Payroll Tax Holiday & the G20 Summit
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Jun 27, 2010
I suggested in my blog on entrepreneurship.org following President Obama’s Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship earlier this year that what we now need is for routine global ministerial level economic meetings to concentrate on policies that encourage the...
Updates from Around the World
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Jun 15, 2010
A lot has been happening recently relating to Global Entrepreneurship Week. Here is a snapshot of some of that activity — as reported from the global blog at unleashingideas.org:
Semifinalists Named for Cleantech Open
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Jun 15, 2010
As a part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Global Cleantech Open Ideas Competition seeks out the best early-stage clean technology ideas and helps turn them into successful companies. Powering the Ideas Competition is the team behind its “parent” contest...
Finalists Announced for Tulsa Spirit Award During GEW/USA
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Jun 09, 2010
While we were moving into the second day of the Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA Partners Forum — and after I had just spoken with Sean Griffin about all the great things the Collaboratorium is lining up for GEW in November — I saw this press...
Missouri HS Students to Compete During GEW/USA
Posted by GEW/USA staff
May 25, 2010
According to a recent article from the Southeast Missourian, area high school students will compete for $10,000 in prizes in a business plan competition during Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA — from November 15 - 21, 2010. The contest, sponsored by the...
Ten9Eight Finalist for VH1 Award
Posted by GEW/USA staff
May 24, 2010
Last year, Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA featured an inspiring new film about a small group of inner city teens competing against one another in an annual business plan competition hosted by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).
Oklahoma Tops in US for Entrepreneurship
Posted by GEW/USA staff
May 24, 2010
A recent study by the Kauffman Foundation highlighted by the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship shows that entrepreneurial activity in the US is as high now as it has been in the past 14 years — including the dot-com boom of the late ’90s.
Why Entrepreneurship?
Posted by GEW/USA staff
May 12, 2010
The following is an excerpt from President Barack Obama’s speech on the opening day of the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship: Now, I know some have asked — given all the security and political and social challenges we face, why a summit on...
Canada awarded Country of the Year for GEW2009
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Mar 30, 2010
While each of the 88 countries involved in Global Entrepreneurship Week in 2009 had inspiring and unique campaigns, when it came time to chose the top country, the choice was clear: Canada. The Canadians combined inspiring events with effective media outreach and...
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