Wamda

Regional

What I Know about the right time to crowdinvest: Eureeca’s Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas, co-CEO and cofounder of equity crowdfunding platform Eureeca, has sat at both ends of the proverbial funding table. He has...

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Global

What I know about losing the label and defining myself: Genny Ghanimeh

Looking at Genny Ghanimeh’s resume, one might think she hasn’t slept a day in the past 15 years, but yet she’s full of...

Genny Ghanimeh What I Know Tips

Regional

What I know about building ecosystems in emerging countries: Linda Rottenberg

It only took Linda Rottenberg a brief conversation with a taxi driver in Buenos Aires to launch Endeavor. Initially an engineer, this...

What I Know Endeavor Linda Rottenberg

Turkey

What I know about building a living lab: Ersin Pamuksüzer

Aside from R&D centers and fablabs, open spaces to test, research, and apply new technological products or services are distressingly...

Living Labs What I Know

Global

4 courses every tech entrepreneur should take to stay afloat

In the past few years, changes in social media show that something can work like magic one day, and become outdated the next. Given the...

What I Know SEO online marketing

Saudi Arabia

What I know about developing games as a freelancer: Tariq Mokhtar

Tariq Mokhtar, a Saudi freelance developer, started learning game developing through Unity, a platform he used to design his own project....

Saudi Arabia ksa WIK

U.A.E

What I know about AI: Damu Winston

Ever since he first saw Star Trek as a child Damu Winston has had a lifelong fascination with futuristic technology. The founder and...

What I Know AI WIK

Global

What I Know about KPIs: Talal Almuhanna

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Key performance indicators (KPIs) is a type of measurement that aims to help human resources...

Nuwait KPIs What I Know

Saudi Arabia

What I know about building a happy company: Alper Celen

You cannot spread happiness without being happy yourself. This tenet is the driving force behind Alper Celen’s aim to build the...

Joi What I Know Employment

Regional

What I know about building communities: David Spinks

After years of working as a community manager for different companies, David Spinks noticed a trend. He realized that businesses...

What I Know WIK Community

Global

What I know about the future of high-speed transport: Colin Rhys

In late 2016, the UAE’s first-mover deal with high-speed transport system Hyperloop promised commuters to travel from “Dubai to...

Hyperloop One What I Know WIK

U.A.E

What I know about starting up in Dubai: Will Hutson

Originally from Florida, Will Hutson was first introduced to the Middle East while working on one of Disney’s initial global social...

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Global

What I know about the science of remote sensing: Charles Elachi

Charles Elachi can call it a day. He was previously director of the Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) during its mission to Mars –...

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Kuwait

What I know about scaling right: Zaina Albader

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. For Kuwaiti entrepreneurs looking to scale their startups, Saudi Arabia is very...

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Lebanon

What I know about bad investments: Walid Mansour [Know your VC]

In a debate in 2016 Walid Mansour was keen to shed the image of VCs as “cigar smoking fat cats”. “We have investors...

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U.A.E

What I know about starting up too soon: Loulou Khazen Baz

When Loulou Khazen Baz launched Nabbesh in 2012, she found herself introducing a strange concept to the Middle East and North Africa. In...

What I Know WIK nabbesh

Saudi Arabia

What I know about CX in Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Almokhem

Saudi Arabia has the largest consumer market in the Arab world and is poised to grow its nascent ecommerce sector, yet providing a stellar...

CX customer experience Saudi Arabia

Regional

What I know about hiring: Claudia Gross

This is the first of two articles on recruitment and HR. The first is on the theoretical side of getting people into your business and...

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U.A.E

What I know about data science in the UAE: Baghdad Gherras

Data science in the UAE is just beginning to the scratch the surface of what’s possible. That’s one of the key points...

What I Know WIK data science

Jordan

What I know about iris recognition: Imad Malhas

It all started with the Hajj. Imad Malhas took it as a personal challenge to solve a problem unique to Saudi Arabia: during the annual...

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Saudi Arabia

What I know about building a content channel: Mohammed Asfour

The story of Jordan-based Kharabeesh began in 2008 when its cofounder and VP of content Wael Attili wanted to create a content channel to...

Kharabeesh What I Know Scaling

U.A.E

What I know about approaching corporations: Jean-Michel Gauthier

When Jean-Michel Gauthier talks about unemployment, he does not point to job matching technology as the only solution his company is trying...

What I Know internsME corporations

U.A.E

What I know about failure: Jean-Pierre Mondalek

A failed startup is not the end. Jean-Pierre Mondalek, general manager of the motors division at Dubizzle, is not ashamed of his...

Jean-Pierre Mondalek Dubizzle Failure

Global

What I know about pitching: Bianca Praetorius

You’re on stage. It’s not your favorite place; as an engineer you’re more used to hiding in a lab or behind a computer...

What I Know Pitching how to pitch

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