Lilia Global Marketing Research: 2016

JB Interview "Dance of a life" Movie

Live Interview Story of Jean Bechara A "True Dinosaur" Entrepreneur

“So, Entrepreneurship Life goes on whatever Road you take in the dance of your life”

As I arrived to Damascus after my Beirut Graduation & my engagement to my loved one, I started my career as Entrepreneur in charge of my Civil Engineer Office. I reckon it wasn’t easy at first, but soon, I developed new networks & achieved few projects! Noteworthy of mention the Urban Infrastructure Development plans of a Village Extension of Damascus such as a restaurant on a hillside, a club of military officers & elementary school…
However, I realized that Entrepreneurship basis being Education, since I studied in Beirut & graduated in Civil Engineer, Personal fulfillment basis is my loved one I met in Beirut at the Beach Club…Long distance relationship necessitating continuous travel, I decided to get married after 3 years of back & forth between Beirut & Damascus! Our Wedding was a success, reunited both our families & soon after, we had a nice family of our own with 4 beautiful children…
Tough work, network & research allowed me to connect with a great construction & development company in Doha, Qatar with whom I partnered & started a long entrepreneurial career as “Alatiyah Contracting & Trading”…
I settled my family in Beirut & was happy finally to provide them with the best in their well being & education…My professional & business ambitions were results oriented such as the comfort of life I was able to offer to my loved ones!
As Jean de La Fontaine said once in his fables “Rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir a point” My Entrepreneurship "moto" being similar, I started in the Urban development of Doha which was simply a ‘desert’…I worked on Major infrastructure civil works projects such as roads, airports, villas, etc…
My family came often to visit me for every school holiday & in summer when school was off…& my beloved wife & I would exchange travel very often when our kids were busy with school… Life went on & Success became a daily venture…
30 years later, my passion for civil engineer on the Entrepreneurship Road took me to Europe as Lebanon was at war & my kids were grown…Our European investments allowed us the French Nationality & a relaxing life especially for my lovely wife who is a “fashionista” & loved fashion…
Soon after, I built a building in Beirut & after all these entrepreneurial years, I decided to retire with my loved one in Beirut in my beautiful home filled with windows of opportunities “ as I have learned but too late the key to seize every one of them as best as I could"…
Looking back to my education years, I still murmur to myself & to my lovely One ”I will love you & make you happy forever”
“Thanks to my Entrepreneurship, I was able to achieve my windows of Dreams” “I can still see today my passionate ambitious Entrepreneurial drive results reflected in her eyes… in the dance of our life”