Global What I know about patient capital: Amjad Ahmad [Know Your VC] To Amjad Ahmad, American investment firms Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital are the ideal comparisons for his own Precinct Partners in... Archana Menon • 09 January, 2017 patient capital fundraising precinct partners
Global What I know about IoT: Cedric Giorgi The Internet of Things (IoT) is throwing off some new innovations, one of which is the need for something called a ‘low power... Rachel Williamson • 12 December, 2016 IoT Sigfox Spimesense Labs
U.A.E What I know about building a sharing economy business: Debbie Wosskow Debbie Wosskow comes from a family of entrepreneurs, particularly female entrepreneurs. She launched her first business at 25 followed by... Archana Menon • 28 November, 2016 What I Know WIK debbie wosskow
Saudi Arabia What I know about social entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: Muhammad Al-Bakri Entrepreneurship is now a top destination for youth and governments. It can provide jobs, diversify the economy and encourage its... Abdulghani Kataya • 21 November, 2016 YIG Saudi Arabia Social Entrepreneurship
Global What I know about airtech: Paul Papadimitriou Paul Papadimitriou is a self-described technologist but we weren’t interested in that, we wanted his thoughts on flying... Rachel Williamson • 14 November, 2016 aviation MEMakersGE airtech
Global What I know about cyber security and humans: Matt Suiche The user is not the weakest link, says hacker and entrepreneur ‘msuiche’. If you’re not down with the hackers and... Lucy Knight • 31 October, 2016 cyber security Cyber crime GITEX
Tunisia What I know about social entrepreneurship: Camille Courtaud Social entrepreneurship, high impact entrepreneurship, social business, impact investing, so many mysterious words. What do they mean? Do... Aline Mayard • 26 September, 2016 Social Entrepreneurship Social Business Yunus Social Business
Lebanon What I know about assessing startups for potential investment: Fadi Bizri It can be difficult to find the right investor for what you know is a solid idea. But if the meetings with an investor drag on, you may... Dana Ballout • 19 September, 2016 Fadi Bizri B&Y Venture Partners B&Y Venture Partners
Egypt What I know about Egypt's sluggish investment: Wael Amin It might be normal for a country of more than 90 million to have a ton of entrepreneurs planning events around promoting even more ideas,... Eman Mostafa • 05 September, 2016 Sawari Ventures Wael Amin Egypt
Lebanon What I know about lying: Jonathan Choufany Lies fascinate us. Children experiment with them, white lies are essential for smoothing the bumps of everyday life (your grandmother... Rachel Williamson • 29 August, 2016 lebanon lie detection What I Know
Global What I know about going to Silicon Valley: Muyesser Taqi Eddin A Google search of this woman won’t yield much, and yet she has been intrinsic in building bridges between Silicon Valley and... Lucy Knight • 22 August, 2016 What I Know techwadi Networking
Global What I know about bootstrapping hardware: Luke Iseman For years now the Lean methodology has been all the rage: bootstrap, get a viable minimum product, ship it without further ado, see the... Aline Mayard • 12 September, 2016 YCombinator Hardware Bootstrapping
Regional What I know about money and hardware: PK Gulati Hardware is in vogue. Where once you needed years, millions of dollars, and institutional support to launch a device or hardware... Rachel Williamson • 01 August, 2016 The Assembly hardware investing PK Gulati
Regional What I know about investing in robotics: Jose Berengueres To obtain his PhD in bio-inspired robotics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dr. Jose Berengueres studied the movement of a gecko in... Archana Menon • 20 June, 2016 Adasi pal robotics robotics
Saudi Arabia What I know about doing good: Shahd Al Shehail Saudi native Shahd Al Shehail cofounded Project Just during her time in India as an Acumen Global Fellow. Project Just, an online... Archana Menon • 06 June, 2016 Project Just sustainable fashion WIK
Regional What I know about game publishing: Joseph Shomali The profits to be made in gaming are not to be sniffed at. But that's generally for countries outside of the Middle East. In 2014... Lucy Knight • 23 May, 2016 games xp babil games Joseph Shomali
Maghreb What I know about virtual reality: Walid Sultan Midani VR is fun but you've got to be careful, says Walid. (Image via Digital Mania) The attraction between virtual reality (VR) developers and... Lucy Knight • 09 May, 2016 MEMakersGE WIK What I Know
Global What I know about building an IoT device: Shaun Moore A stint at Merrill Lynch in Chicago, experience developing mobile apps, and a constant affiliation with technology is what led Dallas-based... Archana Menon • 25 April, 2016 MEMakersGE WIK What I Know
Global What I know about space: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom Emeline Paat was in Beirut in March experimenting with plastic bag-based insulation systems for refugee tents. (Image via Rachel... Rachel Williamson • 11 April, 2016 Virgin Galactic XCOR Space Adventures
Qatar What I know about digital Arabic content: Nawaf Felemban In 2015 Wamda produced a report that showed 60 percent of Arabs wanted to read online content in Arabic. That would be great... Lucy Knight • 28 March, 2016 Kooora Kasra WIK
Lebanon What I know about running a hackerspace: Bassam Jalgha Bassam Jalgha tuning his guitar using Roadie Tuner. (Image via Make Magazine) Despite the launch of several hackerspaces in the... Reine Farhat • 29 February, 2016 Lamba Labs WIK What I Know
Egypt What I know about being a woman in business: Neveen El Tahri Investor and entrepreneur Neveen El Tahri is "very proud" of Egyptian women. (Image via Milken Institute) Neveen El Tahri is... Rachel Williamson • 07 March, 2016 International Women's Day 138 Pyramids Delta Inspire
Regional What I know about startups in MENA: Chris Schroeder Chris Schroeder is one of the MENA entrepreneur's biggest foreign supporters. (Image via E&T Magazine) Investor and MENA-phile... Rachel Williamson • 15 February, 2016 investor WIK What I Know
U.A.E What I know about design thinking: Johannes Comeau Milke Johannes Comeau Milke with workshop attendees. (Image via Better today) Having planted the initial seeds of design thinking at... Archana Menon • 01 February, 2016 What I Know User Experience work practices
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