Cross-border 28 Smiles By Jennifer MacKenzie 2 weeks AGO Think growing a business is all cutthroat competition? Try rapport, curiosity and care instead, says Luma Saqqaf. A veteran financial lawyer, Saqqaf just launched a revolutionary business mentoring community aimed at maximizing the development of young businesses in Palestine, Jordan and other underperforming economies.
Currently in its pilot phase, Jeeran , or “neighbors”, has so far paired fledgling entrepreneurs in Ramallah and Jerusalem with business experts in the Gulf who serve as their mentors. “ The power of what I’m creating is that I can connect people in remote areas with others on the outside ,” Saqqaf explains. She was inspired to create the program while volunteering as a mentor for C3′s social enterprise classes, during which “it became obvious how much need there is for business mentoring .” The mentor’s role is “to open channels for [new entrepreneurs], challenge their assumptions, and teach them how to make decisions— to be a thinking partner, not an answering machine .” For more info – https://jeeran-sme.org ||||| 3 I Like It!
