AMMAN, Jordan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endeavor selected 28 High-Impact Entrepreneurs from seven countries at its 40th International Selection Panel. Endeavor now supports 631 High-Impact Entrepreneurs from 399 companies in 12 emerging growth countries. The entrepreneurs were chosen at a Panel held from October 17 – 19 in Amman, Jordan.
“This panel in Amman is proof that despite the economic challenges around the world, entrepreneurs continue to innovate, create new jobs and build high-growth companies,” said Endeavor Co-founder and CEO Linda Rottenberg. “We continue to be impressed by the caliber of entrepreneurs we’re seeing. By the time they arrive at an International Selection Panel, these entrepreneurs have already passed through a rigorous 12-18 month screening process including numerous local panels. Thousands of entrepreneurs participate each year, and throughout the process they receive concrete feedback that helps them build their businesses.”
Endeavor’s next scheduled International Selection Panel will be held in Uruguay in December, followed by Panels in Dubai in March 2012 and London in June 2012. Post-selection, Endeavor provides entrepreneurs with customized services provided by local business mentors and volunteers from Fortune 500 consulting firms and top U.S. business schools. Endeavor Entrepreneurs have had a significant track record of creating thousands of jobs and building sustainable growth models in their home countries.
Entrepreneur(s)/Companies selected:
Chile
Entrepreneur: Dominique Rosenberg
Company: DBS
Chile
Description: DBS Chile is an innovative makeup and
beauty supply retailer that operates concessions inside major department
stores and, more recently, a free standing boutique.
Entrepreneurs: Andres Rojas, Cristobal Forno, Erwin Andia, Nicolas
Gallardo
Company: ForexChile
Description:
The clear frontrunner to capitalize on Chile’s US$1 billion market for
online trading, ForexChile plans to go beyond domestic market leadership
to build the E*Trade of Latin America.
Egypt
Entrepreneurs: Tarek Sryo and Alaa Sryo
Company: SASCO
Description:
One of Egypt’s largest manufacturers of stationery supplies (pens,
notebooks, etc.), SASCO is rapidly expanding throughout the region
through a new e-commerce platform and plans to expand to five to six new
markets each year.
Jordan
Entrepreneurs: Ramez Kalis, Zeena Majali, Ibrahim Seksek
Company: CrysTelCall
Description:
CrysTelCall is Jordan’s leading operator of outsourced customer call
centers focused on the regional market.
Entrepreneur: Ammar Sajdi
Company: RealSoft
Description:
RealSoft makes turnkey national statistics solutions capable of managing
the collection process of data for general censuses and national
indicators like the Consumer Price Index (CPI). As the first
mover in this niche market, RealSoft services governments in eight
countries and has established offices in the UAE and Oman.
Entrepreneurs: Hussam Hammo, Sohaib Thiab, Afif Toukan
Company: Wizards
Productions
Description: Wizards is a leader in the
regional online gaming market, having localized three online games and
developed ten games of its own, serving more than 700,000 registered
users. It is the first MMO (massively multiplayer online) browser-based
game development company in the Middle East.
Lebanon
Entrepreneur: Labib Shalak
Company: MobiNetS
Description:
Founded in 2003, MobiNetS enables mobile phone operators to make better
informed business decisions by providing them with a dynamic, end-to-end
view of their networks.
Entrepreneur: Jad Khoury
Company: Print
Works
Description: With offices in Beirut and Dubai, Print
Works is the leading diversified printing shop and production company for
marketing campaigns in the MENA region.
Mexico
Entrepreneurs: Gabriel Manjarrez and Pedro Zayas
Company: Finestrella
Description:
This Mexico City-based company acts as an intermediary between cell
phone service providers and the unbanked, offering post-paid cell phone
plans to people who otherwise would not have access because they lack a
credit card.
Entrepreneurs: Diego Creel and Oswaldo Trava
Company: Lo
Mio es TUYO
Description: TUYO buys small household goods
and electronics from customers or third-party businesses and re-sells
them in 10 stores in and around Mexico City. The two entrepreneurs are
professionalizing the purchase and sale of pre-owned goods in Mexico, an
industry that historically has been limited to pawn shops and outdoor
markets.
South Africa
Entrepreneurs: Luvuyo Rani and Lonwabo Rani
Company: Silulo
Description:
Silulo has grown from a single internet café to a company that offers
computer training courses, internet café and business center services,
and IT retail and repair. In the process, the Rani brothers have matured
from two township kids selling refurbished computers out of their truck,
to nationally recognized businessmen and role models.
Turkey
Entrepreneur: Ersan Ozer
Company: Magnet
Digital
Description: Founded in 2005, Magnet Digital is a
digital media holding company with a suite of sites that collectively
attracts 11 million monthly unique visitors.
Entrepreneurs: Sidar Sahin and Hakan Bas
Company: Peak
Games
Description: Founded in October 2010 by one of
Turkey’s top internet entrepreneurs (Sidar Sahin) and a former Endeavor
intern (Hakan Bas), Peak Games is bringing top quality Facebook games to
emerging markets. Until recently Peak has only targeted the Turkish
market and it is already among the top ten gaming companies globally,
with 4 million Daily Active Users (DAU). Recently the firm launched
games in Arabic and Spanish.
Entrepreneurs: Deniz Oktar, Selcuk Atli, Baris Can Daylik
Company: SocialWire
Description:
By layering data from Facebook’s Open Graph over data used in
traditional recommendation engines, SocialWire matches online retailers’
clients with products that match their specific tastes. SocialWire
has created a unique Facebook ad optimization product.
About Endeavor
Hailed by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman as “the best anti-poverty program of all,” Endeavor is leading the global movement to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating the best high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. To date, Endeavor has screened more than 29,000 entrepreneurs and selected 631 individuals leading 399 high-impact companies.
With support from Endeavor’s worldwide mentor network, these high-impact entrepreneurs:
- Have created over 156,000 jobs
- Generated over $4.5 billion in revenues in 2010
- Inspire future generations to innovate and take risks
Headquartered in New York City, Endeavor currently operates in 15 countries throughout Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. As the high-impact movement expands globally, Endeavor will continue to prove that anyone with a big idea can succeed, from Silicon Valley to Latin America, the Middle East, and beyond.
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