In Qatar, while there are many who will buy a franchise or open a shop, there are relatively few locals who could compete internationally as entrepreneurs. Nevertheless,  the 2030 vision aims to encourage knowledge businesses that can compete globally.  We aim to support the growth of Qatar’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. What are the basics of an [...]

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A few weeks back I took a call from a group looking to start a new seed fund. After exchanging backgrounds and niceties I asked why they wanted to start the fund. Their response? To make money. My response? They’d make more money putting their cash into a money market account. That’s not very sexy [...]

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Beyond X PRIZE: The 10 Best Crowdsourcing Tools and Technologies By Tim Ferris. Posted: 20 Feb 2012 12:10 AM PST Peter Diamandis explaining X PRIZE economics. (Photo: Hubert Burda) Dr. Peter H. Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, and co-Founder and Chairman of the Singularity University, a Silicon Valley based [...]

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The Hyperpublic team In what could be the deal of the year, Groupon has snatched up a little-known startup to help it do the dirty work of targeting deals to subscribers. The newly public deals behemoth has bought two-year-old, New York-based Hyperpublic for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced Friday. Hyperpublic aggregates place and deal [...]

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  As a software securities analyst for investment banking firm Canaccord Genuity, Richard Davis spends 200 days a year on the road visiting companies. He goes to public companies such as Oracle and Salesforce.com, but he also visits up-and-coming software companies he thinks will go public in the near future. ChannelAdvisor: Aiding online retailers I’ve [...]

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February 14, 2012 10:53 PM Evan Peelle Every time I’m faced with a big problem in my business, I’ve found a way to get past it by asking myself, “W.W.C.N.D.?” (That’s “What would Chuck Norris do?”) Think about it: If you’re racing against the clock to get traction in your business, who better than Chuck [...]

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