Advice
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2.7KOpinion: The role of locked-down startup founders
It’s been a month since I have been to the office. For the last four years, I’ve spent more time at the...
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2.9KTurn the pyramid: the definition, practices and path to become a serving leader
You may have read about leadership, how you should lead by example, how to listen, how to communicate, etc., but one thing...
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7.7KMirroring: How to design for Arabic users
When you think about the best websites, apps, and designs you have ever seen you will probably think of designs with a...
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4.1KFrontend Developer Roadmap: A step-by-step guide to becoming a modern frontend developer in 2019
A step-by-step guide (infographic) to becoming a modern frontend (front-end) developer. This guide is authored and maintained by Kamran Ahmed, a Dubai-based...
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5.5KFrom YC Startup School: How to evaluate startup ideas
Editor’s Note: The author is founder of WeKeep, a bookkeeping service for digital entrepreneurs and startups in the GCC. WeKeep is taking...
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5.9KCorporate Structure 101: A quick guide to corporate structure for tech startups in MENA
A key consideration for startups and even existing technology companies in the Middle East is getting the corporate structure right. A robust...
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24.7KTerm Sheets 101: A beginner’s guide to VC term sheets
I get a lot of questions from founders (and some investors) on term sheets. I have seen quite a few founders accept...
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4.4KOpinion: Bootstrapping the startup is a better choice for tech founders than raising venture capital
It had been 2 months since I left the second company I founded, Numetric. In just 3 short years I’d built the...
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10.8KVesting 101: Why you need it and how it works
Imagine that you have just founded a company—you’re going to act as CEO and work on product and business decisions, and your...
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8.8KVC Funds 101: Understanding venture fund structures, team compensation, fund metrics and reporting
Managing a venture capital firm has many similarities to managing a startup. Just like startup founders, VC firms’ founders pitch investors and...