Top Stories published by StartupQ8 in May of 2013

1st week in Dubai: What’s your cost moving to Dubai?

Ok so we made the decision to move our startup (fishfishme) to Dubai. First things need to get done is logistics. If you know me well then you’ll know that I don’t care much of how good my apartment, car or office looks like. I just want…


Week 2 in Dubai: My New Home is Called In5

As I promised in my 1st post about Dubai, I’ll talk in this post about the incubator that we were lucky enough to get accepted in, its called In5 (part of Dubai Internet City). In5 is an incubator that provides you with office space, mentorship, company…


Final reminder: Did you submit your competition entry?

We told you about our involvement with the ArabNet Digital Summit in Dubai in an earlier blog post. To summarize:

  • One lucky member of our community will win a free ticket to attend the summit.

Get Rich or Die Tryin: An introduction to Multi-Sided Platforms

As I wrote in an earlier post about Monday’s StartupQ8 Monthly Event, the phrase “multi-sided platforms” (or MSP’s) might sound dense and technical. However, some of the most successful ventures to come out of Silicon…


Got a Great Idea? Pitch it @ An “Innov-a-thon” event…

TURN8, a program launched by DP World, is an “Idea to Market” accelerator based in Dubai. I recently found out that they are inviting people to pitch their ideas at scheduled Innov-a-thon events or online!


Want a free ticket to ArabNet Digital Summit?

As we announced a week ago, the ArabNet Digital Summit is coming to Dubai June 24–26. ArabNet want to involve the Kuwaiti startup community in the event so they got in touch. We’re happy to announce the following:


The price you pay: A quick interview with the co-founder of Next Mobile Payments

We’ve had some insightful, fun interviews at our StartupQ8 Monthly Events. Next week’s event will be no different. We’ll be having a no holds barred, ask anything you want interview with Sayed…