Mohammed Bin Rashid Fund launches two programs to inspire new business and enterprise growth

AED 250,000 in Seed fund and credit guarantee on up to AED 3 million on offer for Emirati entrepreneurs

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Fund (MBRF) in Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has launched two programs for Emirati entrepreneurs with a Seed fund for early stage businesses and a Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) for growth-oriented SMEs. Read more

Dubai SME invites special needs groups and productive families to Young Entrepreneur Competition

Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has invited special needs students and those from productive families to participate in this year’s Young Entrepreneur Competition (YEC 2013), being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. Read more

Dubai SME invites applications for second batch of Entrepreneurship Diploma

Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has started registration of applicants to the second batch of its Entrepreneurship Diploma, after 25 entrepreneurs successfully graduated in the inaugural batch.

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Dubai SME extends deadline for registration in Young Entrepreneur Competition 2013

Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has extended the last date of registration for the 9th cycle of the Young Entrepreneur Competition (YEC 2013), being held under the patronage His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, to 28 February 2013. Read more

Companies Living in the Cloud – What are the Risks?

The unstable economy made many companies look for new low-cost and yet effective solutions. Cloud services seemed to be the closest thing to that. As a result, many companies moved to cloud computing hoping to cut down their IT spending. Read more

Entrepreneurs: How to define the idea for a successful business

Nowadays, in the global unstable economic climate, everyone needs to be more or less an entrepreneur or at least develop entrepreneurial-type thinking and action. This is essential rule for success in the years ahead, given what is happening in the economy. Virutally no one’s job is safe. Read more

A 90-days Office 365 Free Trial Offer to Small Businesses

Today, small businesses make up more than 90% of all Office 365 users. The service is used by thousands of small companies.

Confidently Moving Forward

Office 365 makes small companies more confident to compete, grow and focus on their primary mission to help their clients. This productivity service, which is based on cloud technology, offers companies the best solution to establish, cooperate and communicate by providing business-directed email, Web conferences, and access to files from anywhere.

The Business Development Manager and Engineer of C&I Engineering, Jared Walther, says that no matter the issue with which companies are faced, Office 365 can provide tools that can overcome it.

Better Offer

Small business are now presented with the opportunity to try out Office 365 absolutely free of charge. Starting December the 17th, Microsoft Corp. will make available a free trial of Office 365 for firms which have up to 10 users. In addition, for some companies the trial will work for 90 full days. Businesses which want to take advantage of the offer, must sign up for it by the end of February 2013.

Small companies, which buy and install a copy of Microsoft Office Professional 2010 or Microsoft Office Home & Business 2010, will get a 90-day Office 365 Small Business Premium trial for free. The trial can be used by not more than 5 different users. With Office 365 Small Business Premium you get all the power offered by Office 365 for small business services in the form of Office software which can be used on both Macs and PCs. For further detail on the offer, make sure you visit Office.com/offer.

Small business owners who need help in moving to the cloud can go to the Microsoft Partner Network. There they will get assistance by established partners with lots of experience.

The Choice is Obvious

You should not risk your business by using services that are not stable or are out of date. With Office 365 small businesses can achieve a lot faster. In addition, the program was developed by a company that is dedicated to your enduring success.

Therefore, it is not surprising that such a big number of small companies now use Office 365. Owners of small businesses choose this service because of the privacy, security and features it offers them and their company. But most importantly they have trust in Microsoft and its long years of experience.

Dubai SME opens registration for 9th cycle of Young Entrepreneur Competition 2013

YEC 2013 will be held in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah
Workshops for participants in February 2013
Registration opens from December 23 till January 31, 2013

Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has announced the launch of the 9th cycle of the Young Entrepreneur Competition (YEC 2013), to be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. Online registration for the competition will be open from 23 December 2012 to 31 January 2013 on the website www.yec.ae. Read more

GES-EVA concludes in Dubai on a high note

GES-EVA concludes in Dubai with signing of several milestone agreements and over 5,000 participants 

• Young entrepreneurs provided platform for gaining business insights and to network with venture capitalists

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Mohammed Bin Rashid Fund to support SMEs established

Vice President and Prime Minister, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, issued a law establishing the Mohammed bin Rashid Fund to support Small and Medium sized Enterprises. The Fund will join the Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for Small ‘&’ Medium Size Enterprises Development (MBRE), one of the institutions run by the Dubai Department of Economic Development. Read more

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