Thousands of people from 135 countries have already confirmed their participation for next month’s week-long Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) and festival in Rio de Janeiro. As chair of the GEC for the past few years, I have witnessed the emergence of this global platform for collaboration among entrepreneurs, their investors and national leaders held outside the United States. So what happens at the GEC?
What is interesting about this event is its reach and scale and the evidence it provides of the democratization of entrepreneurship - the phenomenon of startups, and the communities that foster them springing up in the most unexpected corners of the globe. Governments from all corners have been racing to make their nations more attractive to entrepreneurs. The list of countries embarrassed into improving “ease of doing business” in the latest World Bank rankings lists nations of all economic classifications. This is why at the GEC in Rio next month, while Brazilian entrepreneurial prowess will be on show, delegates will experience not an all Brazilian or American show, but a global one focused on startup cities, experiential education, startup legislation, new models for where entrepreneurs can get their money, and an array of the most effective practical efforts in the world— from the likes of Kauffman and Endeavor—to help entrepreneurs scale.
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