Oct 27, 2010
More than 1,300 U.S. organizations in all 50 states – including top universities, non-profit organizations, successful entrepreneurs, government agencies and corporate sponsors – are collaborating to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2010, Nov. 15 - 21.
National
Oct 22, 2010
Part of a series of profiles on Global Entrepreneurship Week's Global and National Partners Every nine seconds someone in the U.S. drops out of high school. The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (www.nfte.com) is trying to change that statistic. “(Entrepreneurship) is an engagement program,”...
National
Oct 20, 2010
Global Mind Games, a producer of social games that provoke debate and inspire real-world change, is partnering with Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) to launch Global Innovation Game (GiG) – a free, online and interactive game that encourages entrepreneurial collaboration and meaningful...
National
Oct 20, 2010
If a day on Richard Branson’s private island as part of a Maverick Business Adventure to network with successful entrepreneurs wasn’t enough incentive for entrepreneurs on the verge of starting a new venture, Startup Open now has another prize to offer contestants. Two entrepreneurs will win a...
Oct 20, 2010
Guest post from: Adam Pracht, Coordinator of Development Communications for McPherson College Ask Lane Allison about his experience at McPherson College and he gives a concise answer. “If I had to sum it up in one word, it would be ‘Opportunity,’” he said. In his three years at the small liberal...
National
Oct 19, 2010
Part of a series of profiles on Global Entrepreneurship Week's Global and National Partners Not only is entrepreneurship becoming a more popular career choice for young people, but in the eyes of Ed Davis, executive director of DECA (www.deca.org), every young person needs some...
Oct 18, 2010
Why are we focused on Global Entrepreneurship Week throughout the year? Take a look at the following statistics from the Kauffman Foundation's Fast Facts on Entrepreneurship and the Economy:
Oct 15, 2010
Voting is now open for the 2010 Tulsey Awards. Tulsa entrepreneurs were nominated in ten separate Tulsey categories: Civic, Emerging, Entertainment, Franchise, Green, Interactive, Legend, Restaurateur, Serial and Young. The entrepreneur with the most votes will then receive the coveted Entrepreneur...
National
Oct 13, 2010
While the global financial crisis impacted almost all new entrepreneurs, it began in developed countries and hit their entrepreneurs harder. As a result, in richer countries, new business creation dropped sharply amid the crisis. In contrast, new business registrations in many low-income countries...
Oct 12, 2010
Around the world so many people are involved in so many ways to help entrepreneurs. But there is no easy way for entrepreneurs or organizations to learn about what is being done where. And there is no easy way for the local leaders of entrepreneurial organizations to learn what they need...
