Pitching 101 - Entrepreneurship Summit

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The “Entrepreneurship Summit” is one of the Entrepreneurship Initiative’s flagship programs. It aims to rally the initiative’s ambassadors in the region to create entrepreneurship events in their sections. These events include talks, panels and most importantly, a pitch competition.

This year is focused on the topic “Advance Technology for Humanity: Sustainable Engineering” in form of a competition for established teams or formed startups that present their thematic solutions at a local competition.

IEEE Young Professionals team, in collaboration with the 2020 IEEE R8 Entrepreneurship Initiative ambassadors in Lebanon, will bring forward to IEEE members and other students and young professional in Lebanon the opportunity to benefit from a suite of Entrepreneurship workshops, participate in a regional entrepreneurship competition, and access mentorship and networking opportunities with experts in the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem. To do so, the team is organizing a national Entrepreneurship Summit under the theme “Smart Sustainable Cities”.

The rules for the competitions are:
- Teams of 3-5, preferably with at least one IEEE student or young professional member, or
a team member with previous affiliation with IEEE.
- The team is required to have a minimum viable product (MVP) or a prototype
- Teams are allowed (and encouraged) to get external sponsors
- Innovation is aligned with state of the art in sustainable engineering

We value (evaluate):
- Innovative and ambitious vision from sustainable engineering area
- Originality and “wow-effect”
- Clarity, quality and replicability of the innovation
- Interdisciplinary approach

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November 21th, 2020 (4:00 pm - 5:30 pm) - 3nd workshop: "Pitching 101" - Mr. Zahi Hilal, Smart Innovation Hub Accelerator Program Officer, BeryTech”

 

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IEEE Lebanon Entrepreneurship Initiative Ambassadors Team

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