Are you driven by your heart, brain, guts, or luck? What drives you professionally: your heart, your brain, your guts, or your luck? Tony Tjan, a serial entrepreneur-turned-VC, gave his test... Aline Mayard • 12 December, 2013 entrepreneurship Expert Advice LeWeb
5 tips for building a successful mobile game, from 2013's biggest app success story There’s no secret to building a good game, especially in the Middle East. Despite the fact that people in the region – especially the Gulf ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 11 December, 2013 trivia game app
Africa: an untapped opportunity for Middle Eastern startups Cellular penetration in Africa is growing at a rate of around 4.2 percent – a rate unequalled anywhere else in the world. In terms of m... Ahmed Gabr • 10 December, 2013 africa Mobile messaging Mobile Penetration
Meet SafirLab, a French accelerator for entrepreneurs from the Arab world In Paris, it's not often that you’re sitting in a room with entrepreneurs from across the entire Arab world, listening to them pitch s... Aline Mayard • 11 December, 2013 accelerator events
How do Saudis use social media? [Infographic] Saudi Arabia is no doubt one of the main markets digital entrepreneurs want to dominate. With more than three million active Twitter users,... Maya Rahal • 16 December, 2013 the online project TOP twitter
6 inspiring quotes for entrepreneurs from Nelson Mandela Nelson ‘Madiba’ Mandela's life represented more than a selfless struggle for justice in Apartheid South Africa; his unw... Leena AlOlaimy • 08 December, 2013 Expert Advice
Women's entrepreneurship and social media: the two hottest trends at Arabnet Riyadh On December 3rd and 4th, the Arabnet Digital Summit took place in Riyadh for the second time, kicking off with a session on... Manal Assaad • 09 December, 2013 Arabnet
3 ways the Arab tech diaspora can stimulate regional development From the Rise Up Summit (a conference dedicated to innovation and Egyptian startups), to the MENA Innovation DemoDay (a series of... Samir Abdelkrim • 12 December, 2013 silicon valley Diaspora
5 tips for small businesses on Facebook Jonathan Labin is Facebook's Head of Middle East, Africa, and Pakistan. He contacted us with some tips, based on Facebook's own research,... Jonathan Labin • 09 December, 2013 small business sme Facebook
4 must-watch documentaries for entrepreneurs [Wamda TV] The year is almost over, and many entrepreneurs take this time to reboot, take a step back, and get out of the bubble. For those looking... Zeina Tabbara • 05 December, 2013 Scaling
What's distracting the Middle East's workers? [Infographic] Work-hours flexibility is not the only problem threatening employee productivity and efficiency in the work environment; 59.3% of... Ahmed Gabr • 11 December, 2013 workplace work distraction
Jordan 9 common pitfalls of web startups and how to avoid them Within six years, Jordanian web and mobile development company Spring, which was co-founded by serial entrepreneur Razan Khatib and Ahmad... Maya Rahal • 04 December, 2013 Spring
The Middle East Internet Summit The Middle East Internet Summit, an online International broadcast where 17 Internet experts will deliver tips ideas and strategies on how... Wamda • 28 November, 2013 internet Dubai
3 ways to optimize mobile ads Although mobile ad spend in the Middle East is lower than in most regions in the world, it's expected to grow faster than in any other... Maya Rahal • 02 December, 2013 Nabd Waveline Media
How idea stage entrepreneurs can benefit from startup competitions As entrepreneurship has boomed in the Middle East, startup and business plan competitions have also sprouted up in the region, after... Darine Sabbagh • 19 November, 2013 startup bader ya mammy
Global Should entrepreneurs know how to code? Perfecting your product before testing it in the market is an outdated approach, many have argued. But what if coding a technical... Reine Farhat • 19 November, 2013 Lean Methodology Coding Customer Service
Resources to help startups at each stage of their journey As you grow your startup, it helps to have a little assistance. Although the journey may seem straightforward (idea, launch, scale),... Glen Dalakian II • 17 November, 2013 Scaling Startup Weekend
How to make your content go viral Our favorite picture this week is the below graphic, initially posted on Gawker by Annalee Newitz, in Virality and the Valley of... Nina Curley • 14 November, 2013 Truths Virality Content Portals
10 lessons for building a startup from the Google for Entrepreneurs Partners Summit Two weeks ago, Muhammed Mekki and I participated – as AstroLabs – in the first Google for Entrepreneurs Partners summit, a two da... Louis Lebbos • 13 November, 2013 silicon valley Advice Google
What collaboration tools does your startup use? We ask the crowd [Wamda TV] At Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Beirut, we chatted with attending entrepreneurs and mentors about the tools they use to collaborate with team memb... Wamda • 10 November, 2013 Tools Mix n Mentor Mentorship
How to set your startup apart when pitching to investors This past Friday, Steve Blank published a short and sweet piece suggesting a new way for companies to explain to investors how they... Nina Curley • 11 November, 2013 Steve Blank Lean Methodology Expert Advice
The Growth & Culture Hacking Mastermind in Kuala Lumpur On January 18-20, 2014, 50 select entrepreneurs, executives and adventurers from across the Middle East and the world will gather in Kuala ... Wamda • 08 November, 2013 Training Conferences
5 tips for building the perfect startup pitch, at Google Zurich A week ago, I ventured off on a special roadtrip: StartupBus Europe, a trans-European 3 day-long hackathon on wheels. In the... Aline Mayard • 06 November, 2013 hackathon Startupbus Pitching
4 questions to ask while building your startup Thomas Edison once said, “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave u... Muhanad Sabha • 05 November, 2013 Tips Advice Failure