10 Cool Things To Do During Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008 
Prospective entrepreneurs of all kinds who want to participate in Global Entrepreneurship Week have a growing list of diverse, challenging and motivating events to choose from.
2008 World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey Brief
New data about total and newly registered businesses in more than 100
industrial and developing countries suggests that a strong business
environment can encourage entrepreneurial activity. For example, new
firm creation is higher in countries with greater ease in starting a
business (Doing Business 2009) and modernized business registries.
75 Countries will Participate in First-ever Global Celebration of Entrepreneurship
Global Entrepreneurship Week representatives today announced that 75 countries have pledged their support and participation in the Week. This inaugural event, co-founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in the United States and the United Kingdom's Make Your Mark campaign, is expected to involve tens of millions of young people around the world.
Acceleration of U.S. Energy Sector Requires Reform at Every Stage of the Innovation Pipeline
To become a global competitor in the burgeoning clean energy industry, the United States must reform policies and practices all along the innovation pipeline, from research and development to deployment and adoption. That’s according to a report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation released today at the Global Cleantech Open, which was held as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
An Entrepreneurial Generation of 18- to 34-Year-Olds Wants to Start Companies When Economy Rebounds, According to New Poll
In a beleaguered economy, the country needs entrepreneurs – the nation's job creators. Fortunately, a recent poll shows that the so-called millennial generation – those ages 18-34 – are an entrepreneurial bunch. The only thing holding them back is the economy.
An Idea Can Start at Any Age
Fraser Doherty, who launched SuperJam when he was just fourteen, tells how his entrepreneurial spirit drives him to inspire other young entrepreneurs.
Boston Entrepreneurs Take Top Honors in Global Startup Open Competition
Startup Open, a competition for startups with high-growth potential featured as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2011, today announced the two grand prize winners: Kavita Shukla, founder of Fenugreen, and Jason Ethier, founder of Dynamo Micropower. The two Boston-area entrepreneurs were selected from a group of startups dubbed the "GEW 50" announced last month. In selecting the winners, a panel of judges took into account each of the startups' concept, growth projections and knowledge of their industry.
Building Enterprising Cultures Worldwide
Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, says that Global Entrepreneurship Week inspires young people around the world to turn their ideas into reality and
encourages a new and thoroughly international spirit of enterprise.
California Governor to Launch Global Celebration
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Schramm, president and
CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, will kick off the U.S.
observance of the first-ever Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration
at the Governor’s Conference on Small Business & Entrepreneurship,
to be held on November 18 – 19.
Calling All Entrepreneurs: Startup Open Registration Closes Sept. 15
The submissions deadline for Startup Open, a competition that recognizes startups with high-growth potential, is Sept. 15, 2012. Startups can register at www.startopen.com.
Calling All Entrepreneurs: Startup Open Registration Deadline Approaching
The submissions deadline for Startup Open, a featured competition at Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 that recognizes startups with high-growth potential, is now only two weeks away. Startups can register at www.startupopen.com/register until Sept. 15.
Canadian Student and Music Megabusiness Owner Crowned Champion 2009 Global Student Entrepreneur
Simon Fraser University student Milun Tesovic, founder of MetroLyrics.com, has been named champion of the
2009 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards and the recipient of $150,000
in cash and donated services that will help support his company and
development as an entrepreneur.
Collegiate Inventors Competition Recognizes Top Student Inventors
The National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation today announced the 2008 finalists of its Collegiate Inventors Competition. This year's group of finalists includes undergraduate and graduate students from across the country whose inventions show practical applications to meet pressing needs in our society.
Documentary of Inspiring Teen Entrepreneurs to Receive Worldwide Screenings During Global Entrepreneurship Week
A new documentary from award-winning filmmaker Mary Mazzio titled "Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon" will receive screenings around the world as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 16 – 22, 2009.
Empowering Entrepreneurs
The administration's international entrepreneurship effort is being led from the State Department, where we have created the Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP). The Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) catalyzes, coordinates, and consults with private partners and government agencies in the United States and in target countries around six key areas considered essential to creating successful entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Entrepreneurs and Academics Come Together to Address Pressing World Problems at UC Berkeley's First Global Technology Leaders Conference
UC Berkeley will host the inaugural A. Richard Newton Global Technology
Leaders Conference on Thursday, Nov. 20. Bringing together luminaries
from a range of disciplines, the conference will prompt discussions on
the world’s most significant challenges and identify pathways to their
solution in the health sciences, energy and technology fields.
Ernst & Young Launches Its Sponsorship of the Inaugural 2008 Global Entrepreneurship Week
Ernst & Young officially kicked off its global sponsorship of the 2008 Global Entrepreneurship Week (November 17-23, 2008), a first-ever worldwide series of entrepreneurship events, with the help of the Week's founding sponsor, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Fifty Top Startups to be Recognized in Startup Open Competition During Global Entrepreneurship Week
New ventures that will have a "startup moment" during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010, Nov. 15-21, have a chance to compete in Startup Open, a competition for startups with high-growth potential.
First-ever Global Entrepreneurship Week Announced By UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Kauffman Foundation CEO Carl Schramm
Plans for the first Global Entrepreneurship Week were unveiled in London today in a formal announcement by Carl Schramm, president of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and Gordon Brown, prime minister of the United Kingdom. Young Americans who are intrigued by entrepreneurship can join their global counterparts to celebrate and learn about the many opportunities it affords them during this weeklong celebration set for November 17-23, 2008.
Free Webcast: Technology Leaders Develop Roadmap to New Industries
At the inaugural A. Richard Newton Global Technology Leaders Conference, luminaries from a range of disciplines will meet to define the projects and collaborations that will lead to new industries. Held in conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week, the event will be webcast live and free of charge
Friday, November 21
Global Entrepreneurship Week wraps up on Friday with a FastTrac celebration, activities from Chile to Kenya, and a Mentoring Madness webcast.
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008
This week, millions of people around the world join a growing entrepreneurial movement to generate bold new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things. The world's first Global Entrepreneurship Week introduces the notion of enterprising behavior to as many young people as possible, connecting in networks that cross national boundaries, cultures and disciplines.
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 Celebrates the Vital Role Entrepreneurs Play in Innovation, Job Creation and Economic Recovery
This November, young people around the globe will get together to
change the world. That’s when hundreds of organizations worldwide will
be holding events to inspire, connect, mentor and engage young people
and encourage them to pursue entrepreneurial ideas and opportunities.
Global Entrepreneurship Week, the worldwide celebration of creativity
and innovation, will be held Nov. 16 – 22, 2009.
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 Exceeds 1,000 U.S. Partners Across All 50 States
More than 1,000 partners – including top universities, non-profit
organizations, successful entrepreneurs, government agencies and
corporate sponsors – have currently signed up to support and initiate
activities for Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA 2009, Nov. 16 - 22.
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 Update
This week, millions of people around the world join a growing entrepreneurial movement to generate bold new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things. The world's first Global Entrepreneurship Week introduces the notion of enterprising behavior to as many young people as possible, connecting in networks that cross national boundaries, cultures and disciplines.
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 Designed to Create Life-Changing Experiences and Spur Firm Creation Around the Globe
In November, millions of people around the globe will participate in the world's largest celebration of entrepreneurship. Thousands of events in more than 100 countries will celebrate innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 (GEW), Nov. 15-21. Now in its third year, the event will bring together aspiring and inspiring entrepreneurs, helping them embrace originality, imagination and ingenuity through local, national and global activities.
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010: A Look Back
by Jonathan OrtmansPresident, GEW I am happy to report that in its third year, Global Entrepreneurship Week grew by leaps and bounds. As more countries take advantage of this global movement, more minds are pursuing their entrepreneurial dreams. GEW has
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 to Inspire Millions to Celebrate the World’s Key Economic Driver: Entrepreneurship
This fall, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) aims to touch more current and aspiring entrepreneurs around the globe than any event, ever. Thousands of activities in more than 100 countries will teach the power of entrepreneurship by showcasing creativity and innovative thinking. GEW 2011 will be held November 14 – 20, spurring new ideas, ingenuity and firm creation through local, national and global activities
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012
Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world's largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare.
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 Shaping Up to be Biggest Year Yet
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012, the world's largest celebration of entrepreneurship, will be held Nov. 12 – 18 for the fifth consecutive year to encourage existing and aspiring entrepreneurs to unleash innovative ideas, using the marketplace to improve lives and make their mark.
Global Entrepreneurship Week Catalyzes Startup Communities Worldwide, New Kauffman Sketchbook Video Illustrates
Global Entrepreneurship Week is an idea bigger than the thousands of communities around the world that make it up. That idea and the benefits of engaging a global community working to advance entrepreneurship are the subject of the latest Kauffman Foundation animated sketchbook video released today.
Global Entrepreneurship Week Kansas City 2012 Instagram Feed
Check out the photos from 2012's Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration in Kansas City.,
Global Entrepreneurship Week News Page
The world's first Global Entrepreneurship Week introduced the notion of enterprising behavior to as many young people as possible, connecting in networks that cross national boundaries, cultures and disciplines. Inspirational entrepreneurs coached and mentored the next generation of enterprise
Global Entrepreneurship Week Shines a Light On Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), the premier business competition for high school, college and graduate school students, announced that its Global Finals will again be a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW). Founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, GEW is a worldwide celebration of creativity, innovation and ingenuity designed to inspire entrepreneurial thinking and encourage entrepreneurs to launch new ventures. The GSEA finalists represent the growing youth entrepreneurship movement that will fuel future economies.
Global Entrepreneurship Week: Unleashing Ideas Around the Globe
Jonathan Ortmans, Kauffman Senior Fellow, says that Global Entrepreneurship Week will bring young minds together across great divides to
collaborate and create something bigger, something greater, something that can
revolutionize the way we live.
Global Student Competition Initiates Outpouring of Entrepreneurial Ideas
The organizers of the first-ever Global Entrepreneurship Week today
announced the launch of the Global Innovation Tournament. The
competition invites student teams around the world to create as much
value as possible from a common, everyday object in only four days and
present their results in videos posted to YouTube.
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Announce Top Students Slated to Compete at 2009 Global Finals
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), the premier competition for undergraduate students running a business while still in school, today announced the top student entrepreneurs from around the world who are scheduled to compete at the 2009 GSEA Global Finals at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri, during Global Entrepreneurship Week. The students represent 18 countries and some of today’s brightest, most innovative and forward-thinking individuals, laying the foundation for economic turnaround across the globe.
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Global Finals to be a Featured Event of Global Entrepreneurship Week
The Entrepreneurs' Organization's Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), the world's premier competition for students running revenue-generating businesses, will for the fourth consecutive year partner with Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), an initiative founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Named As Featured Event in Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), an Entrepreneurs' Organization program and the world's premier competition for students running revenue-generating businesses, announced today that the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation will host its Global Finals as a featured Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 (GEW) event. The GSEA Global Finals will be held in Kansas City, Mo. on Nov. 17-19, 2010. Thousands of GEW events will take place around the world from Nov. 15-21, 2010.
Global Technology Leaders Conference Live Video
Ideas to be Unleashed Across the Globe on November 17
As Global Entrepreneurship Week nears, Nov. 17 – 23, organizations
around the world are preparing to celebrate, and the numbers of
partners, activities, challenges and more continue to grow.
Kansas City GEW 2011 Stream
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Kauffman Foundation Partners with Startup Weekend to Help Educate Entrepreneurs
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today announced a grant to Startup Weekend, a nonprofit organization focused on educating entrepreneurs through community building, innovation and education. The Kauffman grant supports the development and expansion of the Startup Weekend platform, which hosts 54-hour events that educate aspiring entrepreneurs by immersing them in the process of moving an idea to market.
Kauffman Foundation Podcast: Researchers Present Data on Entrepreneurship Across Globe
Increasing international interest by policy-makers and others in
entrepreneurship has resulted in two new tools for country-level
comparisons of entrepreneurship. In this podcast, global organizations
concerned with advancing entrepreneurship jointly presented their
respective reports to media the week before Global Entrepreneurship
Week, Nov. 17 – 23, 2008.
Kauffman’s Hottest Trending Content in 2012: Research Reports, Infographics and Video Sketchbooks
The Kauffman Foundation has compiled its most popular online content in 2012. Trending topics range from annual startup rates, the geography of high-growth firms and the poor track record of venture capital investment funds to inspiring animated video "Sketchbooks" that feature immigrant entrepreneurs and programs for aspiring founders.
Meet the Race to BE. Finalists
Meet the 15 young fashion, film, and music finalists for the 2008 Race To BE. competition.
Monday, November 17
Monday activities for Global Entrepreneurship Week include events around the globe.
More than 1,300 U.S. Organizations in All 50 States to Participate in Global Entrepreneurship Week 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. Globally, there are expected to be more than 20,000 partners.
More Than 60 Nations Join Global Entrepreneurship Week
A first-ever worldwide entrepreneurship event that is expected to involve millions of young people is taking shape. More than 60 countries have currently signed on to support and initiate activities for Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 17-23, 2008.
New Kauffman Poll Shows Youth Remain Interested in Entrepreneurship Despite Economy
Despite a difficult economic climate, many young Americans are still interested in entrepreneurial pursuits. A Harris Interactive® online poll, conducted on behalf of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, released today in conjunction with the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week , reveals that 40 percent of youth ages eight to 24 would like to start a business at some future point, or already have done so.
New Kauffman Sketchbook Tells Entrepreneurs to Get Started
Geoffrey Clapp, who serves as a mentor and advisor to numerous startups in software technology and healthcare IT, provides wide-ranging advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in a Kauffman Sketchbook sketchbook video released on day three of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012.
New Survey Shows that a Good Regulatory Environment Can Boost Entrepreneurial Activity in Developing Countries
New data about total and newly registered businesses in more than 100
industrial and developing countries suggests that a strong business
environment can encourage entrepreneurial activity. For example, new
firm creation is higher in countries with greater ease in starting a
business (Doing Business 2009) and modernized business registries.
President Obama Proclaims November 19th National Entrepreneurs' Day During Global Entrepreneurship Week
The President of the United States and his Administration have sent a strong signal in support of the entrepreneurs who power the national economy. They announced November 19th as National Entrepreneurs’ Day in conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week. The effort to claim the day was spearheaded by the Grasshopper Entrepreneur Movement. The Kauffman Foundation is the U.S. organization behind Global Entrepreneurship Week, which runs from Nov. 15 to 21.
President Obama Proclaims Support for Entrepreneurship Week
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
Russell Simmons Announces Winners of Nationwide ‘Race To Be’ Entrepreneurship Competition
Entrepreneur and artist Russell Simmons today announced the winners of
the nationwide creative entrepreneurship competition, the Race to BE.
The winning filmmaker, music artist and fashion designer were among
fifteen finalists who took Los Angeles, Austin and New York City by
storm as they competed in the signature U.S. event for the worldwide
initiative Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Search for 50 Startups with High-Growth Potential Begins with Launch of 2011 Startup Open Competition
Startup Open, a competition that recognizes startups with high-growth potential, has launched its search for the 50 most promising new startups around the world as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2011. The "GEW 50" will be announced on Oct. 15, 2011, with those companies then competing for the top honors and prizes.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Issues Statement of Support for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009
Quoting President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address, Secretary Clinton
reconfirmed the administration's commitment to boosting
entrepreneurship both in the United States and in other countries,
where talent is widespread, but opportunity often is not. Secretary
Clinton also praised the Kauffman Foundation, a co-founder of the Week,
for its efforts to foster growth and opportunity during a difficult
economic time.
Startup Open Announces Top Prizes, Including Trip to Liverpool for Global Entrepreneurship Congress and Mentoring Program with Redbox Founders
Startup Open aims to answer a question plaguing economists, investors and Main Street alike: Who are the next generation of entrepreneurs that will grow to become tomorrow's Google, Apple or Facebook? Startup Open is a competition that recognizes the "GEW 50," a group of 50 companies deemed to have the greatest chance of growing into game-changing firms that will move markets and create jobs.
Startup Open Competition Recognizes 50 Most Promising Startups from Around the World
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." The GEW 50 is a list of the world's 50 most innovative new companies. These elite startups will now vie for a host of prizes to be announced on Nov. 14, timed with the kick-off to Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2011. GEW is a global celebration of innovative and enterprising activity that was founded by the Kauffman Foundation.
Startup Open Competition Recognizes 50 Promising New Startups
In the search to find some of the best and brightest new startups around the world, Global Entrepreneurship Week today announced the "GEW 50" —a list of the 50 most innovative new companies competing in the Startup Open, a competition that recognizes startups with high-growth potential.
