Marwan Kheireddine is the chair and general manager of Al-Mawarid Bank, one of the shareholders in the Virgin Megastore franchises in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, and a former minister in the previous…
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All Lebanese businesses must seek regional expansion — or so it is drilled into the heads of local entrepreneurs. A typical Lebanese business model is to test a product in…
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Typically, when a customer buys a product online through a payment gateway, the cardholder’s information goes through a long chain of servers and processors that link the cardholder, the merchant…
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If people in the Middle East did not have the faintest clue what creating the perfect résumé entailed, then I was one lucky girl. Because if they didn’t know, and…
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Lebanon lags behind much of the world when it comes to a favorable business environment, ranking 111th out of 189 economies in the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) 2014 ‘Doing Business’…
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Company: Transterra Media Country: Lebanon Industry: News Founders: Jonathan Giesen, Eli Andrews Ages: 41, 39 Established in: Sept 2012 Number of Employees: 17 Revenues: ½ million Capital raised: 1.3 million…
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Mustafa Sadek Company: UrbanBuz Country: United Arab Emirates Industry: Company services Founder: Mustafa Sadek Established in: January 2013 Number of Employees: 5 After leaving the US for Dubai three…
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Company: Cedar Books/BookWitty Country: Lebanon/Switzerland Industry: Books Founder: Cyril Hadji-Thomas and Sany Naufal Capital raised: $1 million investment from Bader The Internet, it is widely believed, is killing the…
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Company: Karen and Josette Country: Lebanon Industry: Photography Founder: Karen Kalou and Josette Youssef Established in: 2009 In 2009, Karen Kalou and Josette Youssef had both recently returned from…
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Company: Ounousa.com Country: Lebanon Industry: Media Founder: Elsa Aoun and Wassim Kari Established in: 2008 Number of employees: 10 Capital raised: Self-financed so far, seeking potential capitalization Back in…