Cristina Fernandez, director for policy & research at GEN, on developments within Startup Nations at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Medellin, Colombia.

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3. Cristina A. Fernandez
Director, Policy & Research, Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)
STARTUP NATIONS

4. What is Startup Nations?
A global platform for startup-
savvy advisors to the public
sector on policies and smarter
programming.

5. Executive Committee
• Startup Canada
• Startup Malaysia
• Startup Korea
• National Institute of the Entrepreneur (INADEM) -
Mexico

6. Startup Nations Members
• 72 countries and growing

7. Startup Nations Members

8. Member Highlights
• Mariano Mayer (Argentina): from the local to
national
• Walther Morales (Guatemala): author and promoter
of his country’s National Entrepreneurship Policy
• Mari Vavulski (Estonia): e-Residency

9. Strategic Objectives
• Knowledge-sharing: access to the collective knowledge
and experience of policymakers across the world.
o Startup Nations Summit (SNS)
o Dedicated Basecamp group
o Focus groups
• Resource: a means to capitalize on existing knowledge and
unearth new, experimental approaches.
o Startup Nations Atlas of Policies (SNAP)
o Connection to the Global Entrepreneurship Research Network (GERN)

10. Strategic Objectives
• Recognition: help policy influencers gain global
recognition for their efforts to champion innovative startup
policies.
– Startup Nations Awards:
o For Local Policy Leadership
o For National Policy Leadership
o For Groundbreaking Policy Thinking
• Secure high-level support for our ecosystems through
Ministerial engagement via our members.

11. How can you be more active?
• Submitting a SNAP entry
• Referring us to policy advisors
• Expanding engagement of Ministers
• Participate in the GEC SN Unconference this
Wednesday!
– Dave Moskovitz: dave@startup.org.nz

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