I just came back from Amman, Jordan. Omar Koudsi (Co-founder of Jeeran.com and our mentor in fishfsihme) and Wamda invited me to come to Amman and join a number of events. I went to Amman mainly to meet some mentors and get feedback in our startup and also to meet Omar…

Mijbel F. AlQattan is a founding partner at Cubical Services, where he provides advisory and incubation services for startups (both technology and traditional). His areas of expertise include business model development, business plan…

The 3rd StartupQ8 event will be on the 15th of December and this time we have a big surprise. Dr. Naif Al-Mutuwa is going to be in one of our sessions :) To me personally and with all due respect to all entrepreneurs in Kuwait, I believe that Dr. Naif is the only successful story of a modern…

The 2nd StartupQ8 event was amazing. Many people showed up, the speakers did great and the venue was awesome. Part of the deal with Wamda is to post the summary of the StartupQ8 event exclusively in Wamda.com. Below is the introduction of the post and you can continue reading the…

I just read this post written by Nic Brisbourne in his blog TheEquityKicker.com. It’s about how to know if your idea is a good idea or a bad one. This post is a summary of Paul Graham essay “How to Get Startup Ideas”. Below I quote the full post (I…

I posted my latest piece in Wamda today:

“Starting a new business is like having a baby. I’m no expert in raising kids, yet I know that when your first baby is born you’ll always seek your parent’s…