Global Entrepreneurship Week meets Obama!
April 27th, 2010 by Max
President Barack Obama yesterday kick-started the two-day Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, as over 250 delegates from nearly 60 countries – including a number of our Global Entrepreneurship Week hosts from around the world gathered in Washington D.C. The summit is the realisation of a pledge dating back to Obama’s speech in Cairo last summer – in which the President laid out his vision for a period of greater cooperation and understanding between the Islamic world and the US – and aims to strengthen entrepreneurial and social links between the cultures.
President Obama used his speech to hail the “the rich tapestry of the world’s great traditions and cultures”, and drew upon his own experience as a community organiser in Chicago to underline the importance of social entrepreneurship, asserting that “real change comes from the grass roots and the passions of single individuals serving their communities”.
Jonathan Ortmans from The Kauffman Foundation, co-founders of Global Entrepreneurship Week, was also on hand to welcome delegates last night at a busy reception including our partners in Egypt, Jordan, Malaysia, Paraguay ,Tunisia and Turkey… who will all be flying the Global Entrepreneurship Week flag!
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