March 2012 Blog Posts (9)

Art in Dubai

Shelter Dubai to Host Panel Discussion on Art in Dubai



Shelter Dubai celebrates March 2012 with a panel discussion on “Art and the Arts” this Thursday, March 29th at 7pm.



Panelists will include Antonia Carver, Fair Director of Art Dubai; Khalid Mezaina, Project Coordinator of…

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Added by Shelter Community Manager on March 28, 2012 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Screenwriting for Stereoscopic 3D Films.

ScreenWriting for 3D films: A Broken Concept?

Is there such a thing as writing a screen play for Stereoscopic 3D films? While it may sound intriguing when announcing “I’m writing my next epic in 3D”, should we be making movies for 3D or making movies in 3D?

To what extent does screenwriting affect a 3D movie? Can it contribute to better 3D films? These are all un-answered questions, but we can try and answer them by first defining a “log line” (to borrow a…

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Added by Clyde DeSouza on March 23, 2012 at 8:34am — No Comments

Acquisition Tips from FlipMedia

FlipMedia has grown into one of the largest digital agencies in the region, with offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai and Trivandrum (India). The agency was founded by a programmer-designer and a business-development manager - Dinesh and Martin, respectively. The pair quickly moved from the garage to Media City to the awards podium,…

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Added by Shelter Community Manager on March 20, 2012 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Lesa Mitchell's Advice to Entrepreneurs: Avoid 'Founders Issues' and Think Big

I recently came across this interview with Lesa Mitchell, Vice President of Advancing Innovation for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

As an…

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Added by Shelter Community Manager on March 14, 2012 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Honoring Arab Female Entrepreneurs

Last week, Arab Business.com released their list of the “100 Most Powerful Arab Women 2012.” The roll-call is inspiring, honoring groundbreaking women in finance, politics, art and media. I came across these entrepreneurial women,…

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Added by Shelter Community Manager on March 11, 2012 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Ready, Set, Go!

Its competition season for entrepreneurs in the Middle East.

Du is making headlines with the launch of their new reality TV show, The Entrepreneur, but this televised race-to-the-investor is just one of many entrepreneur competitions taking place across the region.

Here we take a look at the various entrepreneur competitions that are wrapping…

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Added by Shelter Community Manager on March 8, 2012 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Entrepreneurship: Gut Instinct or Intricate Science?

Everybody starts a business with a plan. Whether its a ten-page bulleted-and-fact-checked document, or a scrawl on a sales receipt, you aren't going to leap into the chasm of entrepreneurship without at least an idea of what you plan on doing.

But do successful entrepreneurs follow a bit-by-bit plan, like a chemist in a lab, or do they "go with the flow," trusting their instincts to lead them…

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Added by Shelter Community Manager on March 7, 2012 at 2:30pm — No Comments

What Would Chuck Norris Do?

First of all, yes. We are in the UAE, not America. But when it comes to the wild-west of entrepreneurship, Dubai is the desert town where it all goes down. So, Chuck Norris, welcome to your new stomping grounds.


Secondly, Evan Peelle dishes some nice advice in this article (first posted here). So read on.…

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Added by Shelter Community Manager on March 7, 2012 at 12:30pm — No Comments

PressPass: The Story of a Dubai Start-Up

David Haddad (left) and Valencio Cardoso, founders of PressPass

David Haddad and Valencio Cardoso are the founders of one of Dubai’s newest start-ups. PressPass is a people-to-media directory service that lets small businesses,…

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Added by Shelter Community Manager on March 4, 2012 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

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