Nov 02, 2011
President Barack Obama just declared November as National Entrepreneurship Month, 2011. The presidential proclamation makes it the second straight year that the White House recognized the efforts of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Oct 30, 2011
More than 60,000 people from 212 countries are vying for only 12 spots in the finals of Your Big Year, held in Liverpool during the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in March 2012. There they will compete for the grand prize--a free trip around the world hitting five continents networking and...
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Oct 28, 2011
Last month, we took a quick look at what Achievers International had planned for Global Entrepreneurship Week. Student groups are making elevator pitch videos about their proposed companies or products. They will also touch upon how they came up with their product ideas and how they intend to...
Oct 28, 2011
Following up on a successful GEW 2010 in the Milwaukee area, Marquette University has planned an exciting slate of events for this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week. Last year, more than 1,300 students, alumni, and members of the Milwaukee community participated in Global Entrepreneurship Week at...
Oct 27, 2011
For McPherson College, Global Entrepreneurship Week is the epicenter of the college’s new Freedom to Jump entrepreneurship initiative. During Global Entrepreneurship Week, the college will officially launch the initiative to the campus community, capping off a full week of exciting...
Oct 26, 2011
Since Global Entrepreneurship Week began in 2008, Rising Tide Capital--led by Alfa Demmallash-- has played a big part by hosting various events in Jersey City.
National
Oct 25, 2011
Global Entrepreneurship Week is only a few weeks away. If you haven't already added your activities to our database, stop reading this and do it now. Seriously. We mean it. In other news from featured events and partners (and others who have added their activities to the GEWUSA database):
Oct 24, 2011
Since Entrepreneurship Week USA began in 2007, Tennessee has been a very active state in terms of the number of partners and events held during the Week (thanks largely to the its Department of Economic Development playing a regional coordinator role). Apparently, the state's commitment to...
Oct 20, 2011
When we last checked in with Startup Weekend in August, the team had announced 30 cities that are hosting their patented 54-hour events during GEW. Apparently, they haven't stopped drumming up interest in other cities.
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Oct 19, 2011
In the search to find tomorrow’s job creators, Startup Open, a competition that searches for startups with the greatest growth potential, unveiled the “GEW 50”—50 of the world’s most innovative new companies. These elite startups will now vie for a host of prizes to be announced on Nov. 14, timed...
