Outside of the Silicon Valley bubble

In the sweltering July heat, entrepreneurs from around the world were in Beirut pitching to join the Endeavor network. Founded in 1997 as a non-profit support network for entrepreneurs (focused on Argentina and Chile), Endeavor is now assisting founders of young companies in 27 countries around the world (including Lebanon since 2011). In 2012, the non-profit adjusted its model by raising investment funds to co-invest in its entrepreneurs alongside lead investors. Executive sat down with Endeavor CEO and Co-founder Linda Rottenberg to discuss the state of global entrepreneurship. E   Earlier this year, Amazon bought the Saudi-based e-commerce platform Souq.com. Souq had previously raised a finance round, pushing its valuation past the $1 billion mark, and earning it the moniker “unicorn.” The woman who first used this term found 39 unicorns born between 2003 and 2013. In the four years since, there are more than 200, depending on which lists