VCs and option pools: Swimming in the deep end Understanding the "option pool" will help entrepreneurs get to grips with early-stage employee rewards and incentives. Scott Edward ... Wamda • 18 September, 2010
How to Position Your Startup Against Competition Every entrepreneur has competition. It's always important to admit it, but not to the point where you believe it's irrelevent. Jason C... Wamda • 17 September, 2010
Warren Buffett: How to Communicate Lou Hoffman is CEO of The Hoffman Agency, a public relations firm with multiple offices in the US, Europe and Asia. This story first... Wamda • 17 September, 2010
Stability or startup: Keys to making the choice Effective planning can help overcome the fears about taking the leap into launching a new venture Ro Choy is a veteran Silicon Valley tech... Wamda • 16 September, 2010
How To Create a Good Relationship with a VC Venture capital funding is a relationship, not a transaction, argues Nat Goldhaber Nat Goldhaber is co-founder and managing director of... Wamda • 16 September, 2010
How much should you look for in your seed round? The challenge of how much money to seek in early-stage funding remains one of the most complex an entrpreneur can face. Will Herman is an... Wamda • 16 September, 2010
How to Create an Effective Business Plan When an entrepreneur has identified a potential business opportunity, the next step is developing a business plan for the new venture. What... Wamda • 16 September, 2010
Freemium: A business model startups can’t ignore The word “freemium” may be less than four years old, but the business model it describes – offering basic service access for free and then ... Wamda • 16 September, 2010
Can "lean" co-exist with "innovation"? “Lean” has come to mean an integrated, end-to-end process that combines the waste elimination, just-in-time inventory management and a cul... Wamda • 16 September, 2010
How to Negotiate with a VC over Stock Options Scott Edward Walker is the founder and CEO of Walker Corporate Law Group, PLLC, a law firm specializing in the representation of... Wamda • 16 September, 2010
How To Deal with Venture Capitalists Steve Sammut, a senior fellow and lecturer at Wharton School of Business, talks to Arabic Knowleldge@Wharton about how entrepreneurs can... Wamda • 16 September, 2010
5 Startup Legal Pitfalls You Need to Avoid Starting your business is an exciting time. But as you focus on the big picture, it’s easy to ignore the minutiae of organizing your c... Wamda • 16 September, 2010
How Your Business Can Benefit from Google Voice Will free phone calls for Gmail users spur another internet revolution? And how can your small business benefit? By Kartik Ram Google is ... Wamda • 14 September, 2010
Buying power: How Aramex is Facilitating E-commerce E-Commerce has started to explode across the Arab World, with payment flexibility and logistics expertise helping to drive momentum. The ... Wamda • 13 September, 2010 E-commerce
Bassel Ojjeh on Building a Business After spells at both Microsoft and Yahoo, Bassel Ojjeh is well placed to understand the potential of technology. In his last role, he was... Wamda • 09 September, 2010
Entrepreneur in Focus: Elie Khoury This article first appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of The Explorer, Aramex's thought-leadership magazine that investigates issues... Wamda • 09 September, 2010
Just Capital: Seed Funding in Jordan This article first appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of The Explorer, Aramex's thought-leadership magazine that investigates issues ... Wamda • 09 September, 2010
Entrepreneur in Focus: Jihad Alammar of Qaym.com Part social network, part Zagat’s guide, Qaym.com specialises in user-generated reviews of restaurants across the Middle East. Founded in R... Wamda • 09 September, 2010
Rebuilding Babylon: New Opportunities in Iraq The post-Saddam years, with the removal of sanctions and a new low-tax environment, created a bonanza of opportunities. Seven years later,... Wamda • 09 September, 2010
Success Writ Large: Samih Toukan on Entrepreneurshp Now CEO of the Jabbar Group of internet-focused companies, Samih Toukan made his name as one half of the Maktoob story. He hopes that his ... Wamda • 09 September, 2010
Sharing Innovation: Kamal Hassan empowers SMEs Palestinian-American entrepreneur Kamal Hassan believes solving creative problems through “open network innovation” can provide the cre... Wamda • 09 September, 2010
The Net in Networking: Social Media in Jordan Established and growing businesses in the region are making full use of the popularity – and opportunity – of social networking sites This a... Wamda • 09 September, 2010
Entrepreneur in Focus: Mohammed Kilany This article first appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of The Explorer, Aramex's thought-leadership magazine that investigates issues... Wamda • 09 September, 2010
Meteorological Rise: Vimov's Weather HD App This article first appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of The Explorer, Aramex's thought-leadership magazine that investigates issues... Wamda • 09 September, 2010 Mobile Apps