Google for
Entrepreneurs and Wamda are excited to announced our partnership to
foster entrepreneurs in MENA through the expansion of the Mix N’Mentor event
series. The event series, now set to take place in more than 11 different
cities in the region, aims to bring budding entrepreneurs closer to experienced
mentors to discuss and solve challenges facing their startups.
Mix N’Mentor contributes to the entrepreneurship ecosystem
by providing opportunities for people, businesses and communities to meet,
engage and exchange ideas which ultimately result in real and measurable
economic successes. Last year’s Mix N’Mentor series held events in Amman,
Beirut and Dubai with hundreds of attendees at the events. Google is set to
provide various speakers and mentors at the events across the region in
addition to a technological collaboration to connect to a wider audience via
the use of Hangouts on Air on Google+.
“Google began as a startup in a garage and remains a startup
at heart. We are committed to helping build a vibrant ecosystem for startups
and enabling the next generation of entrepreneurs to be successful.” stated
Maha Abouelenein, Head of Communications for Google in the MENA region. She
added, “Google supports innovation & entrepreneurship both internally and
externally through technology, partnerships, and programs and by fostering a
culture of innovation. Our partnership with Wamda on Mix N’Mentor is an
excellent example of this type of collaboration which aims to further the
efforts of the entrepreneurs and build startup communities.”
Mix N’Mentor attendees will be matched with industry experts
via multiple mentorship sessions in addition to fireside chats. Attending entrepreneurs and mentors are
matched in breakout groups of 10 based on skills and challenges with mentors
and entrepreneurs rotated to ensure maximum diversity and exposure. The new
partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs allows for more hands-on technology
coaching, exposure to the latest Web and mobile tools in addition to many other
cutting edge solutions.
“Wamda aims to accelerate the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Arab
world. After identifying the gaps in the ecosystem, we have evolved a holistic
model that includes a media arm to inspire and educate, a fund for direct
investments, a think-tank to influence stakeholders, and programs to scale our
impact,“ said Habib Haddad. CEO of Wamda and serial entrepreneur. “In Mix N’ Mentor, we deliver hands-on
mentorship to promising entrepreneurs, and we are very excited to partner with
Google to scale this event across the Arab world.”
The first event for 2013 is set to take place in Cairo,
Egypt on the 16th of March. For more information, please visit the
Mix N’Mentor tab on the Google for entrepreneurs website by visiting http://www.google.com/entrepreneurs/initiatives/wamda.html
Entrepreneurs interested in attending and becoming part of
this year’s Mix N’Mentor can register for the location nearest them and find
out more details by visiting http://www.wamda.com/mixnmentor.
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