GEW 2010 Lebanon - Launch

Global Entrepreneurship Week Lebanon 2010

This Evening …
• About GEW 2010
• Partners’ Pitch
• Keynote Address
• Closing Remarks

Global Entrepreneurship Week
• Started in the UK in 2004
• Went global in 2007
• Now, GEW is a worldwide movement of
entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their
enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality.
• GEW 2009:
– over 32,000 events
– 88 countries
– 7.5 million people

Global Entrepreneurship Week
Lebanon - 2010
• More than20 prominent Lebanese organizations
spanning across different entrepreneurial support
sectors including academia, incubation, finance,
media, NGOs and associations, joined hands in an
unprecedented move to launch Global
Entrepreneurship Week Lebanon 2010 and will take
an active part in it.

Startup Maturity Levels
Concept
•Idea/technology
identified
•Rough idea of
competitors and
products
Commercially
Viable Research
Ideas
•Market and
competition defined
•Proof of concept
done, no real team
yet
Startup/Early Stage
•product better
defined based on
potential customer
feedback
•Team involved in
initial prototype
Growth Companies
•On way to profit
•Expansion into new
markets, new
partnerships
•Product out
Mature Businesses
•Stable customer
base,
•Established niche
vs. competition
•Established
framework for
updates

Lebanese Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Universities
• AUB
• Balamand
• LAU
• USJ
Incubators
• Berytech
• BIAT
• South BIC
Funds
• Riyada / Abraaj
Capital
• Bader LBA
• BBF
• Berytech Fund
• Cedrus Ventures
• Kafalat
• MEVP
• Manara Capital
• Riyada / Abraaj
Capital
NGOs
• ArabCrunch
• Arabnet
• Bader
• Cisco
Entrepreneurship
Institute (ICT)
• LLWB
• Maurice Fadel
Competition
• MIT Arab
Business Plan
Competition
• Rootspace
• Wamda
• YallaStartup

The Entrepreneurship Matrix
Concept Commercially Viable Ideas Startup/Early Stage Growth Companies Mature Businesses
EDUCATION
Workshops
Mentorship
Seminars
Advisory
Training
Technical Assistance
Incubation
FINANCIING
Grants / Prizes
Micro Finance
Kafalat / Bank
Seed Financing
VC Funding
Growth Funding
NETWOKRING
Match Making
Experts
Local SMEs
International SMEs
Informal
SERVICE
PROVIDERS
Legal
Accounting
Consulting
Other

Ongoing Agenda (1)
1. Bader
– Entrepreneur’s Clinic [Nov. 10]
– Mentorship Committee [Nov. 24]
– Bader Entrepreneurship Club Presentations at several
universities [ongoing]
– LBA Press Conference [Dec. 2]
2. Berytech
– Deadline for Incubation Awards [Nov. 15]
– Mowgli – Berytech Speed Mentoring Session [Nov. 15]
– Philips Innovation Program (2nd edition) launch
– YallaStartup Weekend [Nov. 12 – 14]

General Announcements (2)
3. Beyond Reform and Development
– Workshop on “Transforming Social Issues to Opportunities
for Growth - Cases from Lebanon and Georgia”
4. Cisco Entrepreneur Institute at AMIDEAST/Lebanon
– Start of the “Growing a Business” workshop [Nov. 20]
5. Lebanon Creative Cluster
– "Investing in the Creative Industries" seminar [Nov. 25]
6. Maurice Fadel Business Plan Competition
7. MIT Arab Business Plan Competition 2011
– Website is open for registration now with deadline Jan 2011

General Announcements (3)
8. Potential
– Deploying the second roll-out of “Entrepreneur Program”
9. Launch of PUSH Magazine
10.Seeqnce
– Annual GEW Small Wins and Ecosystem Party – visit
Seeqnce.com for further details [Nov. 27]
11.Wamda launch
12.Entrepreneurship Initiative at The Olayan School
– Speaker Series
– Wamda Workshop Session
– GEW Lebanon – 2010 Launch

AllWorld Network
Boston-based organization, chaired by Michael Porter, the
“AllWorld Network will find and advance ALL the
scalable growth companies of the emerging world by
2015”
Finds the growth entrepreneurs, credentials them and gives
them visibility worldwide. The market does the rest!
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Entrepreneurship Initiative
American University of Beirut, Olayan School of Business
PO Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon
Phone: +961.1.374374 ext 3785
For more info, please go to: http://align.aub.edu.lb
Or send us an email at: entinit@aub.edu.lb
• Speaker series
• Wamda Workshop follow-up
• … and this event.
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Bader Young Entrepreneurs Program
Bader aims at promoting entrepreneurship in Lebanon and gives
support to entrepreneurs in their journey
Tel: 01-612 500 ext 5153
info@baderlebanon.com - www.baderlebanon.com
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter
BP
EDUCATION FINANCE NETWORKING
Workshops
Mentorship
DB Creative Awards
Entrepreneurs’ Clinics
University Clubs
Scholarships
MIT ABPC
Lebanese
Business Angels
Building Block
Fund (indep.)
Partnership:
Kafalat and
Other funds
Bader Members
Diaspora
Partnership:
IPEMED
WEF
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University of Balamand
Faculty of Business & Management
Mission:Contribute to the Making and Growing of an Entrepreneurial World (GEW)
• Courses :Entrepreneurship, Small Business Management, and Enterprise Creation
• University Students’ Engagement (Young Bader Club)
• High School Students’ Engagement (HS Competition- “Make a Difference”)
• Entrepreneurship Seminars, Forums (ENT. Thinking, 2009), and Symposia
• Faculty Resources (Judges on Competitions and Experts on Topics like Business Plan
Creation and Entrepreneurial Finance).
Faculty of Business & Management
GEW Initiative
fobm@balamand.edu.lb
06-930250 ext. 3851
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BERYTECH
EU-ACCREDITED BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTER
TARGETING TECHNO-PRENEURS
1- Incubation/Acceleration
Hot-desks& Business Hosting
Conducive hi-tech environment
Networking – Clustering
International Soft-Landing
2- Seed/VC Financing
$6M fund to invest in IT cies
Range $50K - $1.2M
Intel & Cisco partners
3- Training and Advisory
Mowgli Mentorship
Business counseling
Micro-Acceleration Program
Summer School for Entrepreneurs
4- Programs
Idea/Startup Grants ($5k-15k)
Microsoft BizSpark
Philips Innovation Program
04-53-30-40 / 01-61-25-00
berytech.org / twitter: @berytech/ blog.berytech.org
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Beyond Reform & Development
Beyond Reform & Development (BRD), a division of Beyond Consulting & Training
specializes in public sector Reform initiatives and civil society development in Lebanon
and the Arab World.
We are driven by the commitment towards contributing to more participatory, inclusive
and responsive governance systems in the Arab World.
We offer services in:
Policy Development
Learning Design
Capacity Building
Reform Interventions
Institutional Development.
Hazmieh, International Key Bldg., T/F 00961 5 950 952, M 00961 71 525 011
For more info, please go to www.beyondrd.com or www.beyondct.com
or send us an email at info@beyondrd.com
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Cedrus Ventures
1. Dream: A silicon valley in Lebanon!
2. We offer:
• Financing
• Coaching, technical support
Contact:
Michel Nehme, Partner
mnehme@cedrusventures.com
03 238 660
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Global Initiative
•Entrepreneur business training
•Rich media resources
•Mentorship
•Networking
Allyson Jerab
ajerab@amideast.org
Tel. 01-989901, ext. 234
http://amideast.org/lebanon
Workshops
1. Starting a Business
2. Growing a Business
3. iExec Enterprise Essentials
4. iExec Public Sector Essentials
5. Entrepreneurial Mindset
6. Career Essentials
7. Computer Literacy
Developed by:
Cisco®, Cornell University, Stanford University,
My Own Business, Inc.
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DevIneMedia (Development In eMedia)
and Hibr.me
1. An youth-powered, community-based,
alternative, mass media outlet
1. information(community produced, mass distributed, unaffiliated)
2. social activism (inspiring & supporting change)
3. training &development (practical & critical thinking skills)
4. innovation(using & developing new tools, promoting creativity)
2. 500 people trained, 25,000 copies/month, dozens of
workshops & other events … & we want to do more! Much more!
Contact Us! www.hibr.me | innovate@hibr.me
COMING! … an eBosta, a media/tech (social) innovation cafe & lab, & more!
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1. Our mission is to coordinate and manage research, and offer
developmental programs .
2. We offer educational programs and conduct research in the fields
of Family Business Management, Governance and
Entrepreneurship.
3. Dr. Josiane Fahed-Sreih
Associate Professor of Management
Director, Institute of Family and Entrepreneurial Business
jsreih@lau.edu.lb;
Mob: 00961- 3- 411 811
The Institute of Family and
Entrepreneurial Business at LAU
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KAFALAT s.a.l.
Kafalat is a Lebanese financial company with a public concern
that assists small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to
access commercial bank funding.
Kafalat helps SMEs by providing loan guarantees based on
business plans/feasibility studies that show the viability of
the proposed business activity.
How to connect with Kafalat:
•Visit our offices at Piccadilly Center in Hamra
•Visit our website: www.kafalat.com.lb
•Call us: 01-341300 / 1 / 2
•Visit any commercial bank branch

Lebanon Creative Cluster
• Non-profit initiative
• Funded by Cisco
• Supported by the Professional Computer Association
“To advance the creative industries in Lebanon, position
Lebanon as a global source of creativity and innovation,
and drive growth in the Lebanese economy”
Ecosystem approach, awareness raising, networking,
increasing coordination, market opening, etc…
desiree@lcc.org.lb
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The Lebanese League for Women in Business
“Take the Lead and Succeed”
Capacity Building
Networking & B2B
NGO Collaboration
www.llwb.orgwww.menabwn.org
program.manager@llwb.org
01 612500 ext 1990
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Maurice Fadel prize, the first business plan competition in Northern Lebanon, aims at
promoting entrepreneurship by turning ideas into businesses in the North.
Do you want to win $25,000 and start up your business?
You can apply, alone or in a team!
If you are a Lebanese citizen having a business idea to be implemented in North Lebanon,
go to www.mauricefadelprize.com and apply by January 15, 2011.
For more information:
 Email us at Sarah.alcharif@mauricefadelprize.com
 Call us at 70 - 564 544
 Join our Facebook Page: “Maurice Fadel Prize for best Business Plan in Northern
Lebanon”
 Follow us on Twitter: “Maurice Fadel Prize”
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Middle East Venture Partners
Our mission is to be a new kind of venture capital firm in the Middle
East– one with a dedicated passion for building world-class companies
that thrill customers with innovative products and services. We seek to
partner with great entrepreneurs and provide exceptional value to them
and our investors.
We focus on cultivating regional and global relationships, deep domain
expertise, and local knowledge in a limited set of sectors. This
specialized focus allows us to contribute real creative value to our
entrepreneurs, including business development, strategic financing,
talent recruiting, and partnering.
For more information about MEVP please send an email to:
info@mevp.com
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The MIT Arab Business Plan Competition runs on yearly
basis and receives over 2000 registrations from 17 Arab
countries
You have a business idea for the Arab world? Win $50,000
and get your business started!
You are a team of at least 3 persons and 2 of them are Arab
nationals? Go to www.mitarabcompetition.com and APPLY
NOW!
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www.Potential.com
1. Why do we exist? To develop STARS
2. What we offer? Supporting entrepreneurs to start their
businesses or expand their existing business through a
practical integrated consulting, training and coaching
program delivered predominately through the web.
3. How to connect? eman@potential.com
For questions on template: rani.saad@gmail.com or
tony.feghali@gmail.com
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1. To empower women in business, become a support
system encouraging them to go into the world of business
doubtless and armed with knowledge.
2. Our mission is to cultivate the minds of Arab
businesswomen, providing them with tools – in different
forms – to be able to succeed and contribute to the
development of their local and regional economy.
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 Boost and accelerate the growth of small and medium
size Lebanese enterprises
 Emphasize value-added services and direct equity
investment in target companies
 Dedicated $50M fund for Lebanon
 Encourage, assist and mentor entrepreneurs for long
term success
Elie@riyada.com (Elie Habib) – Country Manager
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Riyada Enterprise
Development
Abraaj Capital

seeqnce www.Seeqnce.com
What?Seeqnce is a Startup Catalyst for the Arab World
How? Seeqnce manages an enhanced ecosystem of entrepreneurs,
mentors, investors, advisors, consultants, and partners, in which it applies
culturally-adapted best practices of seed-stage enablers like Y Combinator,
Founder Institute, and Plug & Play, to kickstart and accelerate Arab World web
startups from inception through execution to deployment, launch, funding, &
growth.
Contact: GEW2010@seeqnce.com
+961 (0) 3 70 89 70
Taglines:Seeqnce is by Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs
Seeqnce is Not an Incubator
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Social Media Exchange (SMEX)
SMEX empowers individuals and organizations working
for positive social change and sustainable development
through digital and social media.
We train and consult with all types of organizations on
the strategic use of digital and social media for
mobilization, outreach, and marketing.
For more information, contact:
Mohamad Najem
+961 3792505
mohamad@smex.org
@smexbeirut on Twitterwww.smex.org
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South Business Innovation Center
SouthBIC’s mission is to promote economic
opportunities in the South, creating wealth and
generating employment.
SouthBIC is a business development center with
incubation facilities capable to guide, host, and
accompany entrepreneurs during start-up & grow out
Contact: KarimHammoud, GM
khammoud@southbic.org
www.southbic.org
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Less talk, More Action
founders@yallastartup.org
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Eddie Moutran

First Activity
Networking in the OSB courtyard courtesy of Riyada
Enterprise Development

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