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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Milis Bio

Austin Startup

Milis Bio CEO and Founder Mike Sheehan winning the 2018 Bank of Ireland/IGNITE Business of Year prize. Mike Sheehan , CEO and Founder at Milis Bio, earned a B.S. Whether it’s sheep brain in Morocco, chicken gizzards in the Philippines, or whatever is being combined with pizza/nachos in the U.S. at the moment?—?I

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Aspen Institute Maghreb Investor Delegation, next week in NY and CA

David Teten

The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia. In addition, as part of the program, I’ll be making my first public presentation of our research study on VC portfolio operations value creation. More details.

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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

Gust

Arab countries, stretching from Morocco to the Persian Gulf, have a combined population of about 350 million, with combined GDP equal to nearly 40% of China’s.). In that sense, particularly with respect to consumer-facing businesses, indigenous startups and their founders have a tremendous home-field advantage.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 27: Brandon Bruce and Jack Sundell

Steve Blank

It follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Brandon Bruce , co-founder of Cirrus Insight software company. Jack Sundell , co-founder of The Root Café farm-to-table restaurant. Jack Sundell.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: CorpsAfrica

crowdSPRING Blog

They are currently working in Morocco and Malawi, but hope to expand to all 54 African nations. Founder and Executive Director, Liz, goes more in-depth about CorpsAfrica: How would you explain what you do to somebody’s grandmother? The NPO provides volunteers with training, curriculum, and facilities to help reach these goals.

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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

& Founder Institute UAE Abu Dhabi Virtual 2020. Pre-seed startups (all vertical) are welcome to register to world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, the Founder Institute Final Admissions Deadline: October 04. INVESTMENT ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON THE ISRAEL-MENA AXIS. Apply here. Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow.

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