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ENDEAVOR IMPACT REPORT 2012 – 2013 EGYPT Endeavor Egypt supports 28 entrepreneurs from 16 companies. Endeavor Egypt companies employ, on average, 278 people. ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT Ahmed Hindawi company Hindawi Publishing Corporation selected 2010 industry Publishing employees at selection ENDEAVOR MAIN OFFICE CAIRO (2008) 335 employees 2013 1,000 revenue at selection $2.7m revenue 2012 $13.5m news With the goal of encouraging reading in impoverished areas, Diwan Bookstore donated children's and young adults' books to underfunded schools as part of their newly-launched charitable program. Endeavor Egypt has built Advisory Boards for more than half of the companies it supports, with plans to build additional boards next year. Amr Shady, the founder of T.A. Telecom and Endeavor Egypt Entrepreneur & Board Member, was profiled in Entrepreneur Country, a British magazine that identifies global entrepreneurship success stories. 50 While completing a PhD in High Energy Physics at the University of Pennsylvania, Ahmed Hindawi saw an opportunity in academic publishing. Upon returning to Cairo, Ahmed abandoned plans to be a physicist in favor of becoming an entrepreneur. Today, his eponymous company, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, publishes over 500 English‐language peer‐reviewed scholarly journals—primarily on scientific, technical, and medical topics—through an Open Access platform that swaps subscriptions with author processing charges to make articles freely available. Ahmed is an ambitious and inspiring entrepreneur committed to creating jobs in a country still regaining its footing after the 2011 Arab Spring. Since selection by Endeavor, he has worked closely with his Endeavor‐formed Advisory Board, pulling in impressive results: Revenues have grown roughly 500% and the number of employees has tripled!