Executive visited with Naji Boutros, a Lebanese economic mind whose expertise and passion spans from investment banking and identification of opportunities in venture capital (VC) and private equity, to nurturing entrepreneurship in Lebanese agro-industry, viticulture, and hospitality. You have been involved in a wide spectrum of local entrepreneurship in non tech-dependent ventures, which as you tell me range from cultivation of high-end cuisine and restaurants, to the facilitation of micro-entrepreneurs who use local recipes and ingredients in baking very tasty Lebanese cookies. A few months ago, you tackled entrepreneurship in tech as the chair of Nucleus Ventures, the early-stage seed program and entrepreneurship support enterprise that evolved out of the UK Lebanon Tech Hub. In light of seeking an economically sustainable future, how do you describe the situation after Nucleus Ventures has been in operation for a few months? One thing that these guys [at Nucleus Ventures] are focusing on
