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Fellow:Elio Gerges

2021-11-23T04:15:03Z

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<big>Elio Gerges is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science and minoring in business at </big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut Saint Joseph University]</big><big>- Institut of Business Management.</big>
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<big>Elio joined the UIF Program because he believes that one day he will change the future of the world. Born in the year 2000 made him believe that fresh starts are always a way to change the world.</big>

<big>Since high school, Elio had that changemaker mindset and was always there when innovative activities were around.</big>

<big>Elio is a University Innovation Fellow Trainee and forms a team along with other colleagues: </big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josephine_El_Balaa Josephine El Balaa]</big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes]<big>, </big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tatiana_Wakim Tatiana Wakim]</big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes]<big>, and </big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes Charbel Abou Younes]</big><big>.</big>

<big>Elio believes that no matter how great an application a computer scientist can build it won’t ignite if he doesn’t have a minimum experience in business; that is why he attends - in addition to his general business curriculum - leadership, time management, communication skills and entrepreneurial workshops as a way to build a successful future for himself and his family.</big>

<big>In addition, he is a Co-Founder of a startup called LIKALO an app that reimagines the way people travel. He and his team competed in HULT PRIZE. And competed in the USJ Entrepreneurship award and were placed first. While doing all these things he manages to keep good grades and be one of the top students in his class.</big><div class="page" title="Page 1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><big></big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes ][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes ]</div></div></div></div>
===Related Links:===

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut College Wiki]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut S][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut_Student_Priorities tudent Prioriti][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut_Student_Priorities es]

'''Fall 2019 Cohort'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes Charbel Abou Younes]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josephine_El_Balaa Josephine Balaa]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tatiana_Wakim Tatiana Wakim]
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Fellow:Elio Gerges

2019-10-27T00:33:21Z

ElioGerges:

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<big>Elio Gerges is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science and minoring in business at </big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut Saint Joseph University]</big><big>- Institut of Business Management.</big>

<big>Elio joined the UIF Program because he believes that one day he will change the future of the world. Born in the year 2000 made him believe that fresh starts are always a way to change the world.</big>

<big>Since high school, Elio had that changemaker mindset and was always there when innovative activities were around.</big>

<big>Elio is a University Innovation Fellow Trainee and forms a team along with other colleagues: </big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes ]<big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josephine_El_Balaa Josephine El Balaa]</big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes ]<big>, </big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes ]<big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tatiana_Wakim Tatiana Wakim]</big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes ]<big>, and </big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes Charbel Abou Younes]</big><big>.</big>

<big>Technically speaking, Elio believes that no matter how great an application a computer scientist can build it won’t ignite if he doesn’t have a minimum experience in business; that is why he attends - in addition to his general business curriculum - leadership, time management, communication skills and entrepreneurial workshops as a way to build a successful future for himself and his family.</big>

<big>In addition, he is a Co-Founder of a startup called LIKALO an app that reimagines the way people travel. He and his team competed in HULT PRIZE. And competed in the USJ Entrepreneurship award and were placed first. While doing all these things he manages to keep good grades and be one of the top students in his class.</big>
</div></div></div></div>
=== Related Links: ===

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut College Wiki]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut S][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut_Student_Priorities tudent Prioriti][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut_Student_Priorities es]

'''Fall 2019 Cohort'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes Charbel Abou Younes]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josephine_El_Balaa Josephine Balaa]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tatiana_Wakim Tatiana Wakim]

Fellow:Elio Gerges

2019-10-27T00:32:23Z

ElioGerges:

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<big>Elio Gerges is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science and minoring in business at </big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut Saint Joseph University]</big><big>- Institut of Business Management.</big>

<big>Elio joined the UIF Program because he believes that one day he will change the future of the world. Born in the year 2000 made him believe that fresh starts are always a way to change the world.</big>

<big>Since high school, Elio had that changemaker mindset and was always there when innovative activities were around.</big>

<big>Elio is a University Innovation Fellow Trainee and forms a team along with other colleagues: </big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes ]<big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josephine_El_Balaa Josephine El Balaa]</big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes ]<big>, </big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes ]<big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tatiana_Wakim Tatiana Wakim]</big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes ]<big>, and </big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes Charbel Abou Younes]</big><big>.</big>

<big>Technically speaking, Elio believes that no matter how great an application a computer scientist can build it won’t ignite if he doesn’t have a minimum experience in business; that is why he attends - in addition to his general business curriculum - leadership, time management, communication skills and entrepreneurial workshops as a way to build a successful future for himself and his family.</big>

<big>In addition, he is a Co-Founder of a startup called LIKALO an app that reimagines the way people travel. He and his team competed in HULT PRIZE. And competed in the USJ Entrepreneurship award and were placed first. While doing all these things he manages to keep good grades and be one of the top students in his class.</big>
</div></div></div></div>
=== Related Links: ===

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut College Wiki]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut S][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut_Student_Priorities tudent Prioriti][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut_Student_Priorities es]

'''Fall 2019 Cohort'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes Charbel Abou Younes]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josephine_El_Balaa Josephine Balaa]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tatiana_Wakim Tatiana Wakim]

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2019-10-27T00:31:26Z

ElioGerges:

Fellow:Elio Gerges

2019-10-27T00:25:45Z

ElioGerges:

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<big>Elio Gerges is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science and minoring in business at </big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut Saint Joseph University]</big><big>- Institut of Business Management.</big>

<big>Elio joined the UIF Program because he believes that one day he will change the future of the world. Born in the year 2000 made him believe that fresh starts are always a way to change the world.</big>

<big>Since high school, Elio had that changemaker mindset and was always there when innovative activities were around.</big>

<big>Elio is a University Innovation Fellow Trainee and forms a team along with other colleagues: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josephine_El_Balaa Josephine El Balaa], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tatiana_Wakim Tatiana Wakim], and </big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes Charbel Abou Younes]</big><big>.</big>

<big>Technically speaking, Elio believes that no matter how great an application a computer scientist can build it won’t ignite if he doesn’t have a minimum experience in business; that is why he attends - in addition to his general business curriculum - leadership, time management, communication skills and entrepreneurial workshops as a way to build a successful future for himself and his family.</big>

<big>In addition, he is a Co-Founder of a startup called LIKALO an app that reimagines the way people travel. He and his team competed in HULT PRIZE. And competed in the USJ Entrepreneurship award and were placed first. While doing all these things he manages to keep good grades and be one of the top students in his class.</big>
</div></div></div></div>
=== Related Links: ===

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut College Wiki]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut S][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut_Student_Priorities tudent Prioriti][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut_Student_Priorities es]

'''Fall 2019 Cohort'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes Charbel Abou Younes]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josephine_El_Balaa Josephine Balaa]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tatiana_Wakim Tatiana Wakim]

Priorities:Saint Joseph University of Beirut Student Priorities

2019-10-27T00:23:56Z

ElioGerges:

= Project 1: Inspiring design thinking =

Students do not really seem to know much about I&E especially in their first two years at university. This is why we decided to work on promoting design thinking.

== Strategy #1: Campus Information Book ==
<div>The above diagram shows how this information book can be helpful to students on campus. Many graduates managed to become successful entrepreneurs or reached very important positions in big companies. Our information book will include these success stories to help students shape their entrepreneurial mindset and follow the example of the alumni who reached success. Another addition to this book is the contact information of these people; thus, students will have the opportunity to contact them to either learn from them or get helpful information.</div><div> </div><div>The second part of this book will include the projects that are being worked on by final year students or the serious hobbyist. This way, potential students will get an idea of what to expect from our campus and current students will get an idea of what is going on around them.</div><div> </div><div>Many students also join and win competitions. These students develop complete projects on a higher level. This will push other students to know about competitions on campus and will motivate them to join and develop their entrepreneurial mindset.</div><div> </div>
== Strategy #2: Organizing Competitions on Campus ==
<div>Competitions let students learn project management and teamwork, two essential attributes for every entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs love competition; thus, developing the competitive spirit inside the campus is essential as students will work hard on accomplishing the best project they can possibly do in order to try and win. This process will develop the entrepreneurial mindset for students and will teach them to work hard, work smart and organize their projects</div><div> </div>
== Strategy #3: UIF entrepreneurial programs ==
<div>Our university plans to join the UIF program permanently. Finding potential UIF students is essential for the continuity of our university in this program to pursue the projects we started working on and developing. This way, these students will get the opportunity of learning from our experience with the program and will get an idea of what we are working on. </div>
Organizing UIF events and conferences on campus is also essential in order to share our experience with the program and the design thinking skills we acquired
<div>after completing this program. This will motivate students to join the entrepreneurship program to learn and grow.</div><div> </div><div>
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= Project 2: Weekly Articles =

== Problem ==

There is a big gap between on one side investors, infrastructures supporting innovation and entrepreneurship and on the other side students

== Solution ==

A weekly Article will be created by the USJ-UIF club members and will be posted online so that everyone can profit from the article.

Articles evolve around different topics. Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Design Thinking, Investors, Financial literacy, etc...

Some examples are:

#What I look for in entrepreneurs (An interview with a Lebanese investor)
#How to create a startup with a vision?
#What is Ideation 
#A Step by step guide to launch a startup
#Strategic Planning Process
#Hack the ecosystem at Berytech
#Things to do before connecting with investors

  

= Project 3: USJ Extreme week =

== Solution ==

The aim of this program is to make USJ involved in the community. It consists of forming groups of students from different majors in order to work on a real problem encountered in a certain region in Lebanon. This way students will be initiated to multidisciplinary work, they will invest their potential and will be efficient in their community while using the facilities offered by their university. This may initiate future projects that students may be inspired to do after they graduate. This project will allow USJ to be better in the Spin-out section because our university has a lot of wet labs and offers several facilities but are only used for academic purposes and for research.

#Recruitment of students from all campuses
#Set a date that suits the majority of the students and is in harmony with the academic schedule
#Collaborate with Service de l’Insertion Professionnelle: Give the enrolled students sessions about the skills they need to acquire to be working in this program:
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;">
<li>Design thinking: 4 courses</li>
<li>Teamwork: 2 courses</li>
</ol>

#Collaborate with Operation 7e jour: Select one region (a year) and identify one problem
#Organize a trip for the students enrolled to go visit the region and study the ground they will be working on
#Go back to the university and bring together all the ideas
#Ideate
#Follow up from the professors
#Prototype
#Follow up from the professors
#The final presentation in front of the professors
#Choose the best project and present it to the people concerned about the problem in the region
#Collaborate with USJ services (incubators, accelerators, funds, labs, etc) to find a procedure to execute the project
#All the students enrolled, not only those who came up with the project, will give feedback to the team working on this project to enhance the chances of optimizing the idea
#Invest in the project Or study the project more profoundly Or let it go
#Execute the project

= Project 4: Awareness/Motivation and inspiration day for all USJ students   =

== Problem ==

Students are limited to their academic performance and courses

== Solution ==

'''Awareness/ Motivation and Inspiration Day for all USJ Students which will hold:'''

''' Professional Speakers'''

'''Example of Topics:'''

*“Success came out of experience and networking, not because of a high GPA”

*“What does it take?”

 '''Young Start-ups coming:''' stands, Training, Recruitment sessions …

 '''Workshops'''

'''Example of Topics:'''

*“How to think outside the box in my major?”

*“Ideation”

*“How to do a Business Plan”

'''Presentations from USJ and Berytech (or some Investors and Accelerator Programs)'''

*“How can USJ help you to get ready for initiating your start-up” - USJ

*“What do we want from students to help them with their start-ups” - Berytech

*“What you should have/know to start your new company” – Berytech

*Cocktail buffet, drinks, and music included

= Project 4: Innovative Coffee Machine  =

== Problem ==

Students at SJU want some self-development courses in order to succeed in life and become changemakers of tomorrow.

== Solution ==

After checking the window of availability of most students altogether, we found the common time where they all meet is at the lunch break.

From here, we got the idea of Innovative Coffee Machine.

This project isn’t about a coffee machine that instead of coffee serves innovation, but instead of wasting their time students talking about random non-necessary topics, the Coffee Machine will help them start a discussion without them knowing.

== Concept ==

#Where is it?

The Innovative Coffee Machine has not only one house but it’s going to have many houses on each campus.

#When is it?

The Innovative Coffee Machine will randomly be transported all over the campuses at a pace of 2 times a month for multiple campuses.

#What is it?

The Innovative Coffee Machine is a regular coffee machine that serves regular coffee for free. But what is special in this coffee machine is:

*Prototype 1: Key Speaker – A person sharing giving a workshop about certain topics
*Prototype 2: A whiteboard is written on it a topic that uses great marketing technics to promote itself and let students discuss it and learn from each other’s experiences
*Prototype (Idea – On - Paper) 3: The coffee machine talks to the students taking coffee using AI and suggest they talk about projects and topics that might be interesting and will help them develop their personal skills.

= Project Video: =

This is the link to the youtube video for our project. [https://youtu.be/3geMrA1Hr3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89d7Z_534tQ]

= Related Links: =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut College Wiki]

'''Fall 2019 Cohort'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes Charbel Abou Younes]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elio_Gerges Elio Gerges]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josephine_El_Balaa Josephine Balaa]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tatiana_Wakim Tatiana Wakim]

'''Fall 2018 Cohort'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Michelbechara Michel Bechara]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Peter_Bachour Peter Bachour]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CharbelHowayek Charbel Howayek]
</div>

Fellow:Elio Gerges

2019-10-17T23:54:57Z

ElioGerges:

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<big>Elio Gerges is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science and minoring in business at</big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_University_of_Beirut Saint Joseph University]</big><big>- Institut of Business Management.</big>

<big>Elio joined the UIF Program because he believes that one day he will change the future of the world. Born in the year 2000 made him believe that fresh starts are always a way to change the world. </big>

<big>Since high school, Elio had that changemaker mindset and was always there when innovative activities were around. </big>

<big>Elio is a University Innovation Fellow Trainee and forms a team along with other colleagues: Josephine El Balaa, Tatiana Wakim, and</big><big>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Charbel_abou_younes Charbel Abou Younes]</big><big>.</big>

<big>Technically speaking, Elio believes that no matter how great an application a computer scientist can build it won’t ignite if he doesn’t have a minimum experience in business; that is why he attends - in addition to his general business curriculum - leadership, time management, communication skills and entrepreneurial workshops as a way to build a successful future for himself and his family. </big>

<big>In addition, he is a Co-Founder of a startup called LIKALO an app that reimagines the way people travel. He and his team competed in HULT PRIZE. And competed in the USJ Entrepreneurship award and were placed first. While doing all these things he manages to keep good grades and be one of the top students in his class.</big>
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Fellow:Elio Gerges

2019-10-17T23:39:58Z

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Priorities:Saint Joseph University of Beirut Student Priorities

2019-10-17T14:40:50Z

ElioGerges:

= Project 1: Inspiring design thinking =

Students do not really seem to know much about I&E especially in their first two years at university. This is why we decided to work on promoting design thinking.

== Strategy #1: Campus Information Book ==
<div>The above diagram shows how this information book can be helpful to students on campus. Many graduates managed to become successful entrepreneurs or reached very important positions in big companies. Our information book will include these success stories to help students shape their entrepreneurial mindset and follow the example of the alumni who reached success. Another addition to this book is the contact information of these people; thus, students will have the opportunity to contact them to either learn from them or get helpful information.</div><div> </div><div>The second part of this book will include the projects that are being worked on by final year students or the serious hobbyist. This way, potential students will get an idea of what to expect from our campus and current students will get an idea of what is going on around them.</div><div> </div><div>Many students also join and win competitions. These students develop complete projects on a higher level. This will push other students to know about competitions on campus and will motivate them to join and develop their entrepreneurial mindset.</div><div> </div>
== Strategy #2: Organizing Competitions on Campus ==
<div>Competitions let students learn project management and teamwork, two essential attributes for every entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs love competition; thus, developing the competitive spirit inside the campus is essential as students will work hard on accomplishing the best project they can possibly do in order to try and win. This process will develop the entrepreneurial mindset for students and will teach them to work hard, work smart and organize their projects</div><div> </div>
== Strategy #3: UIF entrepreneurial programs ==
<div>Our university plans to join the UIF program permanently. Finding potential UIF students is essential for the continuity of our university in this program to pursue the projects we started working on and developing. This way, these students will get the opportunity of learning from our experience with the program and will get an idea of what we are working on. </div>Organizing UIF events and conferences on campus is also essential in order to share our experience with the program and the design thinking skills we acquired<div>after completing this program. This will motivate students to join the entrepreneurship program to learn and grow.</div><div> </div><div>
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= Project 2: Weekly Articles =

== Problem ==

There is a big gap between on one side investors, infrastructures supporting innovation and entrepreneurship and on the other side students

== Solution ==

A weekly Article will be created by the USJ-UIF club members and will be posted online so that everyone can profit from the article.

Articles evolve around different topics. Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Design Thinking, Investors, Financial literacy, etc...

Some examples are:

#What I look for in entrepreneurs (An interview with a Lebanese investor)
#How to create a startup with a vision?
#What is Ideation 
#A Step by step guide to launch a startup
#Strategic Planning Process
#Hack the ecosystem at Berytech
#Things to do before connecting with investors

  

= Project 3: USJ Extreme week =

== Solution ==

The aim of this program is to make USJ involved in the community. It consists of forming groups of students from different majors in order to work on a real problem encountered in a certain region in Lebanon. This way students will be initiated to multidisciplinary work, they will invest their potential and will be efficient in their community while using the facilities offered by their university. This may initiate future projects that students may be inspired to do after they graduate. This project will allow USJ to be better in the Spin-out section because our university has a lot of wet labs and offers several facilities but are only used for academic purposes and for research.

#Recruitment of students from all campuses
#Set a date that suits the majority of the students and is in harmony with the academic schedule
#Collaborate with Service de l’Insertion Professionnelle: Give the enrolled students sessions about the skills they need to acquire to be working in this program:
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;">
<li>Design thinking: 4 courses</li>
<li>Teamwork: 2 courses</li>
</ol>

#Collaborate with Operation 7e jour: Select one region (a year) and identify one problem
#Organize a trip for the students enrolled to go visit the region and study the ground they will be working on
#Go back to the university and bring together all the ideas
#Ideate
#Follow up from the professors
#Prototype
#Follow up from the professors
#The final presentation in front of the professors
#Choose the best project and present it to the people concerned about the problem in the region
#Collaborate with USJ services (incubators, accelerators, funds, labs, etc) to find a procedure to execute the project
#All the students enrolled, not only those who came up with the project, will give feedback to the team working on this project to enhance the chances of optimizing the idea
#Invest in the project Or study the project more profoundly Or let it go
#Execute the project

= Project 4: Awareness/Motivation and inspiration day for all USJ students   =

== Problem ==

Students are limited to their academic performance and courses

== Solution ==

'''Awareness/ Motivation and Inspiration Day for all USJ Students which will hold:'''

''' Professional Speakers'''

'''Example of Topics:'''

*“Success came out of experience and networking, not because of a high GPA”

*“What does it take?”

 '''Young Start-ups coming:''' stands, Training, Recruitment sessions …

 '''Workshops'''

'''Example of Topics:'''

*“How to think outside the box in my major?”

*“Ideation”

*“How to do a Business Plan”

'''Presentations from USJ and Berytech (or some Investors and Accelerator Programs)'''

*“How can USJ help you to get ready for initiating your start-up” - USJ

*“What do we want from students to help them with their start-ups” - Berytech

*“What you should have/know to start your new company” – Berytech

*Cocktail buffet, drinks, and music included

= Project 4: Innovative Coffee Machine  =

== Problem ==

Students at SJU want some self-development courses in order to succeed in life and become changemakers of tomorrow.

== Solution ==

After checking the window of availability of most students altogether, we found the common time where they all meet is at the lunch break.

From here, we got the idea of Innovative Coffee Machine.

This project isn’t about a coffee machine that instead of coffee serves innovation, but instead of wasting their time students talking about random non-necessary topics, the Coffee Machine will help them start a discussion without them knowing.

== Concept ==

#Where is it?

The Innovative Coffee Machine has not only one house but it’s going to have many houses on each campus.

#When is it?

The Innovative Coffee Machine will randomly be transported all over the campuses at a pace of 2 times a month for multiple campuses.

#What is it?

The Innovative Coffee Machine is a regular coffee machine that serves regular coffee for free. But what is special in this coffee machine is:

*Prototype 1: Key Speaker – A person sharing giving a workshop about certain topics
*Prototype 2: A whiteboard is written on it a topic that uses great marketing technics to promote itself and let students discuss it and learn from each other’s experiences
*Prototype (Idea – On - Paper) 3: The coffee machine talks to the students taking coffee using AI and suggest they talk about projects and topics that might be interesting and will help them develop their personal skills.

= Project Video: =

This is the link to the youtube video for our project. https://youtu.be/3geMrA1Hr3A

= Written By: =

Charbel Abou Younes

Elio Gerges

Josephine Balaa
Tatiana Wakim</div>

School:Saint Joseph University of Beirut

2019-09-26T16:42:28Z

ElioGerges:

<div>
= OVERVIEW =

In 1875, Saint Joseph University of Beirut (SJUB) opened its doors primarily for doctoral degrees in philosophy and theology. Over the past century, SJUB kept growing and opened several other campuses throughout Lebanon. Today, it consists of 5 main campuses: Campus of Medical Sciences, Campus of Social Sciences, Campus of Sciences and Technlogy, Campus of Human Sciences, Campus of Innovation and Sports as well as 3 study centers in Lebanon and one in Dubai. These campuses enroll approximatively 12000 students in total. The university is considered to be among the top academic institutions in the Middle-East and encourages Trilinguisme (French, English and Arabic). SJUB ranks high for the quality of its publications.

In 1913, the campus of  Sciences and Technlogy was founded and later became the higher institute of Engineering in 1948. 

 
<div></div>
= PROMOTING STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP =
</div>
Saint Joseph University of Beirut is known for being a beacon for change-makers in the region. It graduated former Entrepreneurs and people who made an impact on their societies. In addition, it encourages it's students and created the right mold for them to start innovating and creating change in order to promote the right entrepreneurial mindset through courses, extracurricular clubs and competitions.
<div>
== '''Course Programs''' ==
</div>
*'''Entrepreneurship course:'''''' '''The last few years it has increasingly proven that entrepreneurship has more to do with traits and attitudes than knowledge. Starting a business requires high level of vision and guts. This course will present new ways of teaching and learning entrepreneurship that can be used in practical life. It shapes the mind of student to push them to innovate.
*'''Communication and Expression:'''''' '''Teaches the students unique ways of communicating with others and expressing their thoughts and ideas, two main quality of every successful entrepreneur and innovator.
*'''Innovation and creativity:'''''' '''This course provides the students with the ability to start new ideas and create content without having any problem in their future professions.
*'''Organizational Change and innovation in the institutions:'''''' '''The program is conceived for students who will be working in organizations of all sorts in order to add to their working space an touch of what they can do.
<div>
== '''Extracurricular clubs and programs offerings''' ==
</div>
*'''Consulting: '''Provides students with networking opportunities and speaker series presentations to the members and different types of mentorships.
*'''Junior Consulting Club: '''Helps students grow as leaders and reinvent new ways to motivate people around them.
*'''Rotaract: '''Rotarcat focuses on the development of young aduts as leaders in their communities an workspaces.
<div>
== '''Competitions''' ==
</div>
*'''IAAF Awards: '''Participation of the top athletes in our campus in this competition, as sports allow autonomy, good health and self-growth. These caracteristics are essential to make successful entrepreneurs.
*'''USJ Entrepreneurship Awards & AUF Entrepreneurship Awards: '''Allows students willing to make a change to present their ideas, and the people with the best selected ideas will receive a good amount of money in order to execute their ideas and innovate.
*'''StartUpper Project: '''Empowering students to become entrepreneurs of tomorrow by changing the wold.

 
<div>
= ENCOURAGING FACULTY INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP =
</div>
Saint Joseph University of Beirut faculty members are critical to the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem on campus, as they have the required skills and strengths. Innovation inside the campus should start by making courses less lecture-based, as students need to be more involved in order to gain interest in a particular subject. The faculty members have been working on it by imposing new methods to replace lecture-based learning and installing interactive screens in a few classes. However, there is still room for improvement.

Most faculty members are people with important roles in different companies, and some do even own their own succesful company. This is crucial as they offer students a great pool of knowledge and experience in order to help them kickstart their own business with the right entrepreunarial mindset.

For the first time, USJ hosted  TEDx. This event was planned and organized by students. It holded a big number of professional key speakers and was a success in all ways possible.
<div>
= ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FUNCTION =
</div>
On campus, a company called '''Berytech '''is supporting entrepreneurs by funding their innovative ideas and offering professional mentorships and advices. It also offers full-time jobs, part-time jobs and internships for student. This company aims to shape the innovative scene in the region.

'''INJAZ Innovation Camp '''is also organized in the campus. It consists of splitting the student into teams, and each team will compete for the most innovative and complete business model. A professional mentor from '''Fransabank '''guides the students during this experience.

Saint Joseph University of Beirut has also contributed into funding businesses with seed money. A few of those businesses are '''Circulaire 331 '''by '''Banque du Liban''', '''BADER '''and '''KAFALAT INNOVATIVE '''by '''KAFALAT'''.

 
<div>
= FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION =
</div>
Saint Joseph University of Beirut collaborates with many companies, and one of them is '''Berytech '''as stated in the section above, located on campus. '''MUREX '''holds a conference once a year in the campus in order to meet and invite potential consultants and developers to join them for interships or for a job.

The university also offers multiple laboratories on campus in order to conduct reseach and experiments. These laboratories also aim to help students acquire the required technical and logical skills by the modern industry. These laboratories are well equipped, but there is always room for growth as the technology industry is growing at a fast rate. Students are also required to complete lab hours during some courses in order to link the theoretical side learned in class to the practical and technical side.

The University also has a strong ALUMNI network from which students can benefit during their university years or after graduating.

 
<div>
= ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS =
</div>
One of SJUB's main goals is to assist in the economic development of the surrounding area. Offering also regional source of capital, the university has also collaborated into funding different companies.

'''ZOOMAAL '''was founded in 2012 and is a company looking to help new arab entrepreneurs launch their startup by funding it.

'''WAMDA '''was founded in 2014 and aims to help businesses invest more efficiently.

 
<div>
= 2019 FALL LANDSCAPE CANVAS: SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT =
</div>
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KO85_jCi6BGavwDJLicE_BcabK2I5K33_oUfpQiJBOc/edit#gid=0 GoogleDocs]

= '''Related Links''' =

[https://www.usj.edu.lb/ USJ]

[http://berytech.org/ BERYTECH]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Saint Joseph University of Beirut

2019-09-26T16:41:28Z

ElioGerges:

<div>
= OVERVIEW =

In 1875, Saint Joseph University of Beirut (SJUB) opened its doors primarily for doctoral degrees in philosophy and theology. Over the past century, SJUB kept growing and opened several other campuses throughout Lebanon. Today, it consists of 5 main campuses: Campus of Medical Sciences, Campus of Social Sciences, Campus of Sciences and Technlogy, Campus of Human Sciences, Campus of Innovation and Sports as well as 3 study centers in Lebanon and one in Dubai. These campuses enroll approximatively 12000 students in total. The university is considered to be among the top academic institutions in the Middle-East and encourages Trilinguisme (French, English and Arabic). SJUB ranks high for the quality of its publications.

In 1913, the campus of  Sciences and Technlogy was founded and later became the higher institute of Engineering in 1948. 

 
<div></div>

= PROMOTING STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP =
</div>
Saint Joseph University of Beirut is known for being a beacon for change-makers in the region. It graduated former Entrepreneurs and people who made an impact on their societies. In addition, it encourages it's students and created the right mold for them to start innovating and creating change in order to promote the right entrepreneurial mindset through courses, extracurricular clubs and competitions.
<div>
== '''Course Programs''' ==
</div>
*'''Entrepreneurship course:'''''' '''The last few years it has increasingly proven that entrepreneurship has more to do with traits and attitudes than knowledge. Starting a business requires high level of vision and guts. This course will present new ways of teaching and learning entrepreneurship that can be used in practical life. It shapes the mind of student to push them to innovate.
*'''Communication and Expression:'''''' '''Teaches the students unique ways of communicating with others and expressing their thoughts and ideas, two main quality of every successful entrepreneur and innovator.
*'''Innovation and creativity:'''''' '''This course provides the students with the ability to start new ideas and create content without having any problem in their future professions.
*'''Organizational Change and innovation in the institutions:'''''' '''The program is conceived for students who will be working in organizations of all sorts in order to add to their working space an touch of what they can do.
<div>
== '''Extracurricular clubs and programs offerings''' ==
</div>
*'''Consulting: '''Provides students with networking opportunities and speaker series presentations to the members and different types of mentorships.
*'''Junior Consulting Club: '''Helps students grow as leaders and reinvent new ways to motivate people around them.
*'''Rotaract: '''Rotarcat focuses on the development of young aduts as leaders in their communities an workspaces.
<div>
== '''Competitions''' ==
</div>
*'''IAAF Awards: '''Participation of the top athletes in our campus in this competition, as sports allow autonomy, good health and self-growth. These caracteristics are essential to make successful entrepreneurs.
*'''USJ Entrepreneurship Awards & AUF Entrepreneurship Awards: '''Allows students willing to make a change to present their ideas, and the people with the best selected ideas will receive a good amount of money in order to execute their ideas and innovate.
*'''StartUpper Project: '''Empowering students to become entrepreneurs of tomorrow by changing the wold.

 
<div>
= ENCOURAGING FACULTY INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP =
</div>
Saint Joseph University of Beirut faculty members are critical to the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem on campus, as they have the required skills and strengths. Innovation inside the campus should start by making courses less lecture-based, as students need to be more involved in order to gain interest in a particular subject. The faculty members have been working on it by imposing new methods to replace lecture-based learning and installing interactive screens in a few classes. However, there is still room for improvement.

Most faculty members are people with important roles in different companies, and some do even own their own succesful company. This is crucial as they offer students a great pool of knowledge and experience in order to help them kickstart their own business with the right entrepreunarial mindset.

For the first time, USJ hosted  TEDx. This event was planned and organized by students. It holded a big number of professional key speakers and was a success in all ways possible.
<div>
= ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FUNCTION =
</div>
On campus, a company called '''Berytech '''is supporting entrepreneurs by funding their innovative ideas and offering professional mentorships and advices. It also offers full-time jobs, part-time jobs and internships for student. This company aims to shape the innovative scene in the region.

'''INJAZ Innovation Camp '''is also organized in the campus. It consists of splitting the student into teams, and each team will compete for the most innovative and complete business model. A professional mentor from '''Fransabank '''guides the students during this experience.

Saint Joseph University of Beirut has also contributed into funding businesses with seed money. A few of those businesses are '''Circulaire 331 '''by '''Banque du Liban''', '''BADER '''and '''KAFALAT INNOVATIVE '''by '''KAFALAT'''.

 
<div>
= FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION =
</div>
Saint Joseph University of Beirut collaborates with many companies, and one of them is '''Berytech '''as stated in the section above, located on campus. '''MUREX '''holds a conference once a year in the campus in order to meet and invite potential consultants and developers to join them for interships or for a job.

The university also offers multiple laboratories on campus in order to conduct reseach and experiments. These laboratories also aim to help students acquire the required technical and logical skills by the modern industry. These laboratories are well equipped, but there is always room for growth as the technology industry is growing at a fast rate. Students are also required to complete lab hours during some courses in order to link the theoretical side learned in class to the practical and technical side.

The University also has a strong ALUMNI network from which students can benefit during their university years or after graduating.

 
<div>
= ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS =
</div>
One of SJUB's main goals is to assist in the economic development of the surrounding area. Offering also regional source of capital, the university has also collaborated into funding different companies.

'''ZOOMAAL '''was founded in 2012 and is a company looking to help new arab entrepreneurs launch their startup by funding it.

'''WAMDA '''was founded in 2014 and aims to help businesses invest more efficiently.

 
<div>
= 2019 FALL LANDSCAPE CANVAS: SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT =
</div>
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KO85_jCi6BGavwDJLicE_BcabK2I5K33_oUfpQiJBOc/edit#gid=0 GoogleDocs]

= '''Related Links''' =

[https://www.usj.edu.lb/ USJ]

[http://berytech.org/ BERYTECH]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Saint Joseph University of Beirut

2019-09-26T16:39:42Z

ElioGerges: