Updated: OCT 06, 2011

Peeks an overview


Peeks


Empowering Technology Entrepreneurship

Peeks is a community-based grassroots organization aimed at the development of a sustainable Palestinian knowledge-based economy and focused on empowering technology entrepreneurship


Peeks Vision

Peeks members interact at a community level:

  • With the full spectrum of actors in the technology sector.
  • Affecting a natural and spontaneous positive change in perceptions and attitudes.
  • Measurable by a visible impact on an ever-growing, sustainable knowledge-based economy in Palestine.

Peeks Mission

Peeks is a community-based grassroots organization that contributes to the development of a sustainable knowledge-based economy in Palestine and focused on empowering technology entrepreneurship by engaging students, professionals, industry experts, and ex-pats through events and activities that are widely-accessible and highly-collaborative and that facilitate:
  • a creative collision of ideas and experiences
  • encourage collaboration,
  • openness and trust,
  • expand exposure to emerging world challenges,
  • and foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.

How we do it?

  • Educate:
    • Beyond academia, raise awareness and knowledge on global markets.
    • Building bridges with academic institutions
  • Connect:
    • Create linkages with regional and international communities and leaders to increase exposure, offer examples and role models to inspire.
  • Collaborate:
    • Foster openness and trust to allow free flow of ideas, information, knowledge transfer in highly collaborative environments.

Peeks Programs (as off early April, 2011)

  • Meet The Leader Program
    • MTL#1: Walid Abu-Hadba, VP, Microsoft, one of the highest-ranking sitting VP’s to ever visit Palestine
  • Fireside Chat Program
    • FSC#1: Paul Fullerton, Senior Manager, Cisco [Jan, 2011]
    • FSC#2: Kav Latiolais, Program Manager, Microsoft [Feb, 2011]
    • FSC#3: "Startup Fundraising" an exciting evening with VCs: Greg Horowitt (T2VC) and Saed Nashef (Sadara Ventures) [April, 2011]
    • FSC#4: "Startups: a real-life Palestinian success" an exciting evening with Naseem Tuffaha [May, 2011]
    • FSC#5: "Promoting Scientific Research for Undergraduate Students" an exciting evening with Dr. Mamoun Bader, Penn State University [July, 2011]
    • FSC#6: a discussion with Trustees at Wikimedia Foundation over Iftar [August, 2011]
  • Peeks Facebook Group  (as off late Aug, 2011)
    • Active online since Nov, 2010
    • Very active online community:
      • Over 750 members
      • & thousands of discussions
  • Future programs & activities are in the planning

Please make sure to stay in touch and follow the movement

Twitter: @peeks_ps  #PeeksFSC #PeeksMTL #palgeeks
Facebook: Peeks Group AND facebook.com/peeks.fb
www.peeks.ps/

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