The three-day Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017 started on Tuesday, November 28, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump — who jointly inaugurated the event in Hyderabad — calling for more women across the world to become entrepreneurs.
This is the 8th GES, meant to bring together entrepreneurs, investors and ecosystem supporters for mentoring, networking and investment matchmaking. This is the first time that the event is being held in South Asia.
Here are the key takeaways from the Ivanka Trump and Narendra Modi speeches at the summit:
1. Women