Explaining Facebook to an Old Lady

I was in a position to explain what’s facebook is to an old lady who knows nothing about the internet! How would you do this?! What would first come to your mind?!

Well, I know she knows the newspaper, so I started from there!

A Week in Silicon Valley!

As a VCpreneur visiting California, I was not attracted by the regular touristic attractions in its main cities! I was more into the entrepreneurial attractions! I had only one week, so I decided to: rent a car to visit the small cities were tech-entrepreneurship and VC was born…

From Web Widgets and Web Toolbars to Browser-Extensions! Giving More Control to End Users

We have witnessed the rapid shift from “Web and Mobile Web Widgets” to “Website Toolbars” then to “Browser Extensions”. But what’s next? Well, it seems that we’re going directly…

Entrepreneurs and the “Matrix” Movie

I was discussing with a friend how deep or abstract the entrepreneur’s knowledge about his industry should be. There are pros and cons for both.

Having deep knowledge and experience in the industry will allow him to find problems and…

The Infographic Business Plans

As part of our continuous effort at N2V to disrupt digital arabia, we are always introducing new ways of doing things, and this has finally come to the business plans! I am done with “Traditional Business Plans” and “Traditional Presentations”, and I am introducing here a…

What Are You Obsessed With?!

During the last week, I met with three entrepreneurs who have one common issue, they have several ideas, but they are not sure which to start with! Well! Guys, please think again. The fact that you have several ideas is not good at all. It says that you don’t get it. Great…

The Entrepreneur Ship Story

After being in the venture capital industry for few years, I started to think that lots of the topics that we discuss on daily basis became rules of thumb and everybody knows them. I mean we talk every day about creating the next big thing, startups life cycles, investment…

A Week at Harvard University!

I always wondered why graduates of Harvard always shine! What’s so special about teaching in Harvard that creates such a highly knowledgeable people? Why are they all highly self-confidant? and why are they all very well connected?