US Embassies Embrace GEW Around the World
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Feb 22, 2012
Involvement from U.S. embassies in Global Entrepreneurship Week increased sharply last November. According to the U.S. State Department, more than 40 embassies and consulates supported and participated in local GEW events.
A Look Back at GSEA 2011
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Jan 11, 2012
From April to October, more than 2,000 students from 42 countries competed in the 2011 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), a global competition for high school, undergraduate and graduate students who own and operate businesses while attending college or university. An En...
GEW Spotlights High-growth Women’s Entrepreneurship
Posted by Jonathan Ortmans
Jan 04, 2012
All of us at GEW Global are so proud of all the organizers behind Startup Weekend. As several blog posts on this site have described, GEW 2011 was an excellent year for Startup Weekend’s around the world. Beyond all the great energy and startups coming out of this effort, its...
VP Biden Announces Partnership with GEW
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Dec 07, 2011
At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden announced a partnership that would move the future Summits to the opening day of Global Entrepreneurship Week starting next November.
LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP FROM GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Dec 06, 2011
As we close Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 and Startup Weekend’s Global Startup Battle, I would like to take a moment to reflect on some lessons in leadership that emerged during the past 2 weeks.
And the Winner of Global Startup Battle is...
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 29, 2011
Startup Weekend Hong Kong team Awesome Ship! Congratulations! According to the Hong Kong Startup Weekend blog, Awesome Ship helps “improve their customers’ satisfaction by actively tracking their packages, no matter which courier service is being used, and notifying them of a...
We Are All Entrepreneurs
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 22, 2011
Our nation’s capital kicked off Global Entrepreneurship Week on Monday with the sound of a gong rung by student entrepreneurs at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. The event was the formal start to D.C. Entrepreneurship Week.
NFTE Announces Winners of World Series of Innovation
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 22, 2011
The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), an international non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring young people from low-income communities to stay in school and to recognize business opportunities, announced the winners of the 2011 World Series of Innovation, pres...
South African Senior Wins GSEA
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 20, 2011
Ludwick Marishane, founder of Headboy Industries and senior at the University of Cape Town in South Africa came out on top of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. In a competition that began with nearly 2,000 students from 42 countries, Marishane will share in the half mi...
Charlotte County (FL) Proclaims Global Entrepreneurship Week
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 19, 2011
Thanks to the efforts of the Charlotte County Economic Development Office in Florida, the county has formally proclaimed November 14-20, 2011, as Global Entrepreneurship Week. The text of the proclamation is below: CHARLOTTE COUNTY FLORIDAPROCLAMATION Whereas, Charlot...
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