How to Start a Business: Five Tips from Rahim Fazal Rahim Fazal recently spoke at Startup Weekend Alexandria about starting his first company, with his cousin when he was 16. He sold it a... Omar Aysha • 28 September, 2011
A Sneak Peek at Facebook Timeline Facebook users might experienced small changes to their profile during the past month, and not thought much of it. But these changes are... Souhail Khoury • 28 September, 2011
A New Generation Pitches for Social Change at Startup Weekend Alexandria Egypt’s second Startup Weekend kicked off this past weekend in Alexandria, Egypt’s second-largest city. Following the Cairo event earlier th... Omar Aysha • 27 September, 2011 Startup Weekend
Failure- What is it Good For? Failure is perhaps the most important teacher for any entrepreneur. Although failure is often treated as a taboo in school and university,... Alaa Rady • 27 September, 2011
What Is User Experience Design? This is my first post in a series in which I will tackle the ins and outs of User Experience Design, offering a crash course in... George Elkhabbaz • 27 September, 2011 User Experience Design
The First Startup Incubator Launches in Tunisia In post-revolutionary spirit, Tunisian entrepreneurs Mondher Khanfir and Mehdi Khemiri just launched the first private business incubator... Alia Mahmoud • 26 September, 2011
Five Apps that Will Make Your (Business) Life Easier Just because your business is small doesn’t mean you should suffer by getting overwhelmed by organizational tasks. Google Apps is an e... Khaled AlSaleh • 26 September, 2011
A Call to Social Entrepreneurship in Lebanon As the recent TEDxBeirut event aimed to bring us ‘From Limitation to Inspiration,’ it followed the TED mandate to spread ideas that would in... Fernande van Tets • 26 September, 2011
U.A.E Middle East SME Forum 2011 The Middle East SME Forum is happening on the 3rd and 4th of October at the Park Rotana in Abu Dhabi. Starting up a business, go... Wamda • 25 September, 2011
Social Venture Meetup AltCity is hosting an event focused on social entrepreneurship and GEW next Monday in Beirut. When: October 3, 2011, 7-9pmWhere: AltCity... Wamda • 25 September, 2011
How to Win the MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition This Thursday, the MIT Enterprise Forum is launching the 5th round of its yearly Arab Business Plan Competition, at the Radisson Blu Hotel... Nina Curley • 25 September, 2011 MIT MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition
Animating the Emirati Dream at CoE Animate 11 Amidst the angular but cozy sofas and wooden tables of The Pavilion Downtown Dubai, a range of animators with different agendas,... Said Hamideh • 25 September, 2011
Building Optimism in North Africa: Abraaj’s Amundi Acquisition In North Africa, there’s more reason for optimism among the entrepreneurship community today. Abraaj Capital’s recent acquisition of the Nor... Nina Curley • 25 September, 2011
Absurdity and Inspiration Collide at TEDxBeirut Never mind that everyone here at Berytech is sleep-deprived and on the brink of collapse. We are all a bundle of statements. It’s one thing ... Think Media Labs • 24 September, 2011
Sketching the Future of Animation in the Arab World at CoE Animate 11 Yesterday we kicked off the first in a new series of Celebration of Entrepreneurship events- CoE Animate 11. The event was an intimate... Nina Curley • 23 September, 2011
Why Building an Entrepreneurial Culture Extends Beyond Business Creation Alone There has been a lot of talk recently, both globally and regionally, about the importance of creating an entrepreneurial culture, and the... Nafez Dakkak • 22 September, 2011