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[Review] Startup Rising

YoungUpstarts

internet executive and venture investor Christopher M. Schroeder, looks at how a wave of entrepreneurial activity – especially tech entrepreneurship – is sweeping across that part of the world. Books & Reviews Arab Spring book book review Entrepreneurship Middle East startup startup ecosystem technology'

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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

Gust

My client handled the whole thing with aplomb, fortified by a decade of immersion in the distinctive culture and language of Egypt and the Arab world. What the heck was I doing in Egypt anyway? Perhaps most importantly, IT and Internet business are simply a breed of their own.

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Website Design Tactics to Reduce the Bounce Rate

The Startup Magazine

If you have been noticing that despite getting substantial traffic to your website, not enough visitors are converting, it could well be due to them abandoning your site. It is also very important that the mobile site is optimized for loading time since currently more than half of the internet traffic is generated by mobile users.

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

Transformify

Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher. Facing a high unemployment rate among graduates, Kenya encourages entrepreneurship in an effort to create more jobs in the technology sector.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

BRIC nations especially are innovating and creating new technology platforms, while the west holds onto fossil fuel era. There are 5 senses, and we still can’t experience 3 of them on the internet – so we must complete the connection / transaction off line…. The internet is trying to mimic the real world. GENERATION D (Digital).

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Bubble Trouble? I Don’t Think So

Ben's Blog

Lately, everybody seems to be talking about a new technology bubble. A Comparison Between Today’s “Bubble” and the Last Tech Bubble. If publicly traded technology companies are not at bubble-like prices, then private technology valuations aren’t either because they are roughly equivalent. Are the prognosticators correct?

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I despised every minute of it, which is why I decided to establish an internet business. Increased productivity also leads to reduced lead-time and improved due date performance, both of which reduce chaos and foster a great work culture. Instead of watching TV or trolling the internet I thought I'd try my hands at coding.