Weekly Wrap-Up: September 15-19 The 12 most emotional moments of launching a startup Creating a unique product and successfully navigating your startup through tough... Wamda • 19 September, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
Startup in Palestine launches crowdfunding campaign for rooftop farming in refugee camps During one of her stints conducting field research in the Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and Lebanon in support of her... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 19 September, 2013
The 12 most emotional moments of launching a startup Launching your own company anywhere, let alone in the Arab world, is hardly a walk in the park; it's not easy to create a unique product,... Wamda • 19 September, 2013 Fun GIFs
How to better understand your customers by creating personas The success of any company directly hinges on how well it serves it customer base. One way to get a better handle on who, exactly, the... Muhanad Sabha • 19 September, 2013 personas Customer Acquisition
Startup news ticker: TA Telecom wins Mobile Merit Awards and Google acquires Bump 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 • 18 September, 2013 news Facebook Investment
How is the Arab world using smartphones? [Infographic] Two phones out of five in the Middle East are smartphones, according to new data from the International Data Corporation. But how... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 18 September, 2013
Uber vs. Careem: as Goliath storms Dubai, can David own Saudi Arabia? When Careem announced $1.7 million in investment from STC Ventures last week, it seemed like a timely response to the entrance of its... Nina Curley • 18 September, 2013 Rivalries Car Service Transportation
Don't overthink your startup's social media strategy If I had a dollar for every time I heard, “I want our social media to be exactly like Just Falafel. I know we are not in the s... Darine Sabbagh • 18 September, 2013 Social Networks Social Media
Global What do employers look for on social media? [Infographic] While LinkedIn is often hailed as the go-to social network for professionals, and job seekers in particular, many employers also scout a... Glen Dalakian II • 18 September, 2013 Job Recruitment Programme Social Media
NGO connects young Iraqis to international art scene When war descends, art is often one of its first casualties. As gallery spaces close down and funding dries up, artists often have little... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 17 September, 2013 ngos Social Change Social Entrepreneurship
Empowering Moroccan artisans to sell on Etsy and Ebay With the success of Etsy and Ebay, artisans can now become entrepreneurs more easily and market their products to a large global... Aline Mayard • 17 September, 2013 Social Entrepreneurship
Iran reblocks Twitter and Facebook; local entrepreneur says it wasn't a glitch Last night, several social media users reported that Twitter and Facebook were unblocked in Iran, making it possible to post directly to... Nina Curley • 17 September, 2013 Censorship
The most popular websites in Algeria [Infographic] Due to several technological issues, including the 3G debacle, Algeria is behind most other countries in the region when it comes to the... Aline Mayard • 17 September, 2013 internet algeria Internet growth
YouTube turns on local domains, ad streams in the Gulf: who will benefit? Original video content is exploding in the Middle East and North Africa. As we discussed last week in our first new Wamda... Nina Curley • 16 September, 2013
Did Apple miss a major opportunity with the new iPhone 5c? Although some have joked that the “c” in Apple’s new plastic iPhone 5c stands for “cheap” (it really stands for “colors”) the device f... Glen Dalakian II • 16 September, 2013 smartphones Mobile
6 lessons learned from the closure of a real estate startup in Lebanon Bootstrapping a startup in the Arab world, let alone Lebanon, is anything but easy. And sometimes, despite launching with the support of an... Maya Rahal • 16 September, 2013 Mapping Real Estate Advice
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