16 Coaches Join the Impact Rise Social Innovation Program
January 10, 2020
Berytech has chosen 16 coaches to join the Impact Rise Social Innovation Program.
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Impact Rise: Berytech selects 16 Startups for its Social Innovation Program
January 10, 2020
Berytech has chosen 16 teams to join the startup scaling track of the Impact Rise program, designed and managed by Berytech and funded by MEPI.
Impact Rise Program: meet the partners
November 29, 2019
Berytech has made sure to involve active partners from its network, social ventures, organizations, funds and institutions as part of the Impact Rise program.
Impact Rise: scaling up social impact ventures in Lebanon
October 16, 2019
Berytech launched Impact Rise – a social innovation program to put startups, experts and support partners on the road to growing sustainable and successful social ventures.
Women on Top: Diana Fadel
July 25, 2019
Diana Fadel is the founder and president of Fondation Diane – a non-governmental organization for the development of Civic Awareness and Eco-Sustainable Development. She co-founded ABC Department Stores and co-managed them for over 4 decades with her late husband Maurice.
Women on Top: Tara Hermez
July 16, 2019
Tara Hermez is the co-founder and CEO of 3QA – a regional social enterprise that provides quality assurance solutions to third sector entities.
Crowdsourcing for social impact and a better world
June 11, 2019
This article on crowdsourcing is by author Hani Diya, co-founder and CEO at CYVYS – a Berytech Community member.
Women On Top: Sarah Beydoun
May 2, 2019
Read our interview with Sarah Beydoun, part of Berytech’s Women on Top Series powered by LLWB.
Four Lebanese women inspiring mompreneurs
April 10, 2019
Berytech and Groupe Bel have teamed up to launch the Kiri Mompreneur Challenge, and to inspire women to become entrepreneurs, we have asked four mompreneurs to share their tips on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and mother.
Two Startups To Represent Lebanon in the Global Social Venture Competition
January 31, 2019
Berytech has partnered with the Global Social Venture Competition GSVC for the 7th year in a row and announced that two Lebanese startups, IOtree – a solar-powered smart device, and B.O.T – an impact sourcing platform, have won the regional competition allowing them to compete in the global finals in April 2019.
Bildits: The Childhood Dream Turned Into A Growing Toy Business with Impact
December 5, 2018
Bildits is a childhood dream come true for its founders, the 3 Lebanese entrepreneurs who always wanted to create just a toy, but found themselves creating a growing toy business instead. Here’s how it all started and how far they’re willing to go with the kids’ construction kit they invented.
How social entrepreneurship might very well save Lebanon
October 16, 2018
Lebanese social startups have created in the space of two years hundreds of jobs for underprivileged people, catered to some of Lebanon’s most pressing social and environmental issues, and provided a livelihood to hundreds of families. And that might be just the beginning.
Young engineers discover Entrepreneurship, the engine of socioeconomic changes
September 24, 2018
Berytech participated in a panel dedicated to the challenges and opportunities for Tech and Social entrepreneurs, as part of the Young Engineers Forum 2018 – entitled Entrepreneurship: the Engine of Socioeconomic changes.
What is social entrepreneurship?
August 30, 2018
While, at its core, the concept of entrepreneurship deals with innovative problem-solving, risk-taking and exploring under-served markets, social entrepreneurship uses these basic foundations with an additional layer of contributing to Society.
Celebrating Social Entrepreneurship with FabricAid
July 5, 2018
Out of 550 teams from over 60 countries around the world, 19 early-stage startup teams were selected to pitch their social impact solutions to conference