Finally, there is a place in Amman that can be considered the Silicon Valley of Jordan, or even, of Arabia! But it’s not exactly a Valley this time, it’s a mountain. If you are starting a company, you have to be located in “Jabal Amman”, and this is why:         1. Low [...]

“What’s the next big thing in VC?” Whenever I see a VC from the states or even from the region, I ask this question, but none of them gave me a satisfying answer. I will share my answer here and hope that this will stimulate others to comment with different point of view. Before discussing [...]

يمكن قراءة التدوينة والقصة المصورة باللغة العربية على موقع زاجل على هذا الرابط After being in the venture capital industry for few years, I started to think that lots of the topics that we discuss on daily basis became rules of thumb and everybody knows them. I mean we talk every day about creating the [...]

As a VCpreneur visiting California, I was not attracted by the regular touristic attractions in its main cities! I was more into the entrepreneurial attractions! I had only one week, so I decided to: rent a car to visit the small cities were tech-entrepreneurship and VC was born, attend as many tech meet-ups as possible [...]

I always wondered why graduates of Harvard always shine! What’s so special about teaching in Harvard that creates such a highly knowledgeable people? Why are they all highly self-confidant? and why are they all very well connected? Well, after attending the Private Equity and Venture Capital executive training program at Harvard, I discovered the first [...]

During the last week, I met with three entrepreneurs who have one common issue, they have several ideas, but they are not sure which to start with! Well! Guys, please think again. The fact that you have several ideas is not good at all. It says that you don’t get it. Great entrepreneurs do not focus [...]

As part of our continuous effort at N2V to disrupt digital arabia, we are always introducing new ways of doing things, and this has finally come to the business plans! I am done with “Traditional Business Plans” and “Traditional Presentations”, and I am introducing here a totally new approach in N2V’s “Early Startups” investment program [...]

Today, I came across a very interesting video on YouTube for Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital. It was a guest lecture at Stanford University in Oct. 2010. In this post, I am summarizing few points from his speech to keep in mind and learn from. First: Why Sequoia focuses more on the Market and less on the Entrepreneurs [...]

One year ago, I wrote a blog post about our investment in Yebab.com, and I shared the reasons why we invested in it and how we could help. Now, and after almost a year, Alhamdu Lellah, I have great news about this wedding directory and brides community website! Yebab was my very first investment as [...]

I was in a position to explain what’s facebook is to an old lady who knows nothing about the internet! How would you do this?! What would first come to your mind?! Well, I know she knows the newspaper, so I started from there! Facebook is a newspaper or a magazine, just like any newspaper [...]