Wamda

Regional

Mena entrepreneurs' battle for a safer mental environment

An article by Omar F. Koudsi, Chief Business Officer & co-founder of Arab Theraby. The entrepreneurial landscape in the Middle East...

Opinion mental health

Regional

How can the Middle East become a better hub for tech startups?

Raviteja Dodda is the founder and CEO of US-based MoEngage, a customer engagement platform. Kunal Badiani, is the Middle East,...

Opinion

Regional

What is the most important lesson we can learn from this pandemic?

Students of history will be familiar with the term “superpower”, countries that wield global influence by means of economic,...

Opinion covid-19

U.A.E

What free licensing could mean for Dubai startups?

A ‘free business license’ and other subsidized costs would be great to have for a startup, and it’s not as far-fetched as...

Hardware Startups Licensing Opinion

Global

For profit or nonprofit? What is the answer for social entrepreneurs [Opinion]

Word on the street – or in the district, based on the buzz at BDD – is that the hot topic today in social entrepreneurship is...

Opinion Social Entrepreneurship For Profit

U.A.E

Why telehealth is so attractive to investors [Opinion]

In his book ‘Healthcare Disrupted’, Jeff Elton comments that ‘until recently, the world changed and healthcare –...

Opinion Healthcare telehealth

Libya

Libyan entrepreneurship in the time of war [Opinion]

Recently, I was shyly approached by two young ICT engineers, Faisal and Omar, with an innovative startup idea: a pair of motion...

Tatweer Research BYTE HEXA

Regional

Social entrepreneurship needs a culture change [Opinion]

It should come as little surprise that social entrepreneurs across the Middle East and North Africa have become rather lackadaisical over...

Social Entrepreneurship Opinion

Regional

Late? You can kiss my money goodbye [Opinion]

I’m sitting in my office and I can hear the central AC sigh quietly reflecting my disappointment. The clock on the wall shifts from...

Punctuality fundraising company culture

Iraq

Building a startup launchpad in Iraq [Opinion]

Iraq’s entrepreneurship scene has a number of players helping startups, such as Fikra Space which was launched in 2014, but they...

Centre for Iraqi Entrepreneurship Opinion Science Camp

Global

You created a store within a marketplace. Now what? [Opinion]

A very common approach for brands and retailers that want to start selling online is to set up a ‘shop-in-shop’, or a branded...

ecommerce marketplace Souq.com

Regional

More tech, more jobs, more growth [Opinion]

A new middle class is emerging in ‘growth market’ cities, and it will be technology-enabled businesses that help create new...

Opinion Growth cities jobs

Saudi Arabia

5 things you need to know about Saudi ecommerce [Opinion]

Ecommerce revenues in Saudi Arabia are staggeringly poor compared to countries where the sector is more established. In 2016, ecommerce...

ecommerce Trends Opinion

Regional

Learn before you sign: the 3 parts of a term sheet [Opinion]

This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait Perhaps the most important tool in the VC’s arsenal, especially when it comes...

Know your VC Contract liquidation

Regional

State and entrepreneurship: will a Trump presidency change all that? [Opinion]

Right after the election of Donald Trump, the soon to become the 45th President of the United States of America, many opinions were voiced...

Government entrepreneurship Opinion

Global

Kids aren’t born digital natives, they’re made [Opinion]

Last March, during a heated debate at the World Wide Web 2016 Conference in Montreal, a researcher yelled at an American colleague:...

Digital literacy Opinion Keeward

Regional

Fadi Ghandour's roadmap to boosting MENA’s startup ecosystem [Opinion]

This article was crossposted from Zenith magazine. Progressive policies can help unlock the economic and job-creating potential of...

Funding Opinion Regulations

Regional

Get your house in order: what to expect from due diligence [Opinion]

Before an investor will give your startup money, they will dig into your books to find out whether there is anything they need to know...

due diligence Investment list

Global

CRO: The art of converting visitors into loyal customers [Opinion]

Most of the entrepreneurs I work with have great ideas and immense enthusiasm, but they are frustrated by one challenge. How do I get...

conversion rate optimization sales funnel conversion funnel

Regional

You need more than a website to save the world [Opinion]

Aspiring social entrepreneurs need to understand that the tech component of solving a social problem is only a very small part of...

Opinion Social Entrepreneurship Pepsico

Egypt

8 lessons for new founders [Opinion]

In August I officially completed my first year of being fully dedicated to my food startup Yumamia. It’s been a year of hard...

Opinion first time founder Yumamia

Global

From droid farmers to gamer therapists: why we can’t prepare students today for the careers of 2030 [Opinion]

This article is a crossposted with Medium. I recently reread To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. There’s one...

littlebits Opinion

Regional

Making media pay: unlocking the potential in MENA digital [Opinion]

Arab youth is a demographic to be respected and reckoned with, as they represent one of the world’s fastest growing segments and are...

Kharabeesh Opinion tamatem

Regional

Five do’s and don’ts of snagging a corporate partner [Opinion]

This article has been crossposted with Arabian Business. Around 94 percent of startups see value in partnering with corporations because...

CE expo 2020 Opinion

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