On The Death Of Loved Ones, And Failure In Startups — This is charcoal. It’s not gray. It’s not black. Wikipedia says it’s “the dark gray color of burnt wood.” I first learned of the word “charcoal” when I was running up and down the streets chasing these.

Finding the True Voice of Your Customer — Despite all the formulas and jargon, lean products and startups follow a simple equation: validate that people would buy a certain something from you. The process is straight-forward: get to know what customers need, build some of it, ask them if that’s the one, use the feedback to modify and…

In an uneven investment scene, things get difficult when investors and founders are unfamiliar with the startup culture — case from UAE —

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This is an accompanying infographic for my original article. PDF version of this infographic: http://tiny.cc/startupUAEigfx Arabic version of the article: http://tiny.cc/startupUAEar Arabic version of this infographic: http://tiny.cc/startupUAEigfxma