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Joyce Kim – Stellar – San Francisco

Tue 8 Dec Written by Banque du Liban Accelerate

Joyce began her career as an attorney at Sherman & Sterling and Wilmer Hale while also working pro bono at Sanctuary for Families and the Innocence Project. She became CEO of Soompi in 2006 and cofounded simplehoney, a mobile commerce startup, in 2011.

Before cofounding Stellar, Joyce was a VC at Freestyle Capital. She graduated from Cornell University at the age of 19, followed by graduate school at Harvard and Columbia Law School. Joyce is currently a Director’s Fellow at the MIT Media Lab.

Aziza Sheerin – General Assembly – Singapore

Mon 7 Dec Written by Banque du Liban Accelerate

Aziza believes education (when delivered well) is transformative, and holds the key to empowerment. She loves exploring better methods of teaching and learning, and is especially intrigued by initiatives that plug the gap between education and employment.

Aziza is currently the Director for Singapore at General Assembly, an educational institution that is building a community of individuals empowered to pursue work they love through education and opportunity in technology, design and business.

Prior to this, Aziza covered Emerging Markets Asia for a 110-year old, not-for-profit financial education firm. She worked on new market expansion and building partnerships with governments, international development organizations, and stakeholders invested in advancing education and economic growth in emerging Asian economies. Some of the initiatives she worked on include promoting responsible financial and business practices, corporate governance, SME development, financial literacy, and education to employability.

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.

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!

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