Aspiring Entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa region.

1. Release Date: April 15, 2011
Presenter: Tarek Kassar
Start-up Battlefield
Aspiring entrepreneurs in the Middle East

2. WHo are We?
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3. Introduction
• After conducting many researches, we were able to come to conclusion on the major
common characteristics of the environment that heavily affect the state of
entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa.
• The researches were quantitative and qualitative involving 16,000 young persons, and
focused on youth aspirations, employment, entrepreneurship, innovation, and culture.

4. Trusting a partner
Trusting a partner indicates whether you are more/less likely to open your our business in the next 12
months. If you find that you can’t trust a partner (excluding a brother, sister, or family relative) to help in
starting up a business together, then you are in an inappropriate environment to become an entrepreneur
in the future.
Search for the right place.

5. A
Less paper, more favorable
Having less paper to do in order to set-up your business seems more favorable to any entrepreneur like
you; however, most of the MENA countries are difficult places to fill out paperwork.
Look to be more positive in crossing over this obstacle.

6. Helping a complete stranger
Helping a complete stranger recently is a strong indicator of your level of entrepreneurship. The
researches show that you are more likely to become an entrepreneur if you have helped a stranger in the
past 6 months.
Start contributing the society, in the end, it will help you in school of life.

7. Being plugged-in
Being able to access technology such as internet, computer, and mobile device strongly correlate whether
with whether or not you are likely to open your business in the next 12 months. Access to technology is
very important in your daily business life.
The more people have access to technology the more likely we are to see aspiring entrepreneurs.

8. Working but not for your own
Having a full-time job is directly related to the potential of opening a business in the next 12 months.
Some people think that young people who don't have a job shift immediately to open their own business,
but that has proven wrong in this part of the world. It might sound unlikely but aspiring entrepreneurs are
more likely to be currently employed, rather than un-employed.
Feel free to work on your project while employed, there many people doing the same.

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