Why startups should focus on strong customer service [Infographic] As the saying goes, “the client is king” and, just like kings, customers expect to be well-served. While some companies may shrug off the im... Maya Rahal • 29 October, 2013 Customer Service
5 ways to compete with Amazon, and why its model isn't 'profitless' After almost two decades in online retail, Amazon is still the punchline to jokes about profitability. “Amazon, as best I can tell, is a ... Nina Curley • 28 October, 2013 Amazon Scaling Payment Gateways
Aliqtisadi launches in Palestine and London, in hopes of becoming the #1 Arabic business news site Aliqtisadi, the business magazine based in Damascus, Syria, announced its launch in Palestine and London last week, at the Abu Dhabi... Nina Curley • 28 October, 2013 content news Arabic Content
Fun logistics game launches in Dubai on a lean budget; can it find distribution? This piece is part of a new series on the challenges of new entrepreneurs who are bootstrapping their startups. “This is a game from ... Glen Dalakian II • 28 October, 2013 Bootstrapping Shipping Mobile Gaming
Startup Weekend Beirut 2013 Startup Weekend comes back to Beirut, Lebanon on November 22-24, 2013. SW Beirut will follow the basic Startup Weekend model, anyone can p... Wamda • 28 October, 2013 Startup Weekend
One woman's quest to get kids reading in the Arab world Very few initiatives originating in the Arab world achieve international recognition: Kitaby Kitabak (my book, your book in English), a... Ahmed Gabr • 28 October, 2013 libraries library reading
One bus, 40 entrepreneurs, a 5-day hackathon: StartupBus comes to southern Africa When an idea is good, it tends to travel across oceans. After successful runs in the U.S. and Europe, the StartupBus has launched... Aline Mayard • 27 October, 2013
Global Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest? There was nothing special about the verb ‘pin’ before Pinterest was founded in 2010. Today, online, it's most likely to... Reine Farhat • 27 October, 2013 Funding Social Networks Marketing
Egyptian students shine at Intel Science Competition At an exposition recently held at Intel's Cairo office, eight Egyptian student winners of the Intel Science Competition, between the ages... Ahmed Gabr • 27 October, 2013
Weekly Wrap-Up: October 20-24 6 startup challenges answered at Mix N' Mentor Beirut We recently held our second Mix N' Mentor event in Beirut - this time with a brand... Wamda • 25 October, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
DGTL#U Beirut 2013 The 2nd edition of DGTL#U is set to take place on November 7th and 8th, 2013 at the Movenpick Hotel – Beirut, under the patronage of L... Wamda • 25 October, 2013 Social Media Conferences Digital Marketing
Why Nextly, now open to the public, stands to revolutionize content sharing There are several ways to curate content on the web these days, but it’s often a fragmented experience. Now that Google Reader is dead, s... Nina Curley • 24 October, 2013 content
Zain Jordan partners with Wamda to support startups via Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Telecom company Zain is now the first company in Jordan to partner with Wamda on Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility (CER), an... Nina Curley • 24 October, 2013 Zain Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Wamda News
12 tips for young entrepreneurs from an Egyptian startup founder Amira Azzouz is the founder and editor-in-chief of Fustany.com, a fashion portal for the Middle East in both Arabic and English, which... Amira Azzouz • 24 October, 2013 fustany amira azzouz Egypt
How to Attract Venture Capital Interest seminar in Dubai On November 2, 2013 TURN8 is organizing a seminar in Dubai entitled “Building a Successful Lean Start-up.” The event will be powered by i36... Wamda • 24 October, 2013 Funding Lean Methodology Venture Capital
4 simple reasons why a young digital agency in Lebanon is turning a steady profit Sometimes the startups seeing the most steady returns aren’t the ones that are popping up in the news, but just those with a solid model a... Glen Dalakian II • 24 October, 2013 CER Blog Developers
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