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Ep.8 Finding opportunities in every challenge

When I think about Elie Medawar, four ideas come to mind:

  • Behavioural flexibility

  • Leveraging strengths

  • Learning machine

  • Contagious enthusiasm

Elie started Medbox at a very challenging time in his life. There were red flags everywhere. He had just left his job, and he was about to become a dad. Everyone was dissuading him from starting his own business and saw it as a risky and crazy move. Yet, he took a leap of faith and made it happen anyway. Fueled by every challenge that came his way, driven by the purpose of saving lives, and for three years now, he’s been setting himself bold goals and overachieving them. 

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Some key questions I asked Elie in this episode:

  • 03:54: His relationship with time

  • 07:38: His approach to sales

  • 10:27: Using the skills he acquired in his 9 to 5 roles

  • 12:48: Behavioural flexibility

  • 14:06: Creating a market that didn’t make sense on paper

  • 15:24: His approach in setting goals

  • 18:17: His managerial style

  • 21:00: The early-stage challenges he faced

  • 24:04: What money is for him

  • 24:55: What leadership is for him

  • 25:11: Something crazy he did that not a lot of people know about

  • 26:06: Launching a business versus scaling a business

  • 31:33: Where he finds his mentors

  • 34:07: His approach around decision making

And so much more than that.

About Elie Medawar and Medbox SAL

Elie Medawar has a 20 year-international experience in healthcare industry, working across MENAT level with multinational companies.
He holds an International MBA in Health and Hospital Management from Paris Dauphine University.
Elie is polyvalent with a versatile personality and character, speaks 3 languages – being Arabic, English and French – fluently. He worked in sales, pre-sales, marketing and business development, created and implemented strategies all over the MENAT region.
At local level, Elie succeeded in initiating & closing various business deals related to different kinds of medical equipment and healthcare products.
At regional level, Elie has an extensive experience in launching new products, finding and penetrating new markets, conducting successful business as well as increasing companies market shares.

MedboX SAL vision is to become the business development & channeling partner of choice in healthcare industry across the MENAT region and the distributor of choice throughout the Lebanese market providing high end products and solutions to healthcare institutions.


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