Saudi Arabia Saudi startup Feelit provides teenage girls with a forum to express their feelings The rise of social networks has shown just how much people like to express themselves. Feelit, as the name implies, is one social... Reine Farhat • 22 January, 2014 teenagers Bootstrapping Saudi Arabia
Should your startup get rid of traditional corporate hierarchy? Ever since online retailer Zappos announced last month that it was getting rid of job titles, the web has been buzzing with cheers – and s... Stephanie Nour Prince • 21 January, 2014 zappos holacracy
Startup news ticker: GoodGame Empire reaches 50 million players Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick... Wamda • 21 January, 2014 game Gaming
Hello Tomorrow Competition offers startups access to a world stage Istanbul increasingly seems like the place to be in 2014 if you’re an entrepreneur. We’ve previously reported on three can’t-miss tech conf... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 21 January, 2014 communications it medtech
Wearables market projected to diversify, expand by 2018 [Infographic] Developing wearables doesn’t have to be the exclusive domain of genius tech engineers. If you have the idea and know which audience you are ... Maya Rahal • 21 January, 2014 Wearable devices wearables
Two successful Saudi game developers eye the international market “We felt like aliens,” says Bandar Al Mashari, on how he and his friend Sultan Al Sharif related to the mobile gaming industry four years a... Ahmed Gabr • 21 January, 2014 game Mobile Gaming Mobile
How to build a great content marketing strategy You’re busy. Time starved, even. As an entrepreneur, you don’t have massive piles of cash to throw around to launch a full-blown content m... Wissam Dandan • 20 January, 2014
What are we talking about when we talk about innovation? Every industry has jargon: words people say to sound informed whose true meanings have been diluted from overuse. People who hear others... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 January, 2014 bayt.com scott berkun Innovation
Another quick win on Eureeca: Oasis500 startup Foodlve hits its target Crowdinvestment in the Middle East is continuing to look like easy money. After Nabbesh, Harir.com, and SearchinMENA.com ran successful... Nina Curley • 20 January, 2014 Foodlve Oasis500
How will Instapush make it easier for entrepreneurs to monitor their businesses? At a time when the digital technology sector’s growth is skyrocketing, PushBots, an Egyptian startup, has launched Instapush, a service t... Eman Mostafa • 20 January, 2014 Mobile Egypt pushbots
Pakistani entrepreneur launches social network for learning "We are the first social network that parents want their kids to use," says Hassan Siddiq, the CEO of DailyThem.es, a writing and review ... Ahmed Gabr • 19 January, 2014 E-Learning Technology Education
Regional 4 steps to make hiring easy Hiring for entrepreneurs can be a blessing and a curse. While the increased workload that comes with expansion and additions means you’re d... Muhanad Sabha • 19 January, 2014 Job Recruitment Programme Job Creation
How Big Hass sold hip hop to Saudi Arabia Brash hip hop and conservative Saudi Arabia are two things that wouldn’t seem to be a natural fit. But Hassane Dennaoui, blogger at ReVolt ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 19 January, 2014 mix fm revolt radio hassane dennaoui
The secret sauce for running a successful crowd investment campaign Will 2014 be the year of crowd investment? Yes, if startups like SearchinMENA have anything to say about it. The B2B marketplace, founded... Nina Curley • 16 January, 2014 crowdinvestment How-Tos
Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking workshop This workshop, sponsored by the CHAIN Institute, advertises an opportunity for attendees to be immerse into an interactive environment... Wamda • 16 January, 2014 cybersecurity hacking ethical hacking
Weekly Wrap-Up: January 12-16 Yes, we can (code)! Girls in Tech wants to build a girls tech community in Egypt Today, many all-women coding groups exist as a result of... Wamda • 16 January, 2014 Weekly Wrap-Up