In our first startup weekend support program, we received 76 ideas from all over Lebanon.
Here's the breakdown:
Beirut: 15 ideas, Baabda: 16, Aley: 3, Chouf: 4, Matn: 2, Kesrouan: 1, Jbeil: 1, Tripoli: 2, Akkar: 1, Baalbek-Hermel: 8, Zahle: 2, Rashaya: 2, Jezzine: 1, Sidon: 5, Nabatieh: 3, Tyre: 9, and Bint Jbeil: 1.
We also saw diversity in the participants: 51% were female, 49% male, with 30.3% graduates and 69.7% students.
Different educational backgrounds were represented: 56.5% had bachelor's degrees, 17.1% had master's degrees, 15.8% were in engineering, and 10.5% had doctorates.
Ideas covered various sectors: 5.3% health, 26.3% food, 22.4% technology, 13.2% education, and 32.9% E-Business.
After a careful review by our team, 37 ideas were chosen for further development. These include 13 in food, 7 in technology, 7 in education, 8 in E-Business, and 2 in health. To help participants refine their pitches, we held two workshops with expert trainers at our center.
Among the submitted ideas, and based on the evaluation of the committees, the Scientific Center for Manufacturing and Production chose 14 ideas to move to the second step:
- 3dLife
- Carrot Pulp Chips
- Dental Medical Products
- Edubolt
- Educational Platform - Terminalists
- Health and Diet
- Khadamat
- Makit
- Multi-Vitamin Immune Boosting Lollipops
- PP Bread
- SHOPEX
- TeethTech
- Un Petit Goût
- A Little Goes a Long Way
After reviewing them, two ideas were chosen to implement their prototypes (MVP):
- Dental Medical Products
- 3dLife
