didn't... Glen Dalakian II • 22 July, 2013 Developers Mobile Gaming Gaming
Umniah, Plug and Play launch program to bring Jordanian startups to Silicon Valley Startups in Jordan now have a new opportunity to receive support from Silicon Valley. Umniah, a Jordanian... Glen Dalakian II • 16 July, 2013 Incubator Accelerators Competitions
Oasis500 Bootcamp Beirut Deadline to apply is August 18th. On August 25-29, 2013, Oasis500 will be hosting the Oasis500 Bootcamp in Beirut. The training bootcamp, ... Wamda • 15 July, 2013 Training Oasis500
Global Is startup cloning sustainable in the Arab world? The good, the bad and the ugly [Reader Poll] To say that replicating globally successful ideas in the Arab world is not a sustainable practice wouldn’t be an accurate statement.... Reine Farhat • 14 July, 2013 Cloning Innovation
Car service Careem expands to Doha, Riyadh, discusses Uber UPDATE: After hinting that this would be the case, Careem is also now live in Riyadh. Its initial fleet consists of SUVs, and... Nina Curley • 10 July, 2013 Scaling Expansion
Turkish startups CloudArena, HemenKiralik and Evim.net set to expand after securing millions in investment Turkish startups CloudArena, HemenKiralik, and Evim.net recently secured millions in investment from Istanbul-based 212 Ltd. Ventures and... Glen Dalakian II • 10 July, 2013 Venture Capital Expansion Investment
OSN launches mobile video streaming platform Play The number of those who watch video entertainment via computer may soon be overrun by users who prefer to watch their favorite movies and... Ahmed Gabr • 24 July, 2013 streaming 3D Video On Demand
Why we moved our startup to Dubai Two months ago I moved our startup from Kuwait to Dubai (we also have another office in Malaga, Spain which is still running). But making... Abdullah Alshalabi • 07 July, 2013 Relocating Dubai Scaling
Challenges to scaling in Dubai: A look at Wild Peeta [case study] This is the third post in our new case study series, in partnership with the El Khazindar Business Research and Case Center (KCC) at the A... Wamda • 07 July, 2013 Scaling Food & Beverage
Arab Entrepreneurs Spread the 'Power of Yalla' This piece was originally published on the Harvard Business Review Blog on June 25, 2013. In 2003, after two years in Texas, Moe... Habib Haddad • 01 July, 2013 Lean Methodology ShopGo Sustainability
Startup Weekend Casablanca Startup Weekend makes its way to Casablanca, Morocco on June 28-30, 2013. SW Casablance will follow the basic Startup Weekend model, an... Wamda • 26 June, 2013