Entrepreneurship

“We were really amazed by how fast things can move,” says co-founder of Band Industries Hassane Slaibi. Their first product, Roadie Tuner, a device that tunes guitars automatically by placing it on …

“How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flewn.” As I was reading …

Finally proving that it is possible to start up, scale and sell in the country, Lebanon saw its first major acquisition in the tech and digital sector a few weeks …

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’ …

Maha Arayssi Rifai and Mohamad Arayssi were recently selected to join Endeavor’s network at the non-profit’s latest International Selection Panel in Dubai. The brother-sister duo founded the personal-care products company …

Entrepreneur: Jean Nehme Country: United Kingdom Company: Touch Surgery Industry: Healthcare/Tech Founded: 2013 Funds raised in 2013: $1.5 million Number of employees: 15 Jean Nehme, a Lebanese expat living in …

Over the course of the three-day ArabNet conference in Beirut, many startups got on stage for the daunting task of pitching their idea to a room full of investors, businesspeople, …

According to stakeholders in Lebanon’s startup ecosystem, plans are in the making for a nation-wide accelerator. This could have a major effect – currently there are incubators for entrepreneurs operating …

Mike Butcher is the editor-at-large of TechCrunch, the world’s largest online source for technology and startup news, while he is also invested in numerous educational initiatives in the UK that …

Last August, after much speculation Banque du Liban – Lebanon’s central bank – released Circular 331. The $400 million plan aimed at encouraging the country’s start-up sector by guaranteeing 75 …