The IV Holdings Blog: Startup Issues

Jeeran Launches a Dedicated Creative Commons Channel

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:01:13 GMT

Jeeran's co-Founder Laith has just returned from Rome with some lovely news for the Arab online content industry. Jeeran has partnered with Creative Commons to spread awareness on the potential of Arab users to create content. For those not familiar with Creative Commons, it is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share content in a manner consistent with... [read more]

Talasim Wins at Seedcamp 2009

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:19:43 GMT

The IV Holdings team offers a huge congratulations to Talasim's founders, Zeid Koudsi and Sabri Hakim, and their exceptional team on their being selected as a winning startup at Seedcamp in London. The week has been moving at lightspeed for them at Seedcamp, and it has certainly paid off, with their achieving a phenomenal feat, going into the heart of Europe and walking away as one of this year's... [read more]

Jeeran Story Is No Different Than The Story Of The Typical Silicon Valley Startup.

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:30:24 GMT

Jeeran Story Is No Different Than The Story Of The Typical Silicon Valley Startup.Jeeran is an interesting Arab internet company because its story resembles the stories you hear about in Silicon Valley (USA): A Tech startup that starts from the founders’ garage or dorm and then makes it big (example:HP,YahooandGoogleto name a few.)Jeeran was founded in 2000 by then two Jordanian students and entrepreneurs... [read more]

Maddy Reddy: Content market in the Middle East is still in its ‘infancy’

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:03:53 GMT

Maddy Reddy is Founder & CEO of Content Syndicate, an internet based platform that helps publishers and corporations commission, distribute, buy and sell previously published and/or tailor made content in more than 200 languages.Q. Kindly introduce yourself and your company.A.I'm a technology journalist by profession, or that's how I started my career more than ten years ago.Content Syndicate was... [read more]

Smart play is to back technology start-ups

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:49:52 GMT

Smart play is to back technology start-upsTom GaraBarack Obama waves to the audience after his Cairo address. The US president urged the Middle East to invest in education and innovation.Nasser Nasser / AP PhotoFew things excite and inspire a technology reporter as much as talking to entrepreneurs.Big companies may have the reach and the resources to take on the biggest of challenges, but it is start-ups... [read more]

Maddy Reddy: Content market in the Middle East is still in its ‘infancy’.

Mon, 11 May 2009 15:21:28 GMT

Maddy Reddy is Founder & CEO of Content Syndicate, an internet based platform that helps publishers and corporations commission, distribute, buy and sell previously published and/or tailor made content in more than 200 languages. Q. Kindly introduce yourself and your company. A. I'm a technology journalist by profession, or that's how I started my career more than ten years... [read more]

Venture capital the new hope for technology start-ups

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:27:00 GMT

Below is an article that was published in The National , a UAE newspaper.Featured on: April 10th, 2009. (Source: www.thenational.ae) -----------------------------------------Venture capital funds in the Middle East are emerging as alternatives to speculative investment in property and financial markets, internet industry professionals were told at the Submit conference in Dubai this week. The development... [read more]

How To Make Money Online

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:00:27 GMT

Yet another excellent article published on Forbes by Maureen Farrell http://www.forbes.com/2008/12/19/make-money-online-ent-tech-cx_mf_1219moneyonline.html?partner=email Suleman Ali needed a change. So, in mid-2007, he left his programming gig atMicrosoftto start a company--any company. On a whim, he wrote an application for Facebook, the social networking Web site, called... [read more]

Ten Things Every Good Business Plan Must Have

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:52:00 GMT

This is an excellent article published on Forbes by Mary Crane(http://www.forbes.com/2007/05/09/palo-alto-software-ent-manage-cx_mc_0509businessplan.html)Solid business plans don't guarantee success. But for entrepreneurs with decent ideas, they surely boost the odds.A good plan accomplishes three important tasks. First, it aligns the management team toward a common set of goals. Then, once the vision... [read more]

Top 7 Hiring Mistakes for Startups

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:36:00 GMT

This a great article that was published on Entrepreneur.com by Brad Sugars. It basically discusses 7 major issues that startups make in the process of hiring. Hiring someone just because you know them. This means friends, former co-workers, family members or your own children. For a husband, this means hiring your wife. For a wife, this means hiring your husband. Even part-time. There needs... [read more]