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Endeavor Selects 17 High-Impact Entrepreneurs at Johannesburg Selection Panel
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Endeavor selected 17 High-Impact Entrepreneurs
from 10 companies from Brazil, Egypt, Greece, Indonesia, Jordan,
Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey at its 49th International
Selection Panel. Endeavor now supports 818 High-Impact Entrepreneurs leading 510 companies
in 15 emerging and growth market countries. The entrepreneurs were
chosen at a panel held from August 13-15 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
“It
has been an amazing experience to host so many dynamic high-impact
entrepreneurs who came here from four continents,“ said Endeavor
Co-founder and CEO Linda Rottenberg. “I’d like to extend a very special
thanks to the board of Endeavor South Africa for hosting this event.”
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Endeavor Entrepreneur Summit Video: Chris Zook
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Bain & Company Partner and acclaimed business writer Chis Zook
specializes in helping companies find new sources of profitable growth.
He is the author of five books with Harvard Business Review Press and
has been named one of the top 50 Business Thinkers by The Times of
London. In his keynote, he presents insights and new research—drawing
from Endeavor Entrepreneurs—on the unique mentality of founders.
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Endeavor Officially Launches Miami Affiliate
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Endeavor
Global today announced the official opening of its Miami affiliate, the
first to launch in the United States. To spearhead the effort, Endeavor
has identified nine business leaders for its local board of directors,
and chose a new Managing Director, Laura Maydón. Endeavor’s first entry into the U.S. market is strongly supported by the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation along with key entrepreneurs from the community.
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Endeavor Wins Bronze Stevie® Award – Voting Now Open for People's Choice Award
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Endeavor was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Company of the Year – Non-Profit or Government Organizations
category in The 10th Annual International Business Awards. The
International Business Awards are one of five awards programs organized
by the Stevies. All individuals and organizations worldwide—public
and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small—are eligible
to submit nominations. The 2013 IBAs received entries from more than 50
nations and territories.
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In New Book, Endeavor Network Member Chris Schroeder Highlights Emerging Tech Entrepreneurship in Middle East
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Endeavor network member Chris Schroeder
has published a new book highlighting the quiet revolution in
technology entrepreneurship happening across the MENA region. The book,
Start-Up Rising, is the product of dozens of interviews that Schroeder,
an internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist, completed across the
region. As part of his work, Schroeder—who spoke at Endeavor's June
2013 Entrepreneur Summit and has served as an ISP panelist— includes
some stories of well-known Endeavor Entrepreneurs in the region, many
of whom are creating success stories often eclipsed by the tumult of
the Arab Spring.
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Endeavor and MIT G-Lab Mark 80th Student Engagement
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Endeavor
has been placing MBAs from top schools with entrepreneurs for over a
decade. This summer has seen a fresh crop of rising second-year MBA
students from schools as diverse as Harvard, Stanford and NYU leave for
summer projects with companies in eight different country affiliates
ranging from Argentina to Saudi Arabia. For the MIT Global Entrepreneurship Lab program (G-Lab), 2013 will mark the 80th engagement that student teams have had with Endeavor companies. Typical projects for MIT’s G-Lab with Endeavor Entrepreneurs have ranged from new market entry and strategic growth to Venture Capital, marketing, benchmarking, financial modeling and HR.
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The Wall Street Journal features Endeavor Argentina Company Restorando
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In an article titled, “Can Restorando Beat OpenTable in Latin America,” The Wall Street Journal covered the Series B funding of Restorando,
an Endeavor Argentina company. As the current leading online restaurant
reservation service in Latin America, Restorando has operations in 10
cities across four countries in South America, relationships with more
than 2,000 restaurants, and partnerships with major local players.
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E-finance Marketplace ComparaOnline Raises $11 million: Endeavor Catalyst Participates in Funding Round
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ComparaOnline.com,
the leading insurance and financial services marketplace website in
Latin America, has
raised $11 million in Series B financing. The company was founded and
is led by CEO Sebastian Valin,
an Endeavor Entrepreneur from Chile who was selected in 2012. Ribbit
Capital, a venture capital firm focused on the financial services
industry, led the investment with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Rise Capital and Series A-backer Kaszek Ventures.
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October 7-9
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2013 Endeavor Global Gala Save the Date!
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Save
the Date for the 2013 Endeavor Global Gala Honoring Sir Richard
Branson, Founder, Virgin Group - Friday, November 8, 2013 in New York
City!
To ask a question, become a sponsor, purchase a ticket or table, or make a donation, contact gala@endeavor.org.
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Partner Events
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The LAVCA Summit and Investor Roundtable
is September 24–26, 2013. Please
click here to register today.
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Vote for Endeavor!
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Vote for Endeavor for the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Non-Profit!
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Endeavor
Entrepreneurs Selected in Johannesburg
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BRAZIL
Entrepreneurs: Wataru Ueda, Tatsuo Suzuki & Toru Kinjo
Company: Magnamed
Using the latest global technologies, Magnamed provides hospitals and
other treatment providers with critical care equipment that is more
affordable and effective than competing products. The company has four
products, all related to lung ventilation, and all of which are
compact, light, durable, and easy to use for those working with
critical care patients.
EGYPT
Entrepreneurs: Karim Ragab, Dr. Khalil Abdel Khalek, Walid Abdel Hadi
Company: Tabibi 24/7
Tabibi 24/7 is a healthcare company that provides 24-hour access to
pediatric and family care in Cairo through two daytime clinics and
around-the-clock home visits. With a focus on preventative care as well
as treatment, Tabibi offers basic medical training courses and a daily
health tip SMS service in addition to primary patient care.
GREECE
Entrepreneur: Maria & Penny Vlachou
Company: Fereikos-Helix
Fereikos-Helix offers organic live snails and snail consumer products
to wholesalers and retailers in Greece and throughout Europe. Its
innovative supply chain model involves a network of 175 independent
snail farmers. These farmers receive know-how and resources from
Fereikos-Helix to produce high-quality, organic products year-round in
an industry that largely relies on foraging, resulting in inconsistent
product quality and availability.
INDONESIA
Entrepreneur: Anton Wirjono
Company: The Goods Group
The
Goods Group, a chain of multi-label stores based in Jakarta, Indonesia,
is fast becoming a major hub for fashion and lifestyle products from a
selection of local and international brands. The Goods Group consists
of a retail business (The Goods Department) and a restaurant line (The
Goods Cafes and The Goods Diner).
JORDAN
Entrepreneur: Ala’ Al Sallal
Company: Jamalon
Launched in 2010, Jamalon’s dual-language ecommerce platform provides
unparalleled access to a comprehensive catalogue of books in English
and Arabic. Since its inception, Jamalon has grown to include over nine
million titles, developed metadata for 150,000 Arabic books, and
expanded regionally to reach customers in eight MENA countries.
MEXICO
Entrepreneur: Juan Jose Villarreal Portilla
Company: Grupo Filoa
Grupo Filoa offers corporations and universities on-site food court and
cafeteria catering solutions. The food court option includes ten
diverse, proprietary brands, and all meals are designed by experienced
restaurant chefs. Filoa has earned high satisfaction ratings from
clients and their diners alike, providing highly personalized customer
service and offering gourmet cafeteria food that people actually want
to eat.
SAUDI ARABIA
Entrepreneurs: Ahmed & Hassan Hamdan
Company: OTS
OTS
offers digital communication solutions to help businesses communicate
and form meaningful relationships with their customers through web and
mobile channels. Its most popular service is a bulk SMS platform to
send millions of messages in an instant, and it also offers digital and
mobile advertising, social media management, web and mobile app
development. OTS has expertise in effectively reaching consumer
audiences throughout MENA, with offices in Saudi Arabia and six other
countries in the region, and clients in 20 countries.
SOUTH AFRICA
Entrepreneurs: Barry & Patrick Kayton
Company: Cognician
Specializing in people development software, Cognician offers an
interactive solution to large companies that seek an effective,
scalable method for disseminating training and educational materials to
employees. Cognician’s proprietary cloud-based software helps users at
these firms explore a particular topic through a question-and-answer
process.
Entrepreneur: Sylvia Gruber
Company: RubyBox
RubyBox is a try-before-you-buy beauty subscription start-up that has
developed into one of South Africa’s leading online beauty
destinations. RubyBox members pay a monthly subscription fee to receive
a customized box of premium beauty samples from top international and
local brands. After customers identify the perfect product, they can
purchase the full-size version from Rubybox’s online store featuring
more than 60 brands.
TURKEY
Entrepreneur: Eren Merzeci
Company: Nisfud
First established as the exclusive distributor for many popular
American and European food products such as Pepperidge Farm cookies,
Nisfud has since pivoted to develop a new market for frozen savory
borek pie products. These are sold at retail chains under the brand
name Nefista, a play on the Turkish word for delicious. In addition,
Nisfud offers hotels, restaurants, and cafes a variety of frozen sweet
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