Jordan Investment Board has partnered with AllWorld Network and Professor Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School, to launch the Arabia 500 Event. This event aims to rank the most dynamic, fast growing private businesses in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and Pakistan.

Participating in this event will differentiate your company by gaining local and international media attention and the winners are invited to attend the Arabia 500 Awards & Global Summit from 15-17 of November at the Dead Sea - Jordan, and the AllWorld Summit at Harvard University with fast-growing companies from all around the world.

NO costs are required to participate in this event; the deadline is September 30, 2011. 

CLICK HERE TO APPLY.

Qualifying criteria for companies wishing to participate are:

- A private company - must NOT be a non-profit, holding company, a franchise of another company, auto dealership, bank or power companyHave 10 or more full-time employees in 2010.    

- Have a minimum 3-year operating history and revenue (USD) of at least $100,000 in 2008 and $500,000 in 2010.  Younger companies can use the same application to be considered as Start Ups to Watch.

- Provide audited statements or an audit letter to confirm your company's revenues
AllWorld Network was established in 2007 by Deirdre Coyle, Anne Habiby and Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter, after many years of promoting entrepreneurship in the developed and developing worlds. AllWorld is a for-profit organization with a mission to find and scale ALL the growth entrepreneurs of the emerging world, creating the largest information system and network of growth entrepreneurs. AllWorld Network aims to build a global platform to spark the next economy.