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    At the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, high-profile speakers inspired an audience of entrepreneurs from around the world. But the fact remains that where you are an entrepreneur matters. That is why commitments were made to build startup ecosystems beyond Silicon Valley.

    By Catherine Cheney // 01 July 2016

    The CEO of Google was one of the high-profile speakers meant to deliver “entrepreneurial inspiration” to an audience of entrepreneurs from around the world gathered in Silicon Valley for the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit.

    “You’re the ones building the next Google, the next Tesla, the next Spotify, the next, well we don’t even know,” Sundar Pichai said in a TED style talk at Stanford University last week. “People working anywhere in the world, born anywhere in the world, can create a product, and make it available to anyone in the world.”

    But while developing country entrepreneurs took the stage alongside Silicon Valley CEOs, the fact remains that where you are an entrepreneur matters. That is why a key focus of GES 2016 was on ways the public and private sector can build ecosystems that enable startups to scale from anywhere.

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      Catherine Cheney is the Senior Editor for Special Coverage at Devex. She leads the editorial vision of Devex’s news events and editorial coverage of key moments on the global development calendar. Catherine joined Devex as a reporter, focusing on technology and innovation in making progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to joining Devex, Catherine earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale University, and worked as a web producer for POLITICO, a reporter for World Politics Review, and special projects editor at NationSwell. She has reported domestically and internationally for outlets including The Atlantic and the Washington Post. Catherine also works for the Solutions Journalism Network, a non profit organization that supports journalists and news organizations to report on responses to problems.

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