The science behind the Top 20

Innovators, it seems, are about as common as the cars which occupy Lebanese roads, but are far more conscious about the time required to reach their destination. Hot on the heels of our November 2015 entrepreneurship special report, Executive was keen to interview and scrutinise a number of both new and familiar faces in the ecosystem and compile our list of the top 20 entrepreneurs in Lebanon. With 2015 seeing more investment in terms of expertise, time and money, suddenly our cities have become awash with opportunities that favour the entrepreneurial brave – those who overcome the fear of failure and are motivated to join a fiery ecosystem. As Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic, put it: “there are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.”              Dysfunctional government institutions have seen some new lows this year.  This failure to provide