Ali Chehade
  • @ali_chehade
  • Beirut, Lebanon

Let's me start by getting this out of the way: I am a Jack of All Trades.


I am a media professional with more than 15 years of media production and management.I have very diverse general interests, including: Philosophy, Space, Sciences, Anthropology, Psychology, Technology, Futurology, and the interaction between all those.


I got a BA in Communication Arts from the Lebanese American University and an MS in Media Management from Southern Illinois University, which I got on a Fulbright scholarship.


Between 2012 and 2015, I was the lead startup coach at AltCity, one of Beirut's first startup incubators. Since 2011, I organized tens of events, including hackathons, professional panels, training sessions, and networking events. I am also a motivational speaker, and a university-level instructor in the topics of media, business, and entrepreneurship and a startup consultant. I was named one of Lebanon's top 20 entrepreneurs of 2015 by Executive Magazine. In 2013, I attended an intensive entrepreneurship program at Draper University in Silicon Valley, where I later volunteered as a program assistant and mentor for two program sessions.


I have given talks at multiple universities including Stanford and Yale. I am a marketing fanatic and have led the creative marketing efforts of multiple businesses and startups.


I have an extensive experience as a TV and video producer and host. I worked on Zaven Koyoumdjian's "Bala Toul Sireh", a prime-time talk show, and "Alam Al Sabah", a morning show through which I hosted a weekly segment about social media.


I am an experimental serial entrepreneur and the founder of The Dream Matcher, which creates and licenses platforms that help people achieve their dreams (www.dreammatcher.com). I am the host and lead organizer of The Dream Matcher Experience, Lebanon's longest-running and most attended networking event, with more than 50 events, and 2500 attendees. In addition to The Dream Matcher, I also founded (and failed) multiple startups in the fields of self-improvement, food and beverage, and technology.


Areas of interest: sales, communication, media strategy, media production, project management, social media, media management, motivational speaking


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Jun 2023 - Present

JOAT | Polymath | Media Producer | Futurist | Startup Coach | Public Speaker | MC, Self-employed

Jan 2016 - Present

Speaker | Moderator | MC, Self Employed

Jun 2010 - Present

Founder & CEO, The Dream Matcher

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

Futures Studies, Institute for the Future