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Battery gives back to Israeli entrepreneurial community with venture creation workshop

VC Cafe

Danny is an entrepreneur, investor and Brown University Professor of Entrepreneurship , and has recently held similar workshops in China, Egypt and Portugal. The workshop was conducted by Danny Warshay using the Socratic method.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Commenced in July 2017, The Youth Enterprise Development Fund provides start-up loans to help young entrepreneurs fund their businesses at a very early stage. Egypt is highly dependent on oil production and the economy is very sensitive to the oil price fluctuations.

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4 Networking Tips for New Nonprofits

Up and Running

As you begin to build up a network, you can partner with other early-stage programs that are encountering similar challenges. Better yet, identify community need. When you understand the needs of your community, you can adjust your mission to address these needs. Take, for example, Habitat for Humanity in Egypt.

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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

I’ve identified a wide range of organizations who are working on bridging the economic, cultural, and political gap between Israel, the Arab community, and the Middle East/North Africa region (“MENA”) through technology. I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. Takwin Labs.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

We’re co-leading the $6 million investment with Roger Ehrenberg at IA Ventures in NY and one of the most respected early-stage investors in the country in “big data&# companies. Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia.

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