Founders
MENA SaaS acquihires: a public-records profile
What the public record shows about MENA SaaS acquihires, and what the missing data reveals about the market.
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Money
Banking for MENA founders: Mercury, Wise, Brex compared
A practical comparison of Mercury, Wise Business, and Brex for MENA founders operating Wyoming LLCs from Beirut, Cairo, or Amman.
Money
The cost of running a 10-person agency in Beirut
Beirut offers a structural cost advantage over US-EU hubs for digital agencies, but the savings come with friction that does not show in any line item.
Operations
Multi-currency payroll across MENA
Why MENA payroll is structurally harder than US or EU payroll, and the three-rail stack operators converged on to solve it.
Growth
Publish the timeline
Committing to a delivery window in public is a trust signal most service businesses avoid. A look at how one digital agency turns scope into a sales argument.
Founders
Lebanese remote teams building for US startups
The Lebanese collapse created a dollarized remote-work pattern serving US startups. Here is the arbitrage math, the contractor-EOR-subsidiary choice, and the question of whether
Money
Stripe vs Paddle vs Lemon Squeezy for MENA SaaS
For MENA SaaS founders, the choice between Stripe and a merchant of record determines who bears tax and regulatory risk — not just what the transaction fee is.
Growth
The Arabic-language SEO opportunity
Arabic is the fastest-growing internet language by usage but one of the smallest by indexed quality content — the asymmetry has been documented for years and is finally being
Money
USD invoicing from MENA: the mechanics
The four infrastructure paths for receiving USD into a MENA business, their failure modes, and a working stack for 2026.
Operations
How to hire your first ten people without a recruiter
A practical guide to making your first ten hires as a founder — no recruiter, no HR department, no budget for either. Includes MENA-specific notes on pay and sourcing.
Money
Why MENA founders are quietly choosing US LLCs
Why a growing number of MENA tech founders register in Wyoming or Delaware while operating from Beirut, Cairo, or Dubai, and when the model does not work.