StartupQ8

OpenCoffee Club Meetup: January 20th, 2014.

Just a friendly reminder of our weekly meetup tomorrow at 7:30 pm at Caribou Salhya. This week Steve Adelman is joining us. Steve is a veteran of Silicon Valley; he’s an Angel investor, and has consulted to or advised many start ups. He also teaches…

ArabNet Beirut 2013: Entrepreneur Competitions

I received the following email from ArabNet that I’d love to share with you guys. I hope it’s not to much late, but as they say “better late than never”. This is a great opportunity for entrepreneurs that wants to raise money for their startup. I…

The Disruptive Startup Cycle

Every startup that is trying to disrupt it’s industry goes into this cycle:

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

Announcing: StartupQ8 Event for February 2015

UPDATE: Both co-founders of Jaribha will attend the event.

We’re excited to announce the first StartupQ8 Event of 2015! Join us on Monday, February 2nd as we welcome two well-traveled entrepreneurs who will share their…

StartupQ8 3rd Event: ‘Pre-party’ update

If you’ve been following the blog, you’ll know StartupQ8 is the official simulcast partner for the Lean Startup Conference in Kuwait. We are thrilled to be broadcasting selected highlights of the conference before our next meetup this coming Saturday.

Is your company a Scalable Startup or a Small Business??

Is your company a small business or a scalable startup??
Scalable Startups: are companies with founders that have a vision to become big and world class company. Their goal is not just to make enough money to feed their family, no…

Is the Arab World Missing Out on Big Data Opportunities?

What is Big Data? According to IBM, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created everyday from various sources. Every time we post something to a social media site, use the GPS functions on our mobile phones, make a purchase, collect…