Announcing our newest WamdaCard partner: Amazon Web services

Keeping operation cost down at your startup is a survival tactic for most entrepreneurs. This week, we were thrilled to announce partnering with Amazon Web Services for WamdaCard, whereby startups get $500 worth of credit to use on their cloud-based services. Until October 12, we've cut the price of the membership to $100 instead of $149. Apply now! 

Upcoming Events

• 05 Oct - Trip to Innovation in Amman
• 07 Oct - Harper Reed's at New Work Lab, Casablanca
• 08 Oct - IDC's Cloud Computing and Datacenter Roadshow 2013
• 08 Oct - Why Entrepreneurship Beats Politics in the Middle East – New York City
• 10 Oct - TECOM Harnessing SME Opportunities - Dubai

Next week on October 12, we'll be in Beirut for Mix N' Mentor - stay tuned as we'll be announcing more on the new format! 

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