Endeavor Will Host Its Inaugural Entrepreneurship Event in New Delhi from March 6-7

Emerging market entrepreneurs from India, Egypt, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey will participate in a selection panel with top business leaders and venture capitalists

NEW DELHI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endeavor will host its inaugural high-impact entrepreneurship event in New Delhi this week, from March 6-7. This International Selection Panel will mark the official launch of Endeavor India, as emerging market entrepreneurs from India, Egypt, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey are interviewed by an international panel of top business leaders and venture capitalists who determine which companies will be welcomed into the Endeavor network.

Endeavor’s International Selection Panel is the culmination of a rigorous Search & Selection process in which candidate companies are considered for their innovation, potential for growth and ability to serve as a role model. Endeavor provides selected entrepreneurs with customized services including high-level business mentors, consultants from Fortune 500 firms as well as top business school talent. Endeavor does not provide any capital or make investments.

Jubilant Organosys’s Hari Bhartia, ChrysCapital’s Ashish Dhawan, KKR’s Sanjay Nayar MicroLand’s Prandeep Kar, Tata Consultancy’s Gabriel Rozman, Dabur India’s Anand Burman, and Emergence Capital’s Jason Green will be among the panelists interviewing companies including a healthcare/hospital network, a company streamlining the Indian bus ticketing industry, a search engine marketing firm focused on SMBs, and a food sterilization company that processes herbs, spices and dried fruits for export.

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About Endeavor

Endeavor breaks down barriers that prevent emerging-market entrepreneurs from reaching their high-impact potential. Hailed by NYT columnist Thomas Friedman as the "mentor capitalist" model, Endeavor identifies entrepreneurs leading high-growth innovative companies in emerging markets. These entrepreneurs are given world-class strategic advice, access to key networks and other tools that will catapult them to success. With Endeavor's guidance they become “high-impact” – expanding employment, generating wealth and inspiring others to innovate. Often overlooked, these local entrepreneurs are now jumpstarting private sector development in their countries.

As of 2007, Endeavor Entrepreneurs throughout Latin America, South Africa and Turkey have created over 86,000 new jobs and generated over $2.51 billion in revenues. For more information, visit www.endeavor.org or follow us on http://twitter.com/endeavor_global.