ArabNetMe Roadshow

I just got an email from ArabNet announcing their Roadshow event in Jordan. A free training workshop about entrepreneurship in the technology sector. It’s taking place on Dec 8, 2010 at the Friendship Auditorium in PSUT.

This traveling workshop is part of the ArabNet Roadshow, which will span 7 countries including Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, and Egypt.

The workshop will give you the tools and expertise you need to grow your company and gain further exposure by helping you:

• meet with investors and learn about how to secure financing
• meet with experienced entrepreneurs and learn about growing your business, managing talent, and building a corporate culture
• learn more about the latest trends in the web space
• network and meet with skillful employees you can hire if you’ re looking to expand

Organized by the International Business Alliance Group / ArabNet, the workshop will feature a panel of experts from diverse backgrounds, and a roundtable breakout session where you can talk to the speakers in a close setting and get personalized advice.

It is an ideal opportunity for you to network and get expert insights to help you grow your business.

For more details click here to download the workshop flyer. For registration and information about the speakers, venue and more; click here.

It has been seven months now since I co-founded my first venture Ideation Box on June 2009, before going through the launch of Nakhweh.com, passing by the Ideation Labs and finally the process of establishing a new Multimedia and Animation House, Sketchat Creations! Well, that sounds too much for a 25 years guy with only 2 years of experience, but it doesn’t sound too much for me at all as I always act before I plan (which doesn’t sound good for a lot of people).

For the last couple of months, I can say that each minute I spent working on my ventures, projects and initiatives is a priceless experience. Definitely I had to deal with my partner, Hadi Nasereddin, who is a 10 years friend before being a partner, I had to deal with my clients, I had to deal with Nakhweh’s NGOs, I had to deal with the Ideators of Ideation Labs, I had to do Sales, Marketing, PR in addition to my main role as a Web Developer at Ideation Box.

Definitely I can’t consider that experience an ideal one but at least I’m very proud of our achievements in all of what we’ve done. Why it wasn’t ideal? well, I’m giving you some points that you can learn from my experience:

Know how to deal with your partners and co-workers:

I should admit that I failed in dealing with my partner. I’m a kind of person who thinks work is everything, I don’t care about what people call “social life” and I have no problem in working for 24 hours without sleeping and that’s what I expected from my partner, recently I figured out that not all people are the same and he doesn’t have to be like me.

One more thing about dealing with partners and co-workers; do you have a problem? do they have a problem? as a startup those problems should be fixed on the spot before they ruin the whole thing!

Prioritize:

You should always set your priorities, you have work coming? then deal with it based on the “First come first serve” model. I love to do everything together which is bad but I can’t get rid of that habit. Unless you have an exception, finish what you have then let new things in.

Don’t over promise, especially with deadlines:

Do you think you’re superman? I do! The usual conversation between me an my clients

Client: how much time does it need to be done?

Kamel: That’s so simple… tomorrow it will be done! and it’s never done…

It’s not a shame to give a far deadline as I thought, at least it keeps me in the safe side.

Manage your time:

Time  management is the key factor of getting things rolling and having work done.

Ideation Box: Ideas Just Pop

The 30th of June marked as my last working day at Boundless, Akhtaboot and Jawaker. It has been such an amazing experience, and I really enjoyed working with every one of you.

After a lot of thinking, I finally decided to go a step further by co-founding; Ideation Box.

So what’s Ideation Box? It’s a Jordan-based team, specializing in Web Development, Web Design and Branding Solutions. We are committed to offering a wide range of services to reach your target audience and to share your valuable information, focusing on maintaining your customers while delivering comprehensive web services ranging from custom website design to development of brand identities.

Our web design and development team has a strong focus on creative design, usability, information architecture, web standards and accessibility, but most importantly we employ a user-centered design approach, which allows you to stay focused on the specific needs of your audience throughout the design process. We carefully research each customer particular case to understand the client’s needs and objectives.

Professionalism, Skill and Expertise are the tools we use to make the World Wide Web and the Brands work effectively and efficiently for your business bringing in maximum return on your investment in the shortest time possible.

Not sure where to start with web design or development? Ideation Box offers free consulting services to guide you through the process from beginning to end, to help reach your goals.