Inspiration from StartupWeekend Boise
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Jan 05, 2010
Of the many people inspired by StartupWeekend Boise, which took place last November as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009, were Don Dietrich and Brian Dickens.
In Oklahoma, entrepreneurship is more than OK
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Dec 01, 2009
Dozens of aspiring entrepreneurs came out for a networking event and panel discussion held November 16, as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The event was sponsored by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, OKStartup.com, the University of Oklahoma Center for...
Virginia teens learn about entrepreneurship from local business owners
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 25, 2009
It was all about reaching out to fellow classmates during GEW at Chantilly and Marshall High Schools in Northern Virginia. While entrepreneurship and DECA students already know about the possibility of being your own boss after graduation, they used the five...
Tales from a Wisconsinite in Macedonia
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 24, 2009
While the University of Wisconsin hosted a top-notch week of activities during Global Entrepreneurship Week, Joan Gillman decided to go a few steps further, and turn her GEW experience into a truly global one.
Michigan Gov. Granholm endorses GEW
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 24, 2009
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm of Michigan endorsed Global Entrepreneurship Week last week, telling those in her state that now is the time to take a chance and become an entrepreneur. Michigan was one of the most active states in this year's GEW, with almost 100...
Miami students, alumni give their quickest pitches
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 20, 2009
After two days of 60-second product pitches, University of Miami students and alumni eagerly await the judges' decisions for the school's Elevator Pitch contest.
DECA students gain net worth out of networking
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 20, 2009
DECA's first-ever Speednetwork the Globe event in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week was a success!
Global Entrepreneurship Week - #GEW - invades Twitter
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 20, 2009
Over the last week we have seen Global Entrepreneurship Week grow into an entrepreneurial movement across the globe. There have been activities in communities in more than 90 countries. People have been following the news about GEW in our newsroom. But that has...
Tesovic of Canada named Global Student Entrepreneur Award winner
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 20, 2009
Twenty-four-year-old Milun Tesovic was named the winner of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Thursday in Kansas City
President Barack Obama proclaims support for Entrepreneurship Week
Posted by GEW/USA staff
Nov 20, 2009
As Global Entrepreneurship Week comes to a close in the US and 88 countries around the world, U.S. President Barack Obama has issued a proclamation supporting those efforts, proclaiming November 16 - 22 to be a National Entrepreneurship Week.
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