Remove Demand Remove Egypt Remove Networking
article thumbnail

Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

Gust

As our group sweltered in the July heat on the outskirts of Cairo , each of these purported minions of the state — none of whom wore a uniform or badge — in turn blocked our entry, determined to exercise the modest amount of authority bestowed on him by demanding that my host surrender his digital SLR camera. Do you see a TV crew with me?”

article thumbnail

[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Rising consumer demand in China itself has also led its own manufacturers to favour selling domestically. By now, many would know that China is expanding aggressively to West Asian and North African countries like Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Libya and Egypt. Traditionally, Asian coastal cities have ruled shipping trade.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

Network Up. Tapping into global markets – There are talented people in the world who can’t earn a “global market rate” for their services but when you open them up to global demand – boom! Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey. Prices down. But what else? An obvious example of this is oDesk.

Syria 361
article thumbnail

Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. People are doing small scale, networked and highly responsive activities. They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya. Generation D don’t ‘network’. They forgot about demand and supply.

Moldova 91
article thumbnail

Reducing Variability for First-time CEOs - Startups and angels.

Tim Keane

Successful entrepreneurs seem to be able to hyper-focus, and, as Josh, points out, say NO effectively (Denial is not just a river in Egypt, after all). In addition, living with both ambiguity and the demands of very high growth requires quite a bit of skill- and something akin to experience. Resources for startups. Google Ads.

Egypt 60
article thumbnail

How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

Back in early 2017, I worked with ABANA (network of financial professionals with ties to the Middle East/North Africa); Harvard Arab Alumni Association ; and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY (which I founded) to launch an annual Tech Summit in New York focused on the Middle East/North Africa region (“MENA”).

Israel 60
article thumbnail

Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

Twitter’s significance stems from the fact that it is a real time, open, asymmetric, social, viral referral network that is often location aware and provides both explicit and implicit interests and preferences. Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. Not so on Twitter.

Viral 307