Mashroo3i business plan competition teams meet their mentors Several aspiring young Bahraini entrepreneurs met their mentors at the kick-off of the 2nd Mashroo3i business plan competition. Mashroo3i,... Leena AlOlaimy • 30 December, 2013 mashroo3i competition Bahrain
8 tips for revitalizing a family business Entrepreneurship isn’t always the creation of something out of nothing. Sometimes, it’s a light bulb turning on in a young, ambitious min... Ramzi Ghurani • 30 December, 2013 WamdaCard
Friendshippr regulates informal P2P international shipping; secures $670,000 USD Series A round Asking friends to ship or bring back an item from overseas is a practice as popular as it is tricky. Especially in this region, with its... Aline Mayard • 29 December, 2013 crowdshipping Business Angels collaborative economy
Personal skills are the focus of Mowgli's new entrepreneur mentorship program Entrepreneurs are often advised to choose their partners carefully, as they may end up spending even more time with them than they do with... Hanan Solayman • 29 December, 2013 uk g8 Forsa
How Lebanese gaming portal At7addak is building an online empire with user-generated content As I drove up to the town of Mansourieh overlooking sprawling Beirut, I wondered how such a successful online company could operate in... Glen Dalakian II • 29 December, 2013 Content Portals Arabic Content Gaming
4 steps for imagining better solutions at your startup At Wamda Media, we’re working on running a tighter ship in 2014. That means being more in touch with what you, our readers, want to read, ... Nina Curley • 29 December, 2013
Weekly Wrap-Up: December 22-26: How to unplug A note from our Editor in chief Here at Wamda, we've had a huge 2013, and it's not over yet. Christmas is over, but this holiday weekend,... Wamda • 26 December, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
Why e-commerce site Namshi stopped using 'Sukar' as a keyword In an e-commerce sector that is increasingly competitive in the Middle East, online retailers of all sizes are seeking to enrich their... Eman Mostafa • 26 December, 2013 sukar Namshi Google
The future is mobile: here are the 3 things you need to build an app According to mega-successful VC Bill Gurley, “we are in the midst of a critical platform transition,” from browsers to mobile app... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 26 December, 2013 VC Mobile
Can AskNative save Egypt's tourism industry? AskNative, a tourism service that works like a social network, is up against serious odds in Egypt, where both tourism and e-commerce are... Eman Mostafa • 26 December, 2013 AskNative Tourism Egypt
8 companies from the Arab world join the Endeavor Network At Endeavor’s 51st International Selection Panel a couple of weeks ago, the support network accepted 28 entrepreneurs from 20 companies i... Nina Curley • 26 December, 2013
5 tips for relaxing this holiday season Happy holidays from Wamda! Whether you're celebrating Christmas today or unwinding during the winter lull, remember to schedule time off.... Nina Curley • 25 December, 2013
What You Look Like to a Social Network [Infographic] Facebook makes a lot of us feel warm and fuzzy; if commenting on ‘life event’ photos and smugly stalking friends and family halfway around ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 December, 2013 privacy tumblr twitter
How to build loyalty by turning traditional marketing on its head For startups looking to launch a marketing campaign over the holidays, or starting in 2014, here’s a fun little nugget on marketing, f... Nina Curley • 24 December, 2013 Customer Acquisition
Tracking these 10 items will help you create better content Lately, as online marketing shifts to a heavier focus on content, it seems that businesses are clambering to start... Wissam Dandan • 23 December, 2013
By women, for women: How two sisters are bootstrapping an online marketplace in Dubai When we last chatted with the Kanaan sisters, the founders of Ananasa.com, they were struggling with a classic problem that many... Maya Rahal • 23 December, 2013 Women E-commerce Handicrafts
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