Tag Archives: Beirut

Martin Jaenhart – Binee – Germany

Mon 7 Dec Written by Banque du Liban Accelerate

Martin has a passion for challenge, change, sustainability and impact.

During his studies, he co-founded the NGO Schuelerpaten Berlin, helping Arabic youth in Berlin to finish their school.
An industrial engineer, he worked for the BMW i3 & i8 EV program before supporting the first flight preparations of Airbus A350 XWB.

Coming back to university for his design thinking studies, he co-founded dreiklangkleidung.de, a fair fashion label focusing on a regional supply chain, reviving the craftsmenship of the Erzgebirge in Germany. After a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2014, the small team recently won the Saxonian Environmental Award.

His current startup, Binee is bringing waste & fun together. Binee rewards the user for his recycling efforts through an app and enables highly specific waste separation through user engagement.
An international team, Binee hopes to bring their project to Lebanon as soon as possible.
Passions: brainstorming, early stage projects, team building

3 days left!

Mon 7 Dec Written by Banque du Liban Accelerate

Production is in full mode!

In 3 days, this 11,000 sqm space will host 2 stages, 2 workshop spaces, 2 startup competitions, 2 hackathons, 200 startups & exhibitors, 100 speakers, 400 investors, and over 5,000 attendees!

The current 5,800 registered attendees, the majority of which are entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, advisors, and professors, will be traveling from close to 50 countries to attend BDL Accelerate 2015.

The opening ceremony is at 9:30 AM on Thursday Dec 10, 2015.

Alireza Omidvar – Tehran Hub for Social Innovation – Tehran

Mon 7 Dec Written by Banque du Liban Accelerate

Alireza spent past decade leading teams and projects; most importantly in consulting and advisory services to foreign investors and large companies in Iran in terms of marketing plan, local partners, political analysis, Strategic planing,etc for OMV, Tetrapak, Caterpillar , World Bank and BAT but my passions, however, go beyond this industry.

He looks for IMPACT everywhere and this is the reason he is the co-founding member of two non for profit associations in Iran to improve the business environment in Iran in a responsible way, prepare the environment for entrepreneurs and Start-ups and promote these concepts in public policy arena.

He is also keen on exploring how we can solve complex social issues through hybrid approaches including business and politics.

Alireza is now starting a new initiative called Tehran Social Innovation Center, which is an entrepreneurship and technology innovation center focused on education (through classes and workshops), workforce development (through incubation), business acceleration, and economic development in technology and 21st century skills. As a beacon of resource through physical space and curated programming, TSIC provides impactful individuals and organizations the resources to realize their ideas for a better world.

See Lebanon For Yourself!

Sun 6 Dec Written by Banque du Liban Accelerate

The Phoenice Hotel recently launched #SeeLebanonForYourself, an initiative to highlight the beauty of Lebanon through high quality virtual images. The areas currently available are the following: Baalbeck, Jeita Grotto, Saydit el Nourieh, Saida Souq, Balou3 Balaa, Saida Sea Castle, Beiteddine Hammam.

Check out the See Lebanon for Yourself website to explore unseen angles of #Lebanon with one click. Use the arrows to#SeeLebanonforyourself in a 360 view!