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Global

Driving Economic Growth Through Entrepreneurship Ecosystems [Exclusive discount code!]

Babson College is offering a program specifically to help public and private sector leaders create an entirely new internal capacity to...

entrepreneurship Ecosystem economy

Global

Hello Tomorrow Global Summit #HTSummit

A perfect storm of good things. That’s what they call the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit, an intimate, invite-only forum that gathers...

Science Technology entrepreneurship

Egypt

1864 Accelerator Cairo FinTech 2016 Hackathon

Coders, designers, and entrepreneurs are invited to take part in the first hackathon organized by the 1864 Accelerator, aimed at...

fin-tech Egypt hackathon

Regional

Startup Battle 2016

Startup Battle, in association with The Rockstar Hubs International is an exciting pitch-fest, featuring a panel of entrepreneur investors....

entrepreneurship Pitch Competition Investment

Regional

SwitchMed Connect 2016

SwitchMed Connect is an annual gathering of Mediterranean stakeholders to build synergies, exchange knowledge, and scale up eco and social...

Barcelona entrepreneurship eco friendly

Regional

YPO & Wamda live Twitter Chat: What’s Trending Now in MENA? #MENABizTrends

What industries are ready for disruption in MENA? What is trending in the business world? Got anything you’d like to learn about...

twitter Chat entrepreneurship

Regional

Megatrends in MENA: the rise of entrepreneurship [Infographic]

Entrepreneurship has finally attained global megatrend status, according to EY, but MENA's founders knew that long...

EY megatrend entrepreneurship

Saudi Arabia

ArabNet Riyadh 2015 [20% discount]

The 4th edition of the ArabNet Riyadh forum, expecting over 1,000 participants from across the region, will take place on December 14-16, 2...

Design+code day summit riyadh

Regional

Majority of UAE residents prefer to be entrepreneurs if given the choice [Report]

(Image via Startupist) More than half of the UAE’s residents say they would like to be entrepreneurs, according to a survey conducted b...

YouGov bayt.com MENA

Regional

No one ever said entrepreneurship was easy: tips from a pro

This is a crosspost with Khalid Alkhudair's LinkedIn blog. I’ve been an employee and I’ve been an entrepreneur, and being an entrepreneur i...

khalid alkhudair entrepreneurship

Iraq

Exchanges are creating Iraqi changemakers

Over the past 10 years some 3,000 young Iraqis have travelled on exchange programs funded by foreign governments, and it's some of...

cultural exchange entrepreneurship iraq

Lebanon

Sweet as honey: how this Lebanese startup founded a thriving business

In the middle of Beirut's Achrafieh area is a small boutique with rows and rows of honey jars stacked on top each other. The boutique...

nature entrepreneurship lebanon

Palestine

Investors and entrepreneurs preach startups to Palestinian university students

It may be hard to believe, but now is the perfect time to start a business in Palestine. “There wasn’t enough [funding] in the pipeline bef...

entrepreneurship palestine arabreneur

Saudi Arabia

Misreading Saudi entrepreneurship [Opinion]

When looking at it from the outside, Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurship potential appears very different to the reality. There are arrogant m...

entrepreneurship Saudi Arabia Women

Maghreb

Tunisian entrepreneurs mobilize against terrorism

The recent terrorist attack in Sousse compelled Tunisian entrepreneurs to try to find solutions. Here, a team is pitching...

terrorism entrepreneurship

Lebanon

What does it take to make it in the Lebanese ecosystem?

There was plenty to discuss at Energy Boost. (Images via Facebook) How do you make it big in a country like Lebanon? How do you...

Energy Boost UK Lebanon Tech Hub Beirut Digital District

Saudi Arabia

Tech World editor launches online guide for Saudi entrepreneurs

A new online platform in Saudi Arabia is seeking to develop the startup sector in the country, through a combination of news media and...

Online Press Tamer Omran Entrprnrshp

Regional

Don't be afraid to scale

This is a crosspost with LinkedIn. The MENA entrepreneurship landscape has come a long way since the days when I was at...

VC investment Amir farha startups

Lebanon

Lebanese government inks $6.4 million loan to create tech hub

Lebanon’s government is moving forward with an initiative aimed at strengthening innovation and entrepreneurship in its mobile internet e...

Ministry of Telecommunications MIHub tech hub

Bahrain

The Bahrain Award for Entrepreneurship

Designed to recognize the contributions of entrepreneurs to Bahrain's economy, entrepreneurs in Bahrain are invited to apply for the...

entrepreneurship Bahrain

Entrepreneurship isn't free - here's why

This article has been cross-posted with Quartz. There is good news and bad news about entrepreneurship. The good news is that there is...

money entrepreneurship Funding

4 big myths about starting your own company

This article has been cross posted with Business Week. Entrepreneurship has become faddish of late, and business school...

entrepreneurship Advice

Regional

Most workers in the Middle East would prefer to launch a business

Due to high unemployment rates in the Arab region, more people than ever are launching their own businesses, hoping to create their own...

bayt.com entrepreneurship Report

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...

bubble entrepreneurship bubble connected devices

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