Regional How to build a company that will last forever [Opinion] Scale is important for startups to put them on the radar of strategic acquirers, which are a more likely route to an exit in MENA than... Abdulaziz Al Loughani • 18 January, 2017 talabat strategic acquirer Exit
Regional Why should you be excited about blockchain? [Opinion] Over the past few years, blockchain technology has moved from the fringes to something that can have real impact on all parts of our lives.... Ahmad Sufian Bayram • 12 January, 2017
Regional Learn before you sign: the 3 parts of a term sheet [Opinion] This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait Perhaps the most important tool in the VC’s arsenal, especially when it comes... Mussaad M. Al-Razouki • 05 January, 2017 Know your VC Contract liquidation
Regional Way to grow: 4 vital skills for 2017 [Opinion] With 2017 around the corner, it’s time to learn a new set of strategies, sharpen your skill-sets, and get ready for the challenges... Ehsan Jahandarpour • 29 December, 2016 Growth hacking white hat links content marketing
Regional Social entrepreneurship in MENA: always the bridesmaid, never the bride [Opinion] You go up to the stage to pitch a social enterprise with the hope that tomorrow is better than today. You hit all the right spots:... Ola Aboukhsaiwan • 22 December, 2016 Social Entrepreneurship social impact Build Palestine
Qatar How we can create a virtuous innovation cycle [Opinion] Innovation is a key element of all national transformation agendas in GCC countries, with no less than Vice President and Ruler of Dubai... Alexandros Papaspyridis - Tatiana Zalan • 15 December, 2016 3i Innovation Framework microsoft
Regional Rebranding? 12 steps to doing the tech right [Opinion] After closing a $3 million funding round in September our online home services marketplace Movesouq rebranded to Servicemarket. The... Bana Shomali • 08 December, 2016 ServiceMarket movesouq uae
Regional State and entrepreneurship: will a Trump presidency change all that? [Opinion] Right after the election of Donald Trump, the soon to become the 45th President of the United States of America, many opinions were voiced... Ghassan Dibah • 24 November, 2016 Government entrepreneurship Opinion
Regional Between a rock and a hard place: the trend towards for-profit social enterprises [Opinion] Reducing the focus of my work as a social entrepreneur to become a social intrapreneur wasn’t an easy decision. I started working... Kamel Al-Asmar • 01 December, 2016 Social Entrepreneurship social enterprise Scaling
Global Kids aren’t born digital natives, they’re made [Opinion] Last March, during a heated debate at the World Wide Web 2016 Conference in Montreal, a researcher yelled at an American colleague:... Stéphane Bazan • 17 November, 2016 Digital literacy Opinion Keeward
Regional Fadi Ghandour's roadmap to boosting MENA’s startup ecosystem [Opinion] This article was crossposted from Zenith magazine. Progressive policies can help unlock the economic and job-creating potential of... Fadi Ghandour • 10 November, 2016 Funding Opinion Regulations
Regional Get your house in order: what to expect from due diligence [Opinion] Before an investor will give your startup money, they will dig into your books to find out whether there is anything they need to know... Abdulrahman Hammad • 03 November, 2016 due diligence Investment list
Global CRO: The art of converting visitors into loyal customers [Opinion] Most of the entrepreneurs I work with have great ideas and immense enthusiasm, but they are frustrated by one challenge. How do I get... Ehsan Jahandarpour • 27 October, 2016 conversion rate optimization sales funnel conversion funnel
Global What I know about cyber security and humans: Matt Suiche The user is not the weakest link, says hacker and entrepreneur ‘msuiche’. If you’re not down with the hackers and... Lucy Knight • 31 October, 2016 cyber security Cyber crime GITEX
Global Startup Watch: How to get more dates on Tinder, why Egyptian investors must unite, and VR Facebook emojis Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on how to get more dates on Tinder, VR spreading its Ocu-pus legs across... Dana Ballout • 13 October, 2016 Startup Watch Theranos tinder
Egypt 'VC association wanted, please call Egypt for more details' [Opinion] There is no doubt the Egyptian startup ecosystem is young. If the startups are young, the investors are as well. As investors, we need... Tamer Azer • 09 October, 2016 Egypt venture capital association British Venture Capital Association
Regional You need more than a website to save the world [Opinion] Aspiring social entrepreneurs need to understand that the tech component of solving a social problem is only a very small part of... Kamel Al-Asmar • 13 October, 2016 Opinion Social Entrepreneurship Pepsico
Egypt 8 lessons for new founders [Opinion] In August I officially completed my first year of being fully dedicated to my food startup Yumamia. It’s been a year of hard... Belal El Borno • 29 September, 2016 Opinion first time founder Yumamia
Global From droid farmers to gamer therapists: why we can’t prepare students today for the careers of 2030 [Opinion] This article is a crossposted with Medium. I recently reread To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. There’s one... Ayah Bdeir • 18 September, 2016 littlebits Opinion
Regional Making media pay: unlocking the potential in MENA digital [Opinion] Arab youth is a demographic to be respected and reckoned with, as they represent one of the world’s fastest growing segments and are... Walid Faza - Rayan Dawud • 08 September, 2016 Kharabeesh Opinion tamatem
Regional Five do’s and don’ts of snagging a corporate partner [Opinion] This article has been crossposted with Arabian Business. Around 94 percent of startups see value in partnering with corporations because... Elias Boustani • 01 September, 2016 CE expo 2020 Opinion
Palestine Paypal: stop ignoring Palestinians now [Opinion] Paypal, despite its own corporate values of inclusion and equality, is discriminating against Palestinians. A few months ago Paypal CEO... Salah Amleh • 25 August, 2016 palestine PayPal
Global Startup Watch: 5 years of Tim Cook’s Apple, and Gandalf won’t do your wedding The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, but not when you have to explain the difference between AR and VR, that’s easy.... Lucy Knight • 25 August, 2016 Startup Watch
Lebanon Asmahan Zein shares the highlights of her journey [Wamda TV] Asmahan Zein founded and built data management company Infofort in Lebanon after working for 27 years at Aramex. She’s the... Maya Rahal • 16 August, 2016 Asmahan Zein infofort aramex