The format:
Join us for an online conversation with Hassane about taking a dream and making it real. We will start with a 10 min max intro about Hassane’s life and work. The challenges and opportunities of fundraising. How he learned to build an amazing team. And then we dive into community questions. You can ask anything you want
Note: 1 Hour before the event we will send the webinar link, using zoom. Please make sure you have the app installed on your laptop - Download Center - Zoom
If you missed the call, here is the amazing recording:
The guest:
Hassane Slaibi is the CEO and cofounder of Band Industries a hardware startup in Lebanon. He’s co-designed and implemented a couple of highly successful Kickstarter campaigns for the Roadie Tuner and stewards the ship at Band Industries. He’s an engineer, musician, entrepreneur with a passion for digital marketing.
Here is a brief summary to what was discussed tonight. Feel free to add value to our community by adding ideas you think I missed for others(and me) to benefit as well.
Enjoy your evening,thank you for the wonderful session, and thank you Mr. Hassane for sharing your experience with us today.
Thanks so much @mjt07 - I’m going to paste it here if it makes it easier for more people to see your excellent work:
Summary of Fireside with Mr. Hassane Slaibi:**
Done by @mjt07 Purpose of open house period: To see who is engaged. Sprint: A week-long dedicated period to polish ideas.(To select and prepare pitching at the Serail) Perks of winning: Getting access to the Global Accelerator Network, getting a share of the10,000$ total prize (to be used for the business ONLY).
Valuable tips from Mr. Hassane Slaibi:
Nurture your curiosity.
Work in your startup with a “ your startup is your baby” mentality.
Use your early users as testers.
Investors will be interested with more customers. GET CUSTOMERS QUICKLY
Launch ASAP. Build with feedback. I would explain that as launch to get your foot in the door, then let your users guide you on making your entry.
Some barriers to starting companies in Lebanon are lack of payment processing
technologies and lacking access to good mentorship.
Use your early users as testers.
Investors will be interested with more customers. GET CUSTOMERS QUICKLY
Launch ASAP. Build with feedback. I would explain that as launch to get your foot in the door, then let your users guide you on making your entry.
Some barriers to starting companies in Lebanon are lack of payment processing
technologies and lacking access to good mentorship.
Thanks so much for this @mjt07!
In addition to what you said the open house period is also to connect with incredible mentors, get your questions answered about the program, to get started on the right foot with this assignment, to get new ideas by doing the daily ideation challenge, and much more.
Keep coming and checking out the community page to hang out with new friends. Our content is designed to help you out on your startup journey and it only works when you put in the effort. See you all soon!
