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A Chat with an Imaginary Small Business CEO in Saudi Arabia

Being an entrepreneur in Saudi Arabia is relatively easy. According to the World Bank’s Doing Business 2010 data, Saudi Arabia ranks 1...

Innovation Trends

4 Ways to Innovate in Online Travel in the Middle East

The regional behemoth airlines, Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways, continue to inspire us with their global dominance. Yet despite...

Innovation Mobile Travel

Entrepreneurs: Stop Innovating, Start Minnovating

This article was originally published on the Harvard Business Review Blog Network. If we want more entrepreneurs, stop worrying about...

Innovation

N2V Launches LifeLine, a Flexible Media Visualization Platform

N2V has launched Lifeline, a new platform designed to showcase customized sets of media in a chronological format. Those who head to the ...

Innovation N2V

Entrepreneurship Outperforms Innovation

Innovative ideas can make a splash, but entrepreneurs are more likely to create value, change the world, and make profits. Pro or...

Innovation

10 Semifinalists Pitch at QITCOM's Innovation Theatre

Today, in the Innovation Theatre at QITCOM, Qatar's IT-focused conference, 10 nervous entrepreneurs pitched ideas to a panel of judges,...

Competitions Innovation

Regional

MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge, powered by Jumia: Applications Open

The MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge is a Pan-African challenge that invites teams from across the continent to compete for over $75,000 in ...

African entrepreneurs MTN entrepreneurship challenge MIT entrepreneurship challenge

Stars of Science returns for Season 6 to showcase young Arab innovators

During a press conference organized at Qatar’s National Convention Center (QNCC) in Doha, which Wamda attended earlier today over Google H...

regional competition Stars of Science

How to Prepare Your Business for Rapid Growth

On March 5th, The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Dubai are hosting an event in their “How To” series entitled How to Prepare Your Business for ra...

Innovation

Going Global in an Emerging Market: Tips from Alexander Galitsky of Almaz Capital [Wamda TV]

Alexander Galitsky, managing partner and co-founder of leading Russian venture capital firm Almaz Capital, was one of the key speakers at...

Advice Ecosystem Innovation

Agility, Focus and the Power of Pull: Tips from Fadi Ghandour and Joi Ito at MixNMentor [Wamda TV]

At our Wamda Mix n' Mentor event in Dubai, angel investors Fadi Ghandour and Joi Ito and entrepreneurs Muhammed Mekki of Namshi and Brian...

Advice Innovation Mix n Mentor

Big Data Visualization Made Accessible to All: Burak Arikan of Graph Commons [Wamda TV]

In the age of big data, the revolution will come from well-connected little data and how we interpret these connections. Therefore, network...

Analytics Design Innovation

Beirut Global Shapers Hub Launch

The Beirut Global Shapers will be officially launching their hub on December 21st at Karaj Beirut in Mar Mkhayil. Check it out to learn...

Ecosystem Innovation

Driving Entrepreneurial Spirit in the Middle East

On Monday, December 10th, The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Dubai will host the Driving Entrepreneurial Spirit in the Middle East pre-event to ...

Conferences Innovation

A Chat with Joi Ito: Why Agile Startups are More Likely to Succeed [Wamda TV]

This is part one of a three part video interview with Joi Ito, an entrepreneur, investor, director of the MIT Media Lab, and previous ...

Advice Ecosystem Innovation

A Chat with Fadi Ghandour: How to Encourage Entrepreneurship in the Arab World [Wamda TV]

At the Abu Dhabi Media Summit last month, Fadi Ghandour discussed opportunities and challenges for entrepreneurs in the Arab world, in an...

Abu Dhabi Media Summit Ecosystem Fadi Ghandour

A Chat with the Startup Founder Who Secured Over $10 Million on Kickstarter [Wamda TV]

It is increasingly important for hardware entrepreneurs to either transform what people are already carrying into wireless devices or...

Conferences Crowdfunding Innovation

EXPOTECH Technology Week 2012 To Highlight Palestinian ICT Innovation

From October 6th to 11th, the Palestinian Information Technology Association (PITA) will be hosting EXPOTECH 2012 in Ramallah, Palestine to ...

Conferences Innovation

AUC Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The AUC conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Shaping the Future of Egypt kicks off today, at the AUC New Campus, jointly held by ...

Conferences Education Innovation

You can change the world. What are you waiting for? [Wamda TV]

This video is inspiring us at Wamda today and we want to share it with all entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs out there. Related ...

Advice Environment Innovation

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