Wamda

Lebanon

BDD transitions from dream to startup hub

The green grass of innovation. (Images via BDD) 2015 was a busy year for the Beirut Digital District (BDD). There was...

Nymgo Diwanee Mouhamad Rabah

Lebanon

Samir & Claude Abillama Eco-Entrepreneurship Award application

If you’ve got an eco-entrepreneurial idea for an eco-friendly business, it just might win you $ 20,000. The American University of Beirut -...

eco-entrepreneurship Abillama' aub

Lebanon

Join the Business Power Session by BLC and We Initiative

The only person who doesn't need a business plan is one who is not in business! Whether you're a start-up or an established business,...

BLC bank We Initiative beirut

Lebanon

The Global Lebanese Entrepreneurs and Investors Summit

The second Global Lebanese Entrepreneurs and Investors Summit is happening this year on December 22, at the Four Seasons Hotel. Organized...

Lebanese entrepreneurs summit Global

Lebanon

Lebanese outpitch internationals at BDL Accelerate

ReAble cofounders Paul Safi and Emile Sawaya. (Image via ReAble) BDL Accelerate's Early Stage Startup Competition saw a staggering...

Early Stage Startup Competition BDL Accelerate Banque du Liban

Lebanon

Investments announced at Lebanon's BDL Accelerate

[Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include Berytech’s further investments announced on the second...

BDL Accelerate Berytech beirut

Lebanon

Seedstars World touches down in Beirut

Overall winners Codefish with the Seedstar competitors in Beirut. (Images via UK Lebanon Tech Hub) For the second year running Beirut...

Fallound Merchandizer Seedstars Global

Lebanon

Lebanon's Global Entrepreneurship Week in full swing

GEW Lebanon's official launch at cohost ElementN drew many. (Images via GEW) Lebanon's Global Entrepreneurship Week is in full swing,...

MENA lebanon events

Lebanon

Examining the 'Business to Diaspora' market [Opinion]

Editor's note: this is the second of two articles on diaspora engagement. You can read the first one here. The diaspora is more than a...

Diaspora engagement Lebanese Diaspora lebanon

Lebanon

Le Wagon deploys first batch of coders in Beirut

General manager of Le Wagon El Khoury speaks out (Image via Ayman Farhat) Coding school Le Wagon graduated its first batch of Beirut-based ...

Le Wagon beirut Coding

Lebanon

The Dream Matcher Experience - Entrepreneurs' Edition

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, The Dream Matcher Experience - Entrepreneurs' Edition will be held this Wednesday on 18 ...

DreamMatcher GEW

Lebanon

Seedstars Beirut 2015

Seedstars World is coming back to Beirut! On November 26 2015, the top 10 to 12 best startups in Lebanon will be invited to...

seedstars competition beirut

Lebanon

Upward Consulting presents Minimal Viable Product workshop

Training, coaching & consulting company Upward Consulting, in cooperation with Berytech, is organizing a workshop for startups on how t...

Workshop minimum viable product mvp

Lebanon

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Lebanon 2015

For the third time consecutively, Lebanon will be participating in Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), which takes place on November 1...

November lebanon GEW

Lebanon

Entreprenergy summit celebrates MENA startups

Marc Dfouni, cofounder and CEO of Eastline Marketing interviews MarkaVIP founder Ahmed Alkhatib. (Image via Abed Kataya) Just...

Aline Kamakian Lebanese League for Women in Business Ahmed Alkhatib

Lebanon

Social entrepreneurs tackle Lebanon's trash crisis

With the Naameh lanfill closed, trash has piled up the street. (Image via National Post) The piles of garbage in the streets and...

stratups crisis trash

Lebanon

Crowdsourced interior design startup launches in Lebanon

Smartphones could soon help people decorate their homes and save money at the same time. Simply fill out a short online questionnaire,...

interior design Darwazah Ghassan Abi Fadel

Lebanon

An eco-friendly solution to dispose of pharmaceutical waste in Lebanon

A 'pill-board' building. (Image via Ziad Abi-Chaker) This article is a crosspost with the MIT Technology Review Arab Edition written by N...

MIT Technology Review Arab Edition cedar environmental expired medication

Lebanon

How Lebanon and its diaspora can mutually benefit in the startup ecosystem [Opinion]

Editor's note: this is the first of two articles on diaspora engagement. Connecting a diaspora and its home country can’t be a one-way r...

Startup Megaphone Elie Nasr Foo

Lebanon

AUF and Berytech accept applications for Francophone women entrepreneurs

The Francophone University Agency (AUF) and Berytech have opened applications for the fourth batch of Francophone women entreprneeurs. Two...

francophone lebanon Women

Lebanon

Startup creativity spurred by 'networked space'

Office design matters more than most entrepreneurs realise when it comes to employee performance, which is why the UK Lebanon Tech Hub made...

networked spaces UK tech hub lebanon

Lebanon

AstroLabs Official Launch

The AstroLabs community has moved into its new home right in the park of Jumeirah Lakes Towers, and they'd like to invite you to...

Lebanon

Tech Talks at UK Lebanon Tech Hub: SMEs Exit Strategies and Company Valuation

This week's Tech Talk is titled 'SME Exit Strategies and Company Valuation', and will be exploring ways entrepreneurs can use to i...

Exit strategies tech talks UK tech hub

Lebanon

The Design Sprint by Google comes to Beirut

The first Design Sprint in Beirut, organized by Google Launchpad, Berytech, ESCWA and BCC, will take place on 26-27 October 2015, at Bery...

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