Sleep-deprived, failing fast, and pivoting smartly: Day 1 on StartupBus Europe They say travel makes you wiser, meeting people opens your mind, and succeding involve trying - and even failing. What happens when the... Aline Mayard • 31 October, 2013 hackathon Startupbus
5 graphs that explain the ICT sector in Jordan Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is often lauded as one of Jordan's most promising- and fastest growing- sectors. Last year,... Nina Curley • 30 October, 2013 Report ict Data
Can media marketplaces disrupt traditional news outlets? The statistics are by now familiar: newspaper and magazine subscriptions are in free fall, Facebook and Twitter are on the rise, and what... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 30 October, 2013 marketplace news Media
What are Saudi consumers hungry for? A look at search trends in the Kingdom [Infographic] The online ordering sector is heating up this year with Foodonclick, the Arab arm of Turkish online delivery giant Yemeksepeti, announcing e... Maya Rahal • 30 October, 2013 Food & Beverage
Global This young Jordanian entrepreneur bootstrapped a funky gadget e-commerce site from home Loay Malahmeh loves funky gifts. While shopping for one recently, he became frustrated with the overpriced products that he found... Reine Farhat • 29 October, 2013 cash-on-delivery Shipping E-commerce
Startup news ticker: MIT connecting Arab startups to Silicon Valley; Bitcoin launches its first ATM 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 • 29 October, 2013 ticker news
4 reasons why game developers should consider crowdfunding Update: The campaign mentioned at the end of the piece is updated to show a more realistic representation of an unknown developer raising... Glen Dalakian II • 29 October, 2013 Developers Crowdfunding Mobile Gaming
12 initiatives working to empower women in the Middle East Bahraini women weaving. Photo courtesy of Sophie Middleton. Women’s economic integration and empowerment is a global issue that has a... Leena AlOlaimy • 29 October, 2013 W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Women
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
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