Celebrate Endeavor’s 15th anniversary with 600+ global business leaders, game-changing entrepreneurs, and Endeavor network members; join us for the 2012 Endeavor Gala in New York City on November 8th! To purchase individual tickets or a table, contact
gala@endeavor.org
Stanford, in cooperation with Endeavor, launches first SEED program for entrepreneurs in developing economies
A new program on scaling fast-growth companies gathered 61 entrepreneurs from around the world at the Stanford Graduate School of Business this August. The course is the first educational program to be offered by the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (SEED). The institute’s aim is to stimulate innovation through research, education, and on-the-ground action that enables entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders to stimulate growth in developing economies. [
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Thirteen Endeavor Entrepreneurs are growing as fast as Inc. 500 Companies
Thirteen of Endeavor's Entrepreneurs in emerging and growth markets have scaled their business at an extremely fast pace, and are growing as fast or faster than the privately held US businesses on this year’s Inc. 500 list! To qualify for the Inc 500 class of 2012, just released today, a company must have a growth rate of at least 762% over the 2008-2011 time frame and a minimum starting revenue of $100k. [More]
Endeavor highlighted on The Economist blog: the other Arab Spring
A recent article, “The Other Arab Spring," on The Economist’s Schumpeter Blog discusses the development of businesses and entrepreneurs in the Middle East. Jordan-based Endeavor Entrepreneur company IrisGuard was used as example of one such company that is innovating technology for the Arab World. [More]
Endeavor Entrepreneurs in the press
Rodrigo Jordan climbs Everest for second time
Rodrigo Jordan was the first Latin American to ever scale Mount Everest. Now he has duplicated his initial feat 20 years later. Rodrigo's company, Vertical (selected 1998), offers educational and team-building expeditions to schools and businesses. [More]
PagosOnline wins inaugural Secure Development Award from Veracode
Martha Debayle spotlighted
Mexican business innovator
Martha Debayle is the founder of
BBMundo (selected 2002), a multimedia company focused on new mothers. Hear about how she went from Mexican media personality to the driving force behind a successful web start up. [
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Rapelang Rabana, founde of Yeigo, interviewed
Rapelang Rabana has been listed on Oprah’s 2012 ‘O’ Power List, featured on CNN and is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, all before the age of 30. A founding partner of VoIP applications developer, Yeigo Communications (selected 2007), she shares her experiences in this interview. [More]
Andy Freire talks about entrepreneurship and Endeavor Argentina
Andy Freire is the founder of
OfficeNet, the very first company selected by Endeavor (in 1998). He also serves as board chairman of Endeavor Argentina. Hear him talk about his experience with Endeavor Argentina and about the nature of entrepreneurship in these two great interviews: [
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Endeavor Network Members in the press
Reid Hoffman to receive “Difference Maker” award
The Stevie® Awards announced that Endeavor Global Board member Reid Hoffman, Executive Chairman of LinkedIn Corporation, will be honored with its 2012 Difference Maker award at The 10th Annual American Business Awards. [More]
Juan Pablo Cappello shares views on entrepreneurship in Florida
Endeavor network member Juan Pablo Cappello wrote an insightful Op-ed for the Miami Herald. Read his article entitled “Did ‘Silicon Beach’ get beached in Miami? Let’s restart our engines and accelerate South Florida’s tech potential.” [More]
Endeavor’s Allen Taylor talks Latin American entrepreneurship
Allen Taylor (Director, Global Networks at Endeavor) recently sat down and was interviewed as part of Thomson Reuters' Venture Equity Latin America Report. Read as he talks about Endeavor's impact in Latin American markets. [More]
In case you missed it...
Endeavor launches a new country affiliate in Saudi Arabia
Endeavor has launched a new affiliate office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, expanding our efforts to select and service high-impact entrepreneurs. The office is our fifth in the Middle East and North Africa, after Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt. Endeavor has already selected 90 entrepreneurs representing 59 companies in the MENA region.
The Endeavor Saudi Arabia founding board is chaired by Rami K. Alturki, President of Khalid Ali Alturki & Sons. The board has recruited Rakan Al Eidi to serve as the first Managing Director, overseeing day-to-day operations. His initial responsibilities include recruiting the first Endeavor Entrepreneur candidates in the Kingdom and building a staff to support them.
“We’re very excited to bring Endeavor’s proven model to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” said Alturki. “Entrepreneurship is one of the keys to addressing the need for tens of thousands of new and innovative jobs in the Kingdom.” [
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Endeavor Catalyst invests in AirTies as first MENA region company
Endeavor has closed an investment round with Endeavor Entrepreneur company AirTies, an innovative Turkish developer of wireless networking equipment with worldwide sales, as the third investment of Endeavor Catalyst.
Endeavor Catalyst is a revolutionary and high-impact initiative that uses donated capital to allow our organization to co-invest in Endeavor Entrepreneurs in a neutral, unbiased way. The main goal of this program is to use the returns of the investment both to support Endeavor’s operations and to be reinvested into Catalyst to provide funding for other Endeavor Entrepreneurs.
The investment is the first for Endeavor Catalyst in an Endeavor Entrepreneur in the MENA region and is part of a larger financing round led by international investment firm Invus which has headquarters in New York. It follows closely on Catalyst investments in Argentine IT outsourcing leader Globant and Brazil’s Minha Vida health advisory website. Today, Catalyst investments total nearly $3.5 million. [
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In 2011, the need for jobs worldwide grew to over 200 million and global GDP growth declined. Endeavor’s Impact Assessment Dashboard, powered by SAP, illustrates the power of high-impact entrepreneurs to create high-quality jobs and revenue across the world in order to foster sustainable economic growth. Explore this exciting
dashboard to see the Financial, Employment, Social and Regional Impact that Endeavor Entrepreneurs are having on their countries’ economies.
Among other findings, Endeavor’s hundreds of entrepreneurial companies grew 5.4 times faster in jobs and 2.4 times faster in revenue than comparable companies. [
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Also, check out an article in
Fast Company about the new interactive tool. [
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