Chad Renando
Chair, GEN Australia
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Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)
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The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 5About Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)
The Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) is a Washington, DC-based organisation that runs programmes and chapters in about 200 countries, with the aim of making it easier for anyone to start and scale a business. Its work covers founders, investment, policy and ecosystem building. It runs Global Entrepreneurship Week, a November campaign of around 40,000 events, and the Global Entrepreneurship Congress. Jonathan Ortmans is its founder and president.
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- Non-profit
- Founders
- Jonathan Ortmans
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC, US
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- 200 countries
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