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Château Musar is the name of a Lebanese winery in Ghazir, Lebanon, 15 miles north of the capital Beirut. Musar grapes grow in the Beqaa Valley, a fertile sunny valley at an altitude of ca. 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), situated 25 miles east of Beirut. The winery was established by Gaston Hochar in 1930 after returning from Bordeaux. The current proprietors are the sons, Ronald and Serge Hochar, the latter managing the estate since 1959, with Ronald Hochar assuming marketing and finance department responsibilities since 1962. In 1959, Serge Hochar becomes Chateau Musar winemaker, while completing his winemaking studies at the University of Oenology in Bordeaux, under the tutorage of Jean Riberau and Emile Peynaud. The international discovery of Musar took place at the Bristol Wine Fair of 1979 when auctioneer and taster Michael Broadbent and journalist Roger Voss selected Musar 1967 as the "discovery of the Fair". Despite war in Lebanon and frequent tension, with the excep...

Pikasso is the leading out-of-home advertising company in Lebanon since 1986, it is also the 1st national OOH operator in Jordan, Iraq and Algeria under the name of Lawhat Algérie. With more than 8,000 advertising faces, the group enjoys a key position in the Levant and North Africa and offers a comprehensive range of products and formats in 300 cities and towns. Pikasso places quality and innovation at the heart of its development to constantly meet its clients' needs. The team is composed of 320 highly qualified professionals. The company operates in all the fields of OOH: Billboards, Large Format, Urban Furniture, Transport advertising, and Malls. Pikasso Jordan L.L.C is the 1st national OOH operator in Jordan since 2000. It is a sister company of Les Affichages Pikasso Sal, the leader in poster advertising in Lebanon since 1986. Pikasso Jordan L.L.C is the specialist in poster advertising in Jordan. It offers a wide range of products from which the networks are trademarked:...

Malik’s was established in 1988 with a small branch on Bliss Street employing just one person. Since then, the company has grown to become a major bookshop, copy center chain and stationery retailer and supplier in Lebanon, with 23 current branches, three huge warehouses and a centralized management office. Malik’s currently employs more than 200 persons and now has 13 different departments: A Sales Department, a Purchasing Department, a Marketing Department, a Merchandising Department, an HR Department, an Accounting Department, an Internal Control Department, a Maintenance Department, a Books Department, a Services Department, a Stationery Department, a Collection Department and an Operations Department. Malik’s represents exclusively 22 international brands among which are: Verbatim (Japan), Fellowes (USA), Folex (Switzerland), Forever (Germany), Edding (Germany), Legamaster (Germany), Manhattan (USA), Platignum (U.K.), Coby (USA), T’NB (France), Mondi (Austria), Caretta (Turkey...

InfoPro was established in 1997. InfoPro stands for Information Provider. The company's mission is to deliver information. The company has identified the delivery of timely and accurate information as a niche market. InfoPro has established three activities: (1) an international quality publishing house of business titles, (2) a leading market and business research firm and An economic research center. InfoPro is currently a group of around 60 full-time employees and a dozen part-time staff. It produces more than 25 products and services. Its sales have steadily grown each year. It has developed skills in advertising sales, subscription and book sales, content generation, digital products, and research to leading businesses in a variety of fields. It has won the trust of more than 1,000 advertisers, more than 10,000 subscribers, tens of thousands of readers and dozens of research clients. InfoPro has earned a reputation for dependable information, ethical business practice, and ...

The Carnegie Middle East Center is a public policy think tank and research center based in Beirut, Lebanon. It was established in November 2006 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The Middle East Center draws on the successful experience of Carnegie's Moscow Center, established in 1994, and also runs parallel to new Carnegie initiatives in Beijing and Brussels. The Middle East Center is concerned with the challenges facing political and economic development in the Arab World, Turkey and Iran. It brings together senior local researchers from the region to work on in-depth research relating to critical matters facing the countries and peoples of the region. The center aims to better inform the process of political change in the Arab Middle East and deepen understanding of the complex economic and security issues that affect it. The Carnegie Middle East Center is part of Carnegie's well-established Middle East Program and will build on standards and approaches t...

Established in 1936, ABC was the first department store to open its doors in the Middle East. In 2003, with the opening of ABC Achrafieh Mall, ABC introduced the first mall in Lebanon and was the first retail store to branch throughout the country and expand its reach to a wider scope of customers. With its six branches spread across Lebanon displaying a full range of brand name products as well as an average of 11 million visitors per year and 97% brand awareness in Lebanon, ABC has evolved from being a single retailer to a commercial real estate developer and a franchisee. ABC currently operates 6 retail outlets including 2 flagship department stores in prime locations as well as the first open air mall to meet international standards in the region. The other 4 regional stores are spread throughout Lebanon. ABC has been growing and maturing since its establishment as it was the first retailer to employ women, to install fixed prices and develop advertising campaigns. ABC was the ...

Founded in 1985, Mike Sport is the number one multi-brand sportswear and sports equipment retailer in Lebanon. In 1995, after the opening of its 3rd branch in Jal El Dib, the company embarked on a massive 15-years expansion plan that saw the opening of more than 10 new branches covering the Lebanese territory. in 2010, seeing the potential of the Kurdish Market for the Sports retail business, Mike Sport opened its first branch outside of Lebanon at the family Mall in Erbil. Being the top importer, manufacturer & distributor of sports products in the country, Mike Sport is currently consolidating its position as the leading provider of lifestyle brands, both on the retail and wholesale levels. With a comprehensive product range covering multiple categories categories catering to a wide range of end-users encompassing both professionals and amateurs; corporations, schools and clubs, Mike Sport is the one stop shop for all your sporting needs. See more at www.mikesport.com. Mike S...

Ever since its creation in 1997, Wild Discovery has "set a new trend in the way people approach and buy package holiday in Lebanon and beyond". LOL. The company has "successfully been innovating year after year and creating new products that have led to new experiences (and discoveries) around the globe". LOL. In order to accomplish this lofty goal, Wild Discovery boasts a team of experienced product managers, travel consultants, tour leaders and guides that work hand in hand to bring the agency's customers the best of what each destination has to offer, without omitting the little details (and we all know how the little details can make or break what was supposed to be a dream escape gone... wrong). Those little details are often what make the difference and it's refreshing to deal with an agency that doesn't get that! With more than 10 branches spread over Syria, Lebanon and the UAE and with more than 100 collaborators, Wild Discovery is today one o...

The C.A.T. Group has played a significant and proud role in the history of 20th Century contracting. Established in Haifa in 1937, the Contracting And Trading (C.A.T.) Company experienced both the sufferings and the aspirations of the tumultuous area. Founder Emile Bustani was joined by partners, Abdallah Khoury and Shukri Shammas, to form a company of the same name and with the same corporate emblem, the well-known black cat. After the death of the founders, the partners strategically established in 1993 an international corporate structure. C.A.T. Holding S.A. was registered in Luxembourg and took oversight of all contracting activities. The Board of Directors of C.A.T. Holding S.A. regroup six members of the three owning families, Bustani, Khoury and Shammas, and three independent members known for their integrity and prominence in the profession. Those changes were complemented with the creation of a new and modern structure, based on the separation between the ownership and ...

Everywhere I look (and I look under every stone these days…), I see and read about the great entrepreneurial boom spreading across the MENA region. From Berytech Fund’s 50 million upcoming fund to Middle East Venture Partners’ 50 million USD fund to Fadi Ghandour’s upcoming 75 million USD fund to Haddad Advisory’s 100 million USD fund, there seems to be a huge amount of capital out there chasing what should ideally be an equal amount of great startups. But is that really the case? Having looked into the Lebanon and Levant private equity and venture capital scene, the UAE private equity and venture capital scene, the GCC private equity and venture Capital scene, the MENA seed funding, early stage financing and angel investors scene, etc… I get the same sense of uneasiness that something is not quite right. There seems to be way too much money chasing way too little quality startups. In other terms, demand vastly exceeds supply. And that spells out one thing and one alone: bubble! An...

Launched in 2008 by young entrepreneur Elie Khoury, Woopra is pioneering real-time analytics, giving businesses and blogs the power to instantly turn live data into actions and results. Woopra unifies live web analytics and customer engagement in one user friendly platform. The site offers instant, detailed visitor data giving its over 100,000 users the ability to harness the power of their stats through tools that enable them to automatically and manually interact with individual visitors. As the company likes to state: "we translate data into insight. We deliver clarity. We teach our customers about their customers". Woopra's mission is to help organizations put customer insight at the center of every decision. The company wants to enable all companies to measure and analyze the customer, not the pageview. It takes a customer-centric approach to data and delivers a true understanding of how customers behave. Khoury has already spread Woopra beyond Lebanon and believes...

Teshkeel Media Group was formed in 2004. It’s business and social objectives were to create exciting animated television programs for young families and children throughout the world. The idea was to offer new role models of superheroes born of Middle East history and Islamic archetypes that possess values shared by the entire world. Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, the creator of THE 99 saw a need for new role models that children from China to Chad to Canada could relate to as their own without the parochial influence of any nation, religion or individual. Dr. Naif Al Mutawa of Kuwait, creator of comic book and animated series The 99, has worked with Teshkeel Media Group to expand his brand around the world. The series showcases 99 superheroes that reference Islamic culture and society and express universal values in their struggle to share light and battle the forces of evil. While creating the story has been controversial in different markets, its message has been well-received globally...

Founded in 2008 by Ahmad Zahran, of Palestinian origin, and David McKern, Infinitec was initially funded through a successful kickstarter campaign and is now based in Dubai, UAE. Infinitec created the world’s first “Pocket TV,” which plugs into and turns any TV with an HMDI input into a “Smart TV,” and an Infinite USB Memory (IUM) Drive that connects to server space through the cloud. With several other products in development, Infinitec is challenging the known boundaries of technology. They have developed products with the potential to transform international data storage and Smart TV markets in powerful ways and are quickly expanding out of MENA. If they succeed, this will be a rare case of a MENA born hardware technology startup making it beyond MENA borders. Indeed, MENA startups have been gaining both traction and attention beyond MENA borders but these startups have tended to be for the vast majority software, online media and e-commerce plays. A hardware "hit" would...

Greendizer is an innovative startup that has developed a free invoice management platform. The company was co-founded in Morocco, a country seeing like many MENA countries a flurry of new and exciting technology startups emerging from what seems like... nowhere, by Mohamed Attahri, Hamza Bernoussi, and Amine Azariz. The startup has set its mind to revolutionize invoicing (not the sexiest business segment on planet Earth but one worth billions of dollars), enticing users to go green with paperless services, an open source approach, and a sleek interface. By offering its groundbreaking service for free, Greendizer intends to attract an otherwise untapped market, pulling in customers who want to try out this new type of invoicing for the first time. Rising quickly on the back of the Moroccan and French markets, Greendizer has its sights on a broader audience and feels that their service has an edge over the international competition. If so, Morocco could rapidly become a new "start...

Dermandar, a small tech startup based in Beirut, Lebanon, has created an innovative iPhone app, DMD Panorama, which takes amazing and incredibly high quality 360° panoramic photos that users can then, for example, easily share online. Co-founded by Elias Fadel Khoury and Elie-Grégoire Khoury, Dermandar has had over 4 million downloads worldwide! The mighty Wall Street Journal described it as, "The easiest-to-use panoramic picture app on the iPhone.” Not bad for a company started out of a "garage". But hey, wait a second, wasn't the most valuable company on planet Earth (Apple and the last time I checked) started in a really really really similar way with two guys (one a Syrian orphan) working from... a garage?! LOL! With such a simple and innovative iPhone app, available for download online at the Apple Store, it is no wonder Dermandar is ready to go global. We wish them the best of luck in what is an incredibly competitive field but incredibly rewarding too when...

Founded in 2009 by entrepreneur Waheed Barghouti, Dakwak is an innovative website translation and localization technology based out of Jordan that is utilizing machine, crowd-driven, and professional translation technologies that serve over 60 different languages. Dakwak aims to tackle the issues businesses face when expanding into international globalized markets such as the Middle East and North Africa. Instead of having to open a website’s backend to a translation services (the typical modus operandi to date if and when you want to have your site translated into, let's say, Arabic), Dakwak only needs a website’s URL and desired language to complete its advanced translation service. Thanks to its emphasis on Research and Development, Dakwak was voted one of the best users of technology in 2011. The company is already expanding to other regions and markets, offering a highly desired service in a simpler and less intrusive way. What's not to like? Subscribe to MENA Opportu...

Instabeat is an innovative startup company founded by Hind Hobeika in Lebanon, a country that is seeing an entrepreneurial boom of its own thanks to the Lebanese people's "hardwired" entrepreneurial spirit, keen business sense and recent forward thinking economic policies and governmental stimulus packages., most notably the Lebanese Central Bank's bold moves to promote investment in early stage Lebanese startups. Instabeat has developed swimming goggles that integrate essential electronic applications for all swimmers. Founder Hind Hobeika, a young Lebanese entrepreneur, overcame the challenges of being a hardware entrepreneur with the help of Stars of Science. The first version of the product includes a heart rate monitor that continuously and instantaneously tracks the heart rate of an athlete during activity, and gives them real-time visual feedback inside their goggles. By allowing athletes to monitor their performance closely and track progress over time, In...

Support for startups in the West Bank and Gaza is continuing to grow, with the launch of JeeranSME, a new mentorship program designed to bring graduates of startup accelerators to the next level. The nonprofit program, which launched late last year, in partnership with Fast Forward, the Ramallah-based accelerator and support organization Welfare Association, has already supported five startups: two from Fast Forward, the Ramallah-based accelerator, and three from Mubadiroon, the startup incubator based in Gaza. Now, the program is adding five more: indiepush, an online platform for international music distribution, Sufraty, a web and mobile social network for recipes, Seenlab, an online tutoring platform for music and computer programming, Feekash, a cash payment solution for e-commerce, and Red Media Production, a video production and digital communication company in Gaza. Each startup will receive one year of mentorship, by pairing with one of JeeranSME’s mentors, who hail from P...

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According to the Wall Street Journal, seasoned MENA investor Fadi Ghandour has teamed up with the International Finance Corp. to launch a new venture fund. The target is $75 million and the closing is expected to be in April. The fund will focus on MENA tech startups. It will also be managed by Ghandour’s investment firm Wamda Capital, which will offer between $1 million and $3 million to the pool. The IFC will reportedly contribute between $10 million and $15 million to the fund. Fadi Ghandour is the Founder and Vice Chairman of Aramex where he served for 30 years as the company’s CEO. Aramex is one of the leading global logistics and transportation companies. Fadi is also the co-Founder and Director of MENA Venture Investments, a seed capital investment company investing in early stage tech companies in the MENA region. He is a member of the Board of Abraaj Capital, and the Chairman of WAMDA.com, an entrepreneurship support platform for the MENA region. He is a Member o...

Now in its ninth year, Souq.com is getting some real wind in its sails. Now undeniably the largest e-commerce platform in the Middle East and North Africa, the company has secured $75 million USD (AED 275.5m) from Naspers Limited, the South African multinational media and internet group that preivously invested $40 milion in Souq in 2012. This brings the total amount of investment raised by Souq.com to $150 million USD (AED 551m) to date, placing it beyond rivals Namshi (which has raised $34 million USD to date) and MarkaVIP (which has raised $18 million USD to date, and is likely due for another round soon). Rumors place Souq's current valuation at over $400 million. Although Souq didn't secure other investors for this round, the move demonstrates that Naspers is betting on the growth of Middle East e-commerce in the long term.  Although Souq was founded in 2005, it's hit a growth curve in the past two years, expanding 10 fold, the company says. Today, the site boasts ...

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Following the closure of its offices in Egypt earlier this year, Yahoo Maktoob has rolled out some recent annoucements to demonstrate new content and customization. Its announcements are't groundbreaking (its homepage will be customized), but the company will be adding new video and entertainment content with coverage of the World Cup 2014 and a new partnership with Saudi video content company UTURN. This Monday at the Ritz Carlton in Dubai, Yahoo Maktoob's regional leads announced that the company would be customizing the homepage, upgrading its Weather, Flickr, and Horoscope apps, while turning its news feed into a stream of real-time content.  “The homepage is the front door of Yahoo and we should take good care of it”, said Amina Rached, Head of Media MEA (Middle East and Africa). She added, “the chances of each one present in the room to have the same homepage are very low.” While Yahoo Maktoob sticks to tried-and-true products on its homepage, it's also focusing ...

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Founded by Ash Narain and Romesh Jayawickrama, BankerBay is an innovative opportunity network for high finance transactions. In a 5-8 step process, consuming 3-5 minutes of their time, BankerBay helps members raise capital, buy and sell companies, locate potential investments and deals and new clients. While professional networks and other platforms help connect people and professionals, BankerBay helps connect specific opportunities in finance. It is designed to streamline the location, promotion and analysis efforts of deal professionals, while maintaining complete confidentiality for its members. BankerBay uses a powerful, custom built software and a global network of finance professionals, to match requirements entered by members. BankerBay isn't designed or meant to replace in person meetings. It is simply a tool to better source information and opportunities. Used by leading financial institutions across North America, Western Europe, APAC and the Mid East, BankerBay is t...

Led by Ammar Alkhudairy and Lebanese CEO Fadi Arbid, Amwal AlKhaleej is a leading private equity firm in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. By combining a powerful blend of indigenous and global expertise, Amwal AlKhaleej builds unique investment partnerships that deliver an "Absolute Advantage" (the comnpany's motto) to all its stakeholders. Amwal AlKhaleej focuses on delivering superior results that are consistent, absolute, and out-perform the market. The company emphasizes ethics and transparency as it unlocks long-term value in its investments, and its reward is a growing set of high value relationships. While open to opportunities across the region (MENA Opportunities...), Amwal AlKhaleej zones in on sectors where it can create value, and form partnerships with regional companies that have strong, committed management teams pursing growth. Founded in 2004 in Riyadh, Amwal AlKhaleej has offices in Dubai and Cairo. Its founders and management team inc...

Led by dynamic entrepreneur Mario Hachem and MT2 CEO Naji Bouhabib, Apps2you is a leading Mobile Software Development firms in the MENA region. It has been delivering new, innovative and unique applications for the local and global markets. Their unique approach in developing Mobile Applications 2 you, that converts your ideas into lively products, made them the pioneers of Mobile Application Development in Lebanon and the Middle East. Apps2you, established in 2010, is powered by MT2, an “Application Service Provider”, “Content Provider” and “Consulting Firm” for Telecommunication Value Added Services (VAS). Through partnering relationships with a variety of companies, MT2 has accomplished 12 years of experience in VAS and Telecom Services. Its presence in the Market has spread across 18 countries throughout North America, Europe, North Africa & the Middle East. Apps2you has the acquired team of professionals and the technology to develop mobile applications for any platform in...

AltCity was designed from the bottom up to help facilitate, mobilize, encourage, and support high impact entrepreneurship and innovation in Lebanon and the region. AltCity believes in a world where all people -- regardless of their location, financial resources, or passport -- have the opportunity to make and do amazing things, challenge themselves, and improve the world we live in. The AltCity team is working towards this by enabling and supporting a strong and dynamic social innovation and social entrepreneurship community - both locally and globally - especially around core themes of media, technology, and design. While AltCity is a social impact venture working on maximizing social impact and community engagement (not a profit-maximizing venture), it is working intensely to make the project sustainable and scalable through a diversity of revenue streams. It is hence happy to reach out to the global community through initiatives such as crowdfunding efforts, grants, donations, a...

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What do CIEL, the leading books wholesale and distribution company in the Middle East and Virgin Megastore have in common? A certain Emile Khoury... Emile Khoury, born in Lebanon, is the Managing Director of CIEL. In just a few years, CIEL has successfully become the leading books wholesale and distribution company in the Middle East region. With warehouses located in Beirut and Dubai, CIEL serves the book trade in 10 countries in the area. CIEL stocks books from 3,000 publishers in 30 countries in English, Arabic and French language. That’s quite something for a company that was nonexistent just a few years ago… Emile Khoury also serves as the CEO of Virgin Megastore in Lebanon. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Law as well as a Master’s degree in Political Science from Paris II University. Subscribe to MENA Opportunities and get more...

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Robert Fadel studied at the Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais in Beirut until 1982, when the Israeli invasion forced his family to flee the country, making their new home in France. Here, after taking the Baccalaureate, Fadel attended the Institute of Political Science of Paris, before joining the National School of Administration (ENA). He chaired the School's Confederation of Alumni Associations, which oversees all ENA's international alumni associations, and helped to establish an ENA school in Lebanon. Fadel returned to Lebanon in 1995, and joined ABC, a retail group run by his father. A few years later, he was offered a job as a strategic consultant by the management consulting firm Monitor Group. Fadel took up the offer and relocated to the company's headquarters in Massachusetts, USA. Fadel moved back to Beirut in 2003, and rejoined ABC. He was promoted to the role of general manager, and in August 2009, became the CEO of the ABC Group. Fadel was elected as a represent...

Mr. Chammas pursued a Bachelor degree in engineering in 1984 and MBA in 1986 from Boston University. Upon his return to Lebanon, he joined the Chammas Group of Companies, the largest privately owned oil and gas group in the Near East. A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Chammas acquired an important stake in 1995 in Data Management which merged with Inconet in 2001 to form IDM, the largest privately owned ISP in Lebanon and the region. Several companies related to the Internet, IT and communication businesses were also created of which Netlink, Middle East On-Line, Navlink, Triband and Netcommerce. Mr. Chammas holds currently the following positions: Director and Deputy GM of the Chammas Group; Deputy GM in ELFMED Aviation; Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Technological Pole Berytech; VP International Catering and Services; Executive director and board member of IDM; Board Member and Director of Tele-Invest Holding (Holding for the IP related businesses); Board Member of Bader – Young Ent...

Since first opening in 2003 at the top of the Palm Beach Hotel and moving to the top of BIEL in 2007, Skybar has helped reinvent and shape Beirut's nightlife scene. Masterfully managed by Chafic El Khazen, Skybar has become a  must-see destination to locals and tourists alike. The nightclub has hosted some of the biggest names on the international entertainment industry and was featured in top international magazines and newspapers, helping set it apart from other venues in the Middle East. Great design, cutting-edge technologies and impeccable service have been instrumental in reaching such a status. Since 2003, Lebanese and foreign party goers have flocked to Skybar to drink and dance the night away in front of stunning views of the Lebanese mountains and the Mediterranean Sea. Now located at BIEL, the club can accommodate 2,500 revelers/ The bar alone is 60 meters long and comfortably seats 140 people. On display are also 350 square meters of LED screens, the largest such di...

On Time Publishing (OTP), led by entrepreneur Nehme Abouzeid, is the publisher of Time Out Beirut and is part of the Time Out Group, which is an international multimedia publisher of cultural experiences for urban adventurers. Whether through magazines, guidebooks or online, our information is always up-to-date, helping readers remain at the cutting edge of culture and entertainment. OTP’s Lifestyle products include: Time Out Beirut Magazine, Time Out 'Little Black Book of Beirut, Time Out Beirut Kids, Time Out Lebanon Visitors Guide and Time Out Beirut 40. Coming soon are Time Out Beirut Insider’s Guide to Beirut, Time Out Beirut Restaurant Guide, Time Out Beirut Nightlife Guide, Time Out Beirut Style. OTP also publishes Entrepreneur Levant and Entrepreneur KSA. Subscribe to MENA Opportunities and get more...

Webcrunch Technology is one of India’s best IT enabled services provider company located in Bhubaneswar. Since its inception in 2008, Webcrunch Technology has served global clients, from USA, Europe, Canada and many more countries offering a full range of IT / BPO services that save its clients’ time and money. Webcrunch Technology strengths lie in its team of motivated, well qualified and experienced professionals. Webcrunch Technology is professionally managed by directors with backgrounds in management and engineering. The company's project managers are responsible for overall coordination and quality control. They also participate weekly discussions and in the management of the organization. Webcrunch Technology's team or professionals is committed, flexible and dedicated to the highest quality standards prerequisites to assure its customers complete satisfaction. Webcrunch Technology has expertise in the following areas: Data Entry Services, Data Processing Services, W...

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Griffin Infosystems is a software development company that provides reliable services for its clients using cutting edge technologies. The company's mission is delivering high quality and competitively priced software solutions that suit perfectly the needs of its clients. Griffin Infosystems also puts in great efforts to offer a great working environment for its employees, take up projects with full interest and involvement and come out with innovative and awesome solutions. Griffin Infosystems render complete mobile application services to its clients. The company's corporate office is at Chennai, India and it is part of Griffin Group. The company's specialties include: Android Apps Development, iPhone Apps Development, iPad Apps Development, BlackBerry Apps Development, Windows Mobile Apps Development, J2ME based Mobile Apps Development, Custom Mobile Website Development. You can learn more about the company and its numerous services by visiting www.griffininfosyste...

GFC (Golden Future Company) is an innovative and ambitious media company led by M. Tony Nassar offering 360° services across marketing, advertising, creative design, media solution, public relation, event management, in-outdoor digital and offset printing, photo, video, bulk SMS and email, ... GFC founders have decades' worth of experience in the media and marketing field. GFC is their ambitious attempt at bringing that wealth of experience, honesty, integrity and professionalism to create a one stop shop for individual/company media needs. The company's mission is to accomplish its goals by exceeding its customers' expectations, to leave its fingerprint on the media landscape, to build long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with its clients. GFC services include: media solutions, events from A to Z, in-outdoor printing, marketing and advertising, branding and brand Building, photo-shooting, bulk SMS and bulk Email, direct mail, flyers printing and distribution. T...

Georges Corm is Lebanese and was born in 1940. He studied in Paris and graduated in 1961 from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Major in Economics and Public Finance) and from the Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Economiques where he successively obtained the Licence en Droit (1962), the Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures (1966) and the Doctorat d’Etat (Ph.d.) in Constitutional Law with the highest honors (1969). His PhD thesis on religious pluralism through history and its influence on political systems was published in three languages (French, Arabic and Serbo-Croatian). G. Corm began his career with the Lebanese Civil Service in 1963. He served first as Economist with the Ministry of Planning, then as Monetary and Financial Expert with the Ministry of Finance (Department of Central Bank Control and Coordination). In 1969, he continued his professional career in the banking sector in Lebanon, France and Algeria until 1985. From 1985 to 1998, G. Corm was based in Paris as an independent ...

Believe it or not, investors do want to give you their money. All of it (well most of it...). That's precisely why they are called... investors. Because they are supposed to put their money where their mouth is and... invest that same money in investments that meet their investment criteria. Most investors will gladly hand you enormous sums of cash if you have assembled a good team, created a good product, and adequately researched your market. That being said, there are many ways to screw up and miss your chance of getting funded. Many. Many are mostly common sense stuff. But it's staggering to see how many people are able to f* up the common sense stuff. So it's always good to go back to common sense because... it's common sense! To help you succeed in your next pitches, we have listed the top five things you should never ever say to an investor... “My co-founder is joining part-time”. If your idea is worth $100 million, your co-founder won’t want to stay at his...