How to increase your company's productivity? Give your employees a break In the most widely revered startup creation myth, there’s not a lot of sleep happening. Every entrepreneur we know works around the clock a... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 17 December, 2013 productivity working hours
5 tips for getting your content on Google's In-Depth Articles search result Whenever Google introduces a new feature to search results, smart businesses will sit up and take note of the new opportunities they might... Wissam Dandan • 17 December, 2013 in-depth articles SEO Google
What did Lebanese entrepreneurs learn from the Dublin Web Summit? With 10,000 attendees this year – four times the number from last year, and twenty times the number from the first event just two years a... Maya Rahal • 17 December, 2013 Web Summit Conferences
5 internet trends for the next 10 years, from LeWeb Paris What will the web look like in 10 years? That was the theme of LeWeb, Europe’s largest tech event, based in Paris, for its 10th a... Aline Mayard • 17 December, 2013 bubble entrepreneurship bubble connected devices
Looly's crowdfunds to bring its ethically made Moroccan couscous to the global market In Morocco, there’s no need to introduce couscous. But it’s a different story in the US and UK. Lamiaa Bounahmidi wants to change that, mak... Chadi Nanaa • 16 December, 2013 couscous looly's Crowdfunding
BitPay founder Tony Gallipi on Bitcoin's bright future [WamdaTV] BitPay is an easy-to-use platform enabling internet businesses to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment. BitPay provides a plugin and makes it... Gulay Ozkan • 16 December, 2013 currency p2p bitpay
Egyptian daily deals site Waffarha confident amidst uncertainty The recent shutdown of Dare’n’Deal, Egypt’s most popular website for daily deals and group buying, sparked much curiosity about whether the... Hanan Solayman • 16 December, 2013 E-commerce Daily Deals Egypt
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
Global Entrepreneurship Week Benghazi goes ahead despite unstable situation For the first time, the Libyan city of Benghazi participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Week between November 18th and 24th, despite... Hadeel Houni • 15 December, 2013 GEW
Jordanian custom photo album service eyes Gulf Facebook users, B2B expansion There’s got to be a story behind a company by the name of Cheezu. “I was watching a Japanese movie,” says Tala Haddadin, Cheezu’s Jordani... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 15 December, 2013 cheezu b2c b2b
Mobile advertising more vital than ever to marketers in the Arab world [Infographic] With more than 366 million mobile phone users in the region, penetration rates and usage data are attracting more attention every day.... Ahmed Gabr • 15 December, 2013 mobile advertising Advertising Infographic
Aliqtisadi partners with Harvard Business Review to offer management content in Arabic Aliqtisadi, the Arabic business news portal launched out of Damascus, is continuing to expand despite the challenges of the Syrian... Nina Curley • 15 December, 2013 Aliqtisadi Content Portals Arabic Content
Weekly Wrap-Up: December 08-12 Check out our Hangout with Christopher Schroeder! Yesterday, we took part in a Middle East focused Google Hangout with "Startup Rising"... Wamda • 13 December, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
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
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
MySportner founder Kenza Bennani on her greatest challenges, and big plans for the future The New Work Lab, a Moroccan co-working space based in Casablanca, recently held the first edition of Pitch Lab won by MySportner.... Fatim Zahra Biaz • 12 December, 2013 mysportner new work labs morocco