Gorinas attends Global Entrepreneur Summit in Hyderbad, India
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HURON – Kristi (Swisher) Gorinas is back home in Atlanta after having been selected as the runner-up in her industry at a global entrepreneurial competition in India. The Huron native has set a goal of marketing her unique product – Defendables Wearable Self-Defense – by next summer.
The two and a half day summit in late November attracted dozens of industry-specific breakout sessions featuring world-renowned chief executive officers and experts who were on hand to assist entrepreneurs and start-ups move through their journey, Gorinas said.
More than 300 investors from dozens of countries attended the networking sessions. She said they provided valuable advice for funding options for the entrepreneurial products.
Gorinas flew to India as a U.S. delegate chosen by the State Department.
Out of nearly 20,000 applicants, Gorinas was one of about 320 U.S. delegates invited to attend. About 150 State Department personnel joined Ivanka Trump at the summit.
“The Global Entrepreneur Summit in Hyderbad, India, was a much bigger international event than I had even imagined,” Gorinas said.
Photo:Huron native Kristi (Swisher) Gorinas, third from left, is shown with other finalists in the product pitch competition at the Global Entrepreneur Summit in Hyderbad, India, in late November.
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