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The 10 pitch deck slides you need to wow investors

Dr. Mussaad M. Al-Razouki is the chief investment and business development officer of Kuwait Life Sciences Company. He has over 15 years of...

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U.A.E

You need to focus on the problem to succeed

Ayman Alashkar, is the founder of UAE-based proptech startup OVERWRITE.ai We entered 2020 like...

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Global

Should businesses be spending or saving their marketing dollars?

By Anastasiya Golovatenko, account director at Sherpa Communications The economical whirlwind caused by the outbreak of Covid-19...

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Global

How to manage a business operation on opposite sides of the globe [Opinion]

We are lucky enough to live in a technologically-advanced time allowing us to expand and manage teams all over the world. In fact, the...

Advice Tips how to

Regional

How to start your journey as a mentor

This is an edited crosspost from New Shift. Mentors face many exciting challenges when advising early-stage entrepreneurs: studying a...

Mentor Advice

Bahrain

Bahrain’s shift from oil to silicon [Opinion]

Of the businesses registered in Bahrain, 80 percent are SMEs and they are basically what drive our economy. We have other large...

Hamed Fakhro Bahrain Advice

Global

Top 7 takeaways from Amazon's shareholder letter

Amazon is one of the world's biggest companies, and as of last year its biggest retailer. (Image via EPA) Amazon has faced down...

Jeff Bezos Amazon Tips

Regional

Should you make governance a priority?

One criticism of US-based Zenefits was that it had a weak board - only four people. (Image via Barcinno) During a recent visit to a client...

Saudi Arabia Advice Corporate Governance

Regional

Out of office: how to manage a remote team

Remote workers, be they freelance or employees, are a fact of life in today's connected world. (Image via Continuant) The idea that work...

Loulou Khazen remote working freelance

Global

Thinking of joining a startup? 6 things you should know

A recent conversation with a young woman in her 20s, about how her job at a startup had left her unpaid for the last two months, left me...

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Lebanon

How putting her kids first led this Lebanese entrepreneur to launch a startup

Life’s daily struggles make it easy to forget how hard it is to be a mother, let alone a working one. Lebanese Ingrid Salloum,...

women entrepreneurs lebanon Advice

Regional

12 lessons learned in helping your talent thrive

Photo credits. Looking back at 2014, it was quite a fruitful year in terms of funds announced and investment deals closed. But one...

lessons Q&A Team building

Regional

Why do funded entrepreneurs fail to raise money again (and again)?

This is the third of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities...

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Jordan

Startup Revolution at ZINC Jordan

Last Sunday, Zain’s newly launched incubator ZINC hosted The Startup Revolution, a community meetup driven by entrepreneurs looking to c...

Startup Revolution ZINC Zain Jordan

Global

If you're a startup, don't act like a big business

It seems everybody has a startup these days. I’m the co-founder of www.Melltoo.com, a social network that connects buyers and sellers in t...

traditional business Global Advice

Regional

What do investors in the MENA want from startups?

This is the first of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities...

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4 big myths about starting your own company

This article has been cross posted with Business Week. Entrepreneurship has become faddish of late, and business school...

entrepreneurship Advice

The startup marathon: how to endure to the finish line [Infographic]

Building a startup is like a marathon, and endurance is key. In the infographic below, Anna Vital goes through some of the main worries...

fundersandfounders Advice Infographic

Regional

Angel investor Ranwa Halasa calls for bolder investors and savvier entrepreneurs

This article is part of our expert content series, in which we will highlight valuable advice from key experts in the regional...

Mistakes Tips Advice

4 tips to put user generated content to work for your business

As an entrepreneur, you’ve probably had some kind of internal monologue that went a bit like this: “I know we need great content – but it t...

UGC user generated content content

Tips from 3 experts on building a successful co-working space in the Arab world

Co-working spaces are a new thing in the Arab world. We’re not used to working in the same place with strangers who aren’t colleagues or eve...

Coworking Advice Egypt

Global

What keeps your employees happy? It's not the money

Although the Middle East suffers from high unemployment rates, Arab startups often also find it difficult to retain...

Motivation Tips Advice

Global

10 mistakes to avoid when speaking in public

At some point in our lives, we will most likely have to stand in front of people and present an idea or a project. While the experience...

Mistakes Expert Advice Top Lists

10 lessons for building a startup from the Google for Entrepreneurs Partners Summit

Two weeks ago, Muhammed Mekki and I participated – as AstroLabs – in the first Google for Entrepreneurs Partners summit, a two da...

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