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Health & Wellness with Lebanon Mountain Trail
For the latest webinar from our Lebanon Growth Accelerator’s Speaker Series, we were joined by Sami Mitri & Stephanie Audi from Lebanon Mountain Trail to discuss how sports and nature affect the wellbeing of people and how LMT promotes this as it is offering an accessible activity that anyone can benefit from especially in such […]
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Towards a Democratic Economy with Dana Abed, Firas Zayter, & Maher Abou Shakra
For the latest webinar from our Lebanon Growth Accelerator’s Speaker Series, we were joined by Dana Abed and Firas Zayter from Oxfam along with Maher Abou Shakra from Daleel Tadamon. We talked about how MSMEs can help build a more democratic economy while examining the underlying infrastructure and frameworks, and future pathways for these economic […]
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Alternative Energy with Rodrigue Saab
For the latest webinar from our Lebanon Growth Accelerator’s Speaker Series, we were joined by Rodrigue Saab, president, and CEO of US-based hi-tech advisory and solutions firm SAAB RDS Inc. We talked about how alternative energy systems can help in increasing efficiency / reducing consumption, and improving mechanisms for improved energy reliability in a distributed […]
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Hiring & Recruiting in Times of Instability with Wissam Youssef
2020 has been a testing year, to say the least, for Lebanese businesses and entrepreneurs. Each passing day was more and more challenging with additional hardships coming along the way. I decided to host and facilitate a Q&A session with CME co-founder Wissam Youssef, part of LGA’s open house events, and part of a series […]
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The Power of Character Strengths with Bilal Ghalib
Take the character strengths assessment here. One fundamental belief I have is in the goodness of people. Why then are there so many broken systems and challenges due to human behavior? I believe a part of the answer comes from a lack of understanding of our values and a process of living them “out loud”. […]
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Tools that Power Remote Work with Marilyn Zakhour
I kick-started my week with the first workshop of Bloom’s Lebanon Growth Accelerator program, with the fantastic Marilyn Zakhour from Cosmic Centaurs! She discussed the future of work, how to think about remote work and new mindsets for new ways of working, and found that information really helpful. I feel like we tend to take […]