Entrepreneurship Archives - The Next Silicon Valley

Student entrepreneurs swap classrooms for startup

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Have you ever wondered what’s driving today’s tech startup funding curve on the university campus? Two words: Student entrepreneurship. Some of the greatest technology companies in Silicon Valley’s were launched…

Entrepreneurship and innovation vital to improve Arab economies

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Nitin Dahad |

Arab economies urgently need to diversify and foster entrepreneurial freedom to increase opportunities for young people and prepare the region for the transformations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, concludes a…

Science parks and angel networks collaborate to enable more innovation and entrepreneurship

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

The international science parks association and several angel investment networks have come together to enable greater innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization of ideas. At the Malaga Innovation Festival in Spain, the…

After Egypt , Techne Summit travels to Croatia for 2017

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Richard Wallace |

The Techne Summit, a regional entrepreneurship conference known for showcasing innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship to serve the development process beyond capital cities, is to take place this year in Dubrovnik,…

Discover: Beirut, the new regional tech powerhouse

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Richard Wallace |

Over the past three years, since the Banque du Liban (BDL) introduced Circular 331 to inject $600 million dollars in the Lebanese entrepreneurship ecosystem, Beirut has begun to emerge as…

Techne Summit Alexandria brings together tech and innovation in Middle East and North Africa

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

In a recently published book about entrepreneurship in Egypt, it highlighted how Egypt has always been a place for new ideas and inventions, but very few of them had seen…

Combine Delaware model with Silicon Valley mindset to create the next Silicon Valley

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Nitin Dahad |

Countries around the world continue to look at Silicon Valley as a model for creating their own innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems – or the next Silicon Valley. But less talked…

The entrepreneurship debate moves beyond the numbers: it’s now about making them count

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Richard Wallace |

by Nitin Dahad Go anywhere in the world today, and you’ll see initiatives to create and grow startup companies, and to foster entrepreneurship. From Arizona to Angola, colleges and universities…

While world is focused on start-ups, supporting scale-ups would create a bigger economic impact

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Richard Wallace |

by Nitin Dahad Over the years, governments have looked to emulate the success of Silicon Valley in California, USA, in their own countries, and in that process, many places around…