So you have your core team and you’re ready to start pitching and getting business. You have no idea what software your accountant will use and you really never even thought of it. After all, how is that relevant to what you’re trying to sell? When I first started my company, we used spreadsheets to [...]
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Everybody loves Daoud
When Wikileaks decided to dump all US diplomatic cables it had in its possession, we were finally able to see some of the cables from the less interesting parts of the world. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I did (and still do) fear for the safety of some of the people whose names [...]
Let there be profit in education
Education is often seen as a noble endeavor. One that respects the tutor and the student. It is also a sector that appears to be one of the most depressing casualties of war and instability in Sudan. Universities while increasing in number in the past two decades, have only managed to produce unemployable graduates. As [...]
Is Ramadan business friendly?
Ramadan is a month that Muslims around the world look forward to. It is supposed to be a month of reflection and self-evaluation. A time to abstain from some symbolic pleasures in life (like food, sex, etc.). Some even consider it an opportunity to cleanse your body and start afresh. But I’m not here to [...]
Entrepreneurs and Education: What’s the deal?
Yesterday evening, I attended a talk by Rashmi Bansal (@rashmibansal) organized by TiE Dubai at the Knowledge Village Auditorium. The talk was supposed to address whether or not entrepreneurs should get an MBA. Well, it was supposed to address that. Rashmi is a writer and she has written a couple books that touch on entrepreneurship in [...]
Is Yamli setting itself up for failure?
Allow me to begin this with a disclaimer: I fell in love with Yamli the first time I saw it back in late ’07. Yamli is such a simple but awesome technology. What makes it interesting today is its data collection process more than the core function of enabling non-Arabic keyboards to type Arabic words. [...]
Is ArabCrunch’s Gaith Delusional or On To Something?
“You wanna criticize dog, try a little mo I’m so tired of this I could blow, fire in the hole I’m fired up so fire up the lighter and the dro Better hold on a little tighter here I go” – Eminem, On Fire I liked ArabCrunch. I liked it a lot. Then, out [...]
Tickler Needed: Must Have Nimble Hands
We get a lot of job applications. Every day. Most of those are never even read. If you’re an electrical engineer and you’re applying for a job with us, I hope you never find a job. Sorry, no sympathy from me. You’re too lazy to even know who you’re emailing. Spammers get no love. So [...]
