Spending a few days in Moscow last week where I spoke at the G20 Young Entrepreneur Alliance Summit, I found a dynamic and outward facing city with startup communities as vibrant as any in Europe. I check on things in Russia on the eve of this Thursday’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and on the heels of an announcement yesterday that Russia will convene the next Global Entrepreneurship Congress (March 17-20, 2014) only a few yards from the entrance to the Kremlin in the historic Moscow Manege.

Like so many of you, yesterday I called my father honoring that wonderful tradition of stopping to take the time to say thank you to our dad. As I arrive home from Russia, I am reminded that for him the Soviet Union was a Cold War enemy. Had he been with me last week, how he would have been surprised to see clean renovated historical landmark buildings side by side with modern glass skyscrapers, a thriving market-based economy and local and national government leaders hosting entrepreneurs and international business leaders from all the G20 countries.

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