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How i made it the conscious entrepreneur with jacques habra
Jacques Habra is a Lebanese American technology entrepreneur, investor and thought leader. He is most known for founding WebElite, a web application technology agency in 1996. Habra is the founder and CEO of Noospheric, a startup consulting incubator based in Santa Barbara.
Contents
- How i made it the conscious entrepreneur with jacques habra
- Interview with award winning entrepreneur jacques habra
- Education and early career
- Career
- Awards
- References
Interview with award winning entrepreneur jacques habra
Education and early career
Habra was born on January 9, 1974 in Beirut. A graduate of Hackett Catholic Central High School, Habra received his bachelor's degree with Honors in 1996 from the University of Michigan in English and Philosophy. Habra launched Web Elite during his senior year at the University of Michigan and sold the company in 2001 to a group of investors for an undisclosed sum.
Career
In 1999, Habra purchased a 12,600 sq/ft commercial building (previously a movie theater) that he converted into an office space for Web Elite. During Habra's leadership of Web Elite, the company pioneered online content management systems, online analytics systems, on the fly survey results, and off-line technology.
Through WebElite, Habra created several technologies that were later adopted as mainstream Web tools including one of the first content management systems (CMS) called the Auto-Mod Form, which allowed Web owners to modify content on their Web site without directly accessing servers or knowing any code. In 1999, Habra launched Unplugged, an application that allowed the use of a Web site without being connected to the Internet.
In 2003, Jacques Habra joined Amer Zahr to co-found "OZ" - a night club in Ann Arbor with a middle eastern theme serving Hookahs. Habra currently manages the incubator and consulting firm, Noospheric, where he develops and invests in early-stage companies. Through Noospheric, Habra has invested in TrackR (formerly Phone Halo) First Click, SBClick, SelfEcho, and FreePropertyAlert. Habra founded First Click in 2007 to provide online marketing services.
Habra launched SelfEcho, a company, which develops technology to manage and improve well-being by tracking psychological metrics using smartphones; including the product Mobile Therapy, in 2013.
Habra is an Adjunct Professor at Santa Barbara City College and serves on several non-profit boards including the Arthritis Foundation Leadership Council, Westmont College Foundation Board, MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast, and Mentorship Works. Habra regularly speaks at technology and entrepreneurship conferences around the world.