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This is a cross post from Sami Shalabi’s blog Taking on entrepreneurship is one of [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2011/11/02/confessions-of-a-tech-entrepreneur/

In the startup world there is an ongoing debate about the importance of having a very solid product versus having great distribution. A few weeks ago at a dinner hosted by David Skok and Antonio Rodriguez we had a very active and interesting debate about the merits of each. Antonio posed a question about which of the two we would prefer. Since then I've continued to think about this issue, and created a framework to help me think about it and evaluate the tradeoffs. ]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2011/06/12/the-product-vs-distribution-framework/

Where will you be on May 3rd, 2011? If you happen to be a Jordanian [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2011/04/30/ammantt-invites-you-to-its-birthday-party/

Entrepreneurs, Looking to fund your idea, or to find out more about venture capital in [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2011/04/11/entrepreneurs-guide-to-vc-in-mena-region/ http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2011/03/25/from-yallastartup-weekend-to-winning-arabnet-cashbury-a-startup-to-keep-your-eyes-on/

Get a free ArabNet ticket by tweeting about your entrepreneurship experience and attaching #YallaStartup #Tip]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2011/03/17/free-arabnet-ticket/

With the closing of submissions for the Ideathon and Startup Demo, ArabNet’s Supporting Partner, YallaStartup, contributes some advice to all the entrepreneurs getting ready to pitch.]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2011/03/11/the-perfect-pitch/

ArabNet Shift Digital Summit is coming up on March 22- 25 at the Habtoor Hotel in Beirut. ]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2011/02/25/mark-your-calendars-for-the-arabnet-2011/

Goaaaaaaaaal! Lebanon 1 – Brazil 0. Mimix just won the final face off against Mindle [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/12/08/samba-di-beirut-mimix-pulls-a-pele-move-against-brazil-in-the-final-face-off/

StartupWeekend just announced: YallaStartup Weekend’s very own Capsu.ly wins Global Startup Battle: Wild Card! In an [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/12/03/yallastartupers-do-it-again-amazing-capsu-ly-slam-dunks-and-wins-global-startup-battle/

MBC Ventures is coming to Lebanon and Syria in the next few weeks to meet [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/12/03/mbc-scouting-for-emerging-entrepreneurs-in-lebanon-and-syria/

We are excited to launch the first release of the YallaStartup Companies. It is a one [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/12/01/got-list-get-listed-on-yallastartup-companies/

The Weekend of 12/11/10 was one to remember! More than 250 participants came from all [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/11/23/how-the-power-of-yalla-got-34-startups-launched-in-one-weekend/

Remember how Hitler first reacted when he heard about YallaStartup Weekend ? Well wait until [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/11/21/hitler-sucks-mena-startups-rock/

YallaStartup Weekend is one Weekend to remember, it was our first but certainly not our [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/11/19/yea-thats-right-mena-wins-global-startup-battle/ http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/11/11/arabic-poem-for-yallastartup-weekend/

by Eric Koester I’ve often heard the phrase “You get out of something what you put into it.” And in most cases, that is true — if you put in some time, some energy and some effort you’ll get an equal amount back out of it. With Startup Weekend, that phrase also applies — it’s just that you’ll get 5 times more out versus what you put into it.]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/11/10/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-startupweekend/

by Ryan Murray Every startup is looking to get their business idea to market as [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/11/09/jumpstart-the-weekend-with-cloud-platforms/ http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/11/03/get-your-pitch-ready-advice-from-the-founders-institute/

As we promised a few weeks ago we are going to be chartering free “Geeks [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/11/03/hop-on-the-geeks-on-a-bus-to-yallastartup-weekend/

Are you ready to compete against startups from San Francisco, Boston, Sao Palo… Startup Weekend [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/11/02/middle-eastern-startups-are-you-ready-to-battle-against-san-francisco-tokyo-and-21-more-cities/

We love communities! The YallaStartup Q&A has been a great tool to get real world [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/10/26/venture-magazine-entrepreneurs-ask-we-answer-we-publish/

Creative Commons is finally coming to Lebanon and we are super excited about it.  Joi [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/10/23/creative-commons-comes-to-beirut-on-october-25/

We are only a few weeks away from StartupWeekend and are super excited for the [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/10/19/women-tech-entrepreneurs-where-art-thou/

Startup Weekend is coming up fast, so we’ve prepared some helpful tips to help you [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/10/18/10-tips-to-prepare-and-shine-at-startup-weekend/

By Amad Almsaodi Surprisingly, the 2nd day of the MENA ICT Forum was as exciting [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/10/11/mena-ict-forum-road-trip-day-2/

By Amad Almsaodi Today was the first day of the MENA ICT Forum that was [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/10/10/mena-ict-trip-report-day-1/

YallaStartup weekend is an excellent way to get your idea off the ground, but, there’s way more to it. Here are reasons why you should be in Beirut on November 12-14, attending YallaStartup weekend!]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/10/06/5-reasons-to-attend-yallastartup-weekend/

Want to get a free ticket to YallaStartup Weekend? Easy, all you have to do [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/10/05/want-to-get-a-free-ticket-to-yallastartup-weekend/

This is the part of an ongoing series of guest articles about entrepreneurship. If you [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/09/30/ten-principles-of-eternal-team-mojo/

Are you Inspired? Think you are up for it? Come on get your tickets today [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/09/21/what-happens-in-a-startupweekend/

Many great companies started as a weekend project and we want you to be next! [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/09/20/announcing-yallastartup-weekend-beirut-lebanon/

AllWorld Network and Professor Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School are on a quest to [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/09/19/call-to-fast-growing-companies-in-arabia-we-want-the-world-to-know-about-you/

101010: That’s not binary for “Hello” that’s the date the YallaStartup team will be in [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/09/18/yallastartup-at-mena-ictforum/

YallaStartup is proud to partner with Knowledge@Wharton to bring you great content on Entrepreneurship. Please [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/09/15/why-start-ups-fail-at-marketing-and-possible-solutions/

This is the part of an ongoing series of guest articles about entrepreneurship. If you [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/08/25/three-points-of-advice-for-first-time-entrepreneurs-raising-venture-capital/

(This is cross posted from Sami Shalabi’s blog) During my trips to the middle east [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/08/19/mena-entrepreneurship-challenged-opportunity/

This is the part of an ongoing series of guest articles about entrepreneurship. If you [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/07/29/the-four-internet-ages/

This is cross posted from Habib Haddad’s blog When the Chinese internet giant QQ released Fanfou a few [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/06/30/localization-imitation-or-art/

(This is cross posted from Habib Haddad’s blog) The Middle East and North Africa region [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/06/14/the-arab-entrepreneurship-opportunity/

TechWadi, the leading networking association for Arab and Arab American technology professionals is coming to Beirut [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/06/11/techwadi-is-coming-to-beirut-on-june-23-get-your-yallastartup-discounted-tickets-today/

Brought to you by Kharabeesh.]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/05/20/%d9%85%d8%ba%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%b7%d8%b1%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%ba%d9%8a%d8%b1/

This is the part of an ongoing series of guest articles about entrepreneurship. If you [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/05/08/%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b9%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%82%d8%b5%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d9%85%d8%b3-%d9%88%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85/

This is part of an ongoing series of expert articles about entrepreneurship. It answers the [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/05/04/how-to-keeping-it-legal-with-aymen-almoayed/

“Ask the Expert” is part of an ongoing series of Q&A sessions with industry experts [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/04/06/ask-the-legal-expert/

This is the part of an ongoing series of guest articles about entrepreneurship. If you [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/04/03/we-need-to-produce-not-only-to-consume/ http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/04/01/yallastartub-invests-8-6-million-in-arabic-voice-technology/

This is part of an ongoing series of expert articles about entrepreneurship. It answers the [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/03/29/siobhan-quinn-answers/

Today is ArabNet Startup demo, we want to wish luck to everyone who is presenting [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/03/25/arabnet-entrepreneurs-startup-your-engines/

Howdy y’all, YallaStartup is heading to Austin Texas to represent the Middle Eastern startup community at [...]]]> http://www.yallastartup.org/blog/2010/03/12/sxsw-texas-is-about-to-get-some-hummus-flavor/