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 WeekLebanon - 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

NETWOKRIN

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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 Competition7. 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 Magazine10.Seeqnce

– Annual GEW Small Wins and Ecosystem Party – visit Seeqnce.com for further details [Nov. 27]

11. Wamda launch12.Entrepreneurship Initiative at The Olayan School

– Speaker Series– Wamda Workshop Session– GEW Lebanon – 2010 Launch


AllWorld NetworkBoston-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 InitiativeAmerican University of Beirut, Olayan School of BusinessPO Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107-2020, LebanonPhone: +961.1.374374 ext 3785For more info, please go to: http://align.aub.edu.lbOr send us an email at: [email protected]

• Speaker series• Wamda Workshop follow-up• … and this event.

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Bader Young Entrepreneurs ProgramBader aims at promoting entrepreneurship in Lebanon and gives

support to entrepreneurs in their journey

Tel: 01-612 500 ext [email protected] - www.baderlebanon.com

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter

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EDUCATION FINANCE NETWORKING

WorkshopsMentorship DB Creative Awards Entrepreneurs’ Clinics University Clubs ScholarshipsMIT ABPC

Lebanese Business Angels Building Block Fund (indep.) Partnership:

Kafalat and Other funds

Bader Members Diaspora Partnership:

IPEMED WEF

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http://www.baderlebanon.com/


University of BalamandFaculty 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 & ManagementGEW Initiative

[email protected] 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 / 01-61-25-00berytech.org / twitter: @berytech/ blog.berytech.org

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Beyond Reform & DevelopmentBeyond 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 DevelopmentLearning DesignCapacity BuildingReform InterventionsInstitutional Development.

Hazmieh, International Key Bldg., T/F 00961 5 950 952, M 00961 71 525 011For more info, please go to www.beyondrd.com or www.beyondct.comor send us an email at [email protected]

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Cedrus Ventures1. Dream: A silicon valley in Lebanon!

2. We offer:

• Financing

• Coaching, technical support

Contact:

Michel Nehme, Partner

[email protected]

03 238 660

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Global Initiative

•Entrepreneur business training•Rich media resources•Mentorship•Networking

Allyson [email protected]. 01-989901, ext. 234http://amideast.org/lebanon

Workshops1. Starting a Business2. Growing a Business3. iExec Enterprise Essentials4. iExec Public Sector Essentials5. Entrepreneurial Mindset6. Career Essentials7. 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 outlet1. 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 | [email protected]

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-SreihAssociate Professor of ManagementDirector, Institute of Family and Entrepreneurial [email protected];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

http://www.kafalat.com.lb/


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…

[email protected]

For questions on template: [email protected] or

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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

[email protected]

01 612500 ext 1990

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http://www.llwb.org/

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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 [email protected]

Call us at 70 - 564 544

Join our Facebook Page: “Maurice Fadel Prize for best Business Plan in Northern

Lebanon”

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Middle East Venture PartnersOur 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: [email protected]

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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!

[email protected]


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www.Potential.com1. 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? [email protected]


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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

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Riyada Enterprise DevelopmentAbraaj Capital



seeqnce www.Seeqnce.com

What?Seeqnce is a Startup Catalyst for the Arab WorldHow? 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: [email protected]

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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 [email protected]@smexbeirut on Twitterwww.smex.org

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South Business Innovation CenterSouthBIC’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, [email protected]

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Less talk, More Action

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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

NETWOKRIN

G

Match Making

Experts

Local SMEs

International SMEs

Informal

SERVICE

PROVIDERS

Legal

Accounting

Consulting

Other


Eddie Moutran


First Activity

Networking in the OSB courtyard courtesy of Riyada Enterprise Development