Asher Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ACIE)
| University |
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik |
| Launching Date |
01/01/2017 |
| Number of Member Students |
30 |
| Number of Employees |
3 |
| Main activities of the Center |
- Organize seminars and lectures on entrepreneurship related topics,
- Provide incubation services for student entrepreneurs,
- Promote entrepreneurship among student,
- Push for more entrepreneurship-driven courses in business programs,
- Push for more entrepreneurship-driven courses in engineering programs,
- Provide information for to-be student entrepreneurs about the ecosystem,
- Connect university alumni to student entrepreneurs in search for business angels or mentor,
- Connect professors and student entrepreneurs,
- Use the university’s network to find customers and clients for entrepreneurs,
- Suggesting off-campus entrepreneurship programs to soon to graduate entrepreneurs according to their needs
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| Conferences or seminars |
- New Venture Challenge (NVC) (Avril 2017)
- Fortune Wheel Event (USEK Kaslik et Zahlé) (Octobre 2017)
- International Applied Research Symposium (Novembre 2017)
- Bridging Lebanon- China and Moving Forward Conference (Mai 2017)
- Dialogue Dinner – USEK Zahlé en collaboration avec la chambre de commerce, d’industrie et d’agriculture de Zahlé et de la Békaa
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| Number of companies created by the students |
2 |
Perks
- Follow-up with the student entrepreneurs once they get their diploma
- Faculties’ members can take sabbaticals in order to work on their start-up
- Students are entitled to use the research done at the university for commercial purposes after university assesses the intellectual property rights and where they belong
- The ACIE team was certified by The Growth Wheel Workshop, Berytech
