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Reinventing Cities: Dubai to Participate in Global Competition to Transform Cities...

C40’s architecture and design competition Reinventing Cities opens with site in Dubai Teams of architects, developers, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, and community groups compete for...

Khalifa Fund announces commitments of AED 600 million made to 367...

His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, highlighted the interest of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa...

Have you ever dreamed about starting your own business?

In 2011,  the ADCB Ambition Award is back for its third year, as part of the Emirates Woman, Woman of the Year Awards. Last...

100 Women Entrepreneurs Set to Rise High with ‘SHE LEADS’ Accelerator...

Recognising that the SME sector represents 40% of the total GDP in the UAE, Creative Zone and the Dubai Business Women Council have entered...

Small Business Underestimate Location Marketing

Small Businesses Choose Social Media and Mobile Technology Over Location Marketing Location marketing is losing its lustre in the eyes of small business owners. It’s...

Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders shortlists candidates

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum ‘Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders’ shortlists 132 projects for...

Dubai SME Approves First Business Incubator for Schools

New facility will promote and help develop innovative ideas of students Part of Dubai SME strategy to promote the entrepreneurship culture in Dubai ...

Immigration as an Investment Model

As capital markets continue to expand in places like China and India, while access to Western countries continue to become more restrictive, entrepreneurs from...

Advantages of Internship for Startups and Small Business Owners

Internship is a long-established practice for large companies and corporations. That is because they can afford the freedom to experiment with programs, products and...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Media Automation for Businesses

Social media offers businesses great marketing opportunities. However, in order to effectively take advantage of them, companies need to produce diverse and abundant content...

How to raise a child with entrepreneurial spirit

In recent days, we all read and hear about young entrepreneurs starting new companies and raising millions of dollars in funding. For parents who...

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2014

The convergence of four powerful forces: social, mobile, cloud and information, continues to drive change and create new opportunities

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...

UAE’s Biggest SME Festival ‘dream Station’ To Commence 27 February

Dubai’s high-potential SMEs, thought-leaders and decision-makers will convene for two weeks for the biggest entrepreneurial festival in the UAE, Dream Station, set to run...

Dubai’s Continuous Support to Young Generation and Creative Ideas Result in...

Member of Index Holding has won two prizes during yesterday's award-giving ceremony of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Establishment for Small and Medium Size Enterprises...

Entrepreneurship: Art or Science?

Entrepreneurship needs more science Starting your own business is an entrepreneurship survival trait Ideally, entrepreneurship should be a balanced activity, combining talent and analytical thinking. In...

Winning Strategies to get more Customers for Your Business

Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development in Dubai mandated to develop the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector, recently hosted...

VAT in GCC: Benefits of Voluntary Registration

From 1 January 2018, any business operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) group of nations that earns revenue of Dhs 375,000 or more,...