Philip Auerswald, Founding Executive Director of the Global Entrepreneurship Research Network, was one of the speakers at Startup Istanbul 2015 Conference. In his stage presentation, he talked about one of the most important elements of the thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems – the growth sector – and precisely, the lack of it. He also talked about the role of policy and government strategy in entrepreneurship and highlighted the importance of structured data and analysis in the process of defining and endeavoring different entrepreneurship ecosystems.