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Why Creating Revenue Streams Upfront is Important for Starting Up in Lebanon: Antoine Abou-Samra, the Managing Director of Bader Lebanon

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Antoine Abou-Samra, the Managing Director of Bader Lebanon, describes how Bader trains Lebanese entrepreneurs, connects them to a network of investors and business people for assistance, and ultimately promotes businesses that address an international market.

Abou-Samra describes why- unlike some Silicon Vally investors- Bader wants to invest in startups that already have a solid revenue stream, and why one of his favorite recent investments by the Lebanese Business Angels is a sausage-casing company.

"If you want to create growth and create jobs and generate wealth [in Lebanon], you have to [address] a larger market."

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