Wamda

Regional

Fear of success does exist [Opinion]

Don't fear greatness, if you don't want to spend your life living among potholes! (Image via outofedenministries.com) 'Fear of Failure'...

Legal challenges Opinion Failure

Regional

Some considerations on starting a company in MENA [Opinion]

The path to the MENA market is difficult but not impossible. (Image via constructionweekonline) Entrepreneurship is not for everyone,...

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Pakistan

What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Khurram Zafar

Khurram Zafar. (Image via Rachel Williamson) The Pakistani media have dubbed the softly spoken Khurram Zafar an ‘entrepreneur...

Plan9 LUMS Khurram Zafar

Regional

What judges look for in pitches

Judging at the Seedstars Beirut event in November in UK Lebanon Tech Hub. (Image via Maysaa Ajjan) We already covered the exciting...

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Regional

How credit card processing works

What goes on when you click that 'buy' button? (Image via Papdan.com) Credit cards are everywhere these days, but few people know what...

White Payments Payfort credit cards

Global

7 ways to protect your ecommerce site from security threats

Ecommerce sites can open up a raft of avenues for fraud and hackers.(Image via iStock) A single day doesn’t go by without hearing a...

Online shopping Cbyer security

Regional

Harnessing big data for business decision making [Opinion]

It isn't enough to collect data. Making sense of it is vital to the survival of organizations large and small. (Image...

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Global

What I know about networking: Igor Ovcharenko

Igor Ovcharenko organized his first startup networking event in 2012. (Image via Seedstars World) Before his first ever event with...

Matchmaking Seedstars World Igor Ovcharenko

Global

Then and now: how accelerators have evolved

This article is a crosspot with Nuwait. As Kuwait is welcoming soon one of the top five accelerators in the world, TechStars, we...

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U.A.E

Can the UAE become a global startup hub?

A Model City. A model of the experimental 'knowledge hub', Masdar City. (Image via EfficientDesign.de) A few key challenges...

The Box Vision 2021 startup hub

U.A.E

Baring all: Dubai entrepreneurs talk failure

Organic Press Juice cofounder Daniel Vahanian talks failure with Moti Roti founder Tahir Shah. (Image via Jacqueline Sofia) The...

Organic Press Juice Digital Labs GlamBox

Regional

The role of the term sheet in VC transactions

The term sheet, not binding but crucial. (Image via Exceleratelabs) The negotiation of a venture capital transaction between a...

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Kuwait

Why celebrating failure is important for Kuwaiti startups [Video]

Video has Arabic subtitles. This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. In a country that’s considered one of the...

Parth Tewari Nuwait Kuwait National Fund

Maghreb

Four reasons why Morocco's startup ecosystem is at a tipping point [Opinion]

A new start for Moroccan startups. (Image via Travelling Book Junkies) Governments all around the world want to build strong startup...

Opinion Eiréné4Impact CEED

Regional

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority's Annual Tech Startups Pitching Competition

For The Entrepreneur Day, tech entrepreneurs from all over the world are invited to apply to DSOA's Annual Tech Startups Pitching C...

DSOA competition Dubai

Regional

Lift-off: planning your exit strategy

Investment activity is slowly heating up in Egypt and as a result entrepreneurs, especially those looking to raise funding, need to start...

oteena Egypt rise up summit

Regional

Things to keep in mind when prepping for a VC round [Opinion]

Investors and industry-leading startups can do great work together. (Image via MetroMBA) Entrepreneurs are a gifted breed of individuals...

Walid Faza Wamda Capital VC investment

Regional

Is COD still the only way for ecommerce?

As the ecommerce market in MENA continues to grow by more than 40 percent annually, so does the urge to challenge the dominance of cash on...

JadoPado online payment MENA

Regional

No one ever said entrepreneurship was easy: tips from a pro

This is a crosspost with Khalid Alkhudair's LinkedIn blog. I’ve been an employee and I’ve been an entrepreneur, and being an entrepreneur i...

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U.A.E

What I know about pretotyping: Karina Sotnik

Karina Sotnik explaining the benefits of pretotyping. (Image via Wharton School) For Karina Sotnik, Silicon Valley was just the beginning...

Karina Sotnik What I Know Pretotyping

Global

12 tips for getting hired by a startup [Infographic]

As the region’s number of startups grow so too does the interest from graduates and career changers in those startups. We’ve written many ti...

StartupCVs job hunting resume

Regional

Cash is not king [Opinion]

The reliance on COD payments is hurting MENA's ecommerce sector. (Image via sharktankblog.com) This is a crosspost with Mo Ali Yusuf’s L...

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Palestine

Gaza entrepreneur gives his 5 lessons for success

Castle Soft began in the late 1980s with a piece of paper, a pencil, and a vision to create accounting software that is reliable,...

al-aseal accounting software Majdi Abu Daff

Egypt

Lessons from the Tahrir Academy shutdown

Tahrir Academy first announced their closure earlier this summer. News that Egyptian online learning center Tahrir Academy was...

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