The Queen Rania Center Entrepreneurship (QRCE) is a not-for-profit and non-governmental organization.it was established in October of 2004 and located at the EL Hassan Science City, Jubaiha-Jordan. It's mission is to support economics growth by providing an array of services in entrepreneurship development and technology commercialization through the several programs conducted by QRCE.
Read more on the QRCE websiteWORDS: Mohd M. Khawaja
As an addictive social media activist, I always face people questioning the ability to achieve a “real” social change using social media.
People –at the offline world- used to believe that video & photo sharing, tweeting and networking are designed only for fun and entertainment, while there is a lot we can do when we become part of any of this growing digital social networks.
Social media is the new media!
Answering this big question has always been an issue for startups looking for investment.
Placing a valuation on young companies is a challenging tricky game, but it’s one small-business owners have to know how to play, especially when investment capital remains stubbornly scarce.
There has been several approaches to valuate your company:
1. Asset Valuation
It can be done by looking at the current assets of the company (should be shown in the balance sheet). You have to include physical assets: including machinery, office furniture, computers, inventory, prototypes (and the cost to develop them), and Intellectual Property including patents and trademarks.
Global Entrepreneurship Week, an international initiative observed in over 80 countries annually, concluded Sunday, November 22. For the first time, the event was held in Jordan and featured a slate of panels, trainings, speakers and activities in which 400 local, Arab and international entrepreneurs and business leaders took part.
Jordan will participate in Global Entrepreneurship Week taking place November 16-22, 2009 with a slate of activities focusing on entrepreneurs at all stages of growth and featuring leading entrepreneurs from around the world, the region and the Kingdom.
The Licensing Executives Society – Arab Countries (LES-AC) and Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE) have recently signed an agreement in the Jordanian capital city Amman, to hold training courses to raise awareness and train young school leaders, their teachers and leaders of Arab universities in the field of intellectual property rights and its importance in supporting innovation and creativity.