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Entrepreneurial Lessons from an Egyptian (who inspired Bob Dylan)

Since I was in Cairo this past week, the only thing that caught my eye was Egyptian entertainer Umm Kulthum. Umm is hailed as the Arab World’s – not just Egypt’s – greatest singer.  She sells nearly a million records every year.  On the first Thursday of every month, Radio Cairo plays her songs.  Not bad [...]
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It’s the investors, stupid

Entrepreneurship is hot in the Middle East.  And that was long before President Obama announced last June in Cairo that he would host a summit on entrepreneurship, which will take place April 26-27, 2010 in Washington DC. Arabs are abuzz about getting their ideas for new businesses off the ground. Habib Haddad, founder of Yamli and Yalla [...]
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