US Embassies Embrace GEW Around the World
Posted by Mark Marich (GEW global)
Feb 22, 2012
Involvement from U.S. embassies in Global Entrepreneurship Week increased sharply last November. According to the U.S. State Department, more than 40 embassies and consulates supported and participated in local GEW events.
GEW Rwanda: An Entrepreneurial Movement For An Entrepreneurial Nation
Posted by Mark Marich (GEW global)
Feb 22, 2012
Eighteen years after civil war ravaged this small, landlocked country in East Africa, Rwanda is rebuilding its society and economy based upon the principles of entrepreneurship: innovation, teamwork, persistence. Tremendous strides have been made in improving basic human welfare;...
GEW: All around the world, all around Ecuador
Posted by Mark Marich (GEW global)
Feb 21, 2012
There is a word being used around the world that is ‘in vogue’: entrepreneurship. This worldwide attraction is mainly due to the appeal towards being your own boss and to have the freedom to fulfill your own dreams. In order to achieve this, there are movements that have been...
From Grassroots to Rooftops: GEW 2011 Makes Canada Shine
Posted by Mark Marich (GEW global)
Feb 15, 2012
From grassroots to rooftops, GEW Canada 2011 makes Canada shine! From November 14 to 20, 2011, the Canada Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) once again championed an outstanding Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) as Canada’s official host! At CYBF, we know that entrepreneurship h...
A LOOK BACK AT GSEA 2011
Posted by Mark Marich (GEW global)
Jan 11, 2012
From April to October, more than 2,000 students from 42 countries competed in the 2011 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), a global competition for high school, undergraduate and graduate students who own and operate businesses while attending college or university. An En...
GEW Spotlights High-growth Women’s Entrepreneurship
Posted by Jonathan Ortmans
Jan 04, 2012
All of us at GEW Global are so proud of all the organizers behind Startup Weekend. As several blog posts on this site have described, GEW 2011 was an excellent year for Startup Weekend’s around the world. Beyond all the great energy and startups coming out of this effort, its...
GEW/Kenya Opens at Kenyatta University
Posted by Mark Marich (GEW global)
Dec 27, 2011
Peter Kenneth, Assistant Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, was on hand during the launch of GEW/Kenya at Kenyatta University in Nairobi. He delivered the following remarks:
Cape Verde PM, Ministers Support GEW
Posted by Mark Marich (GEW global)
Dec 27, 2011
Prime Minister Jose Maria Pereira Neves announced his support for Global Entrepreneurship Week in a video released ahead of the opening session in Cape Verde. His statement was echoed by similar statements from Humberto Brito, Minister for Tourism, Industry and Energy and Janira ...
1 … 2 …3 … 46 START! Businesses on the way
Posted by Mark Marich (GEW global)
Dec 19, 2011
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 has marked the launch of the START! Business program, a national entrepreneurship education initiative implemented by Junior Achievement Romania in partnership with the Romanian Commercial Bank to help teams of motivated students in turning their...
HAITI’S FIRST GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DAY LINKS BUSINESS LEADERS WITH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Posted by Mark Marich (GEW global)
Dec 16, 2011
It seemed fitting that the first speaker at the first-ever Global Entrepreneurship Day in Haiti was Mathias Pierre, who rose from the ranks of the poor to launch a successful information technology business. “Entrepreneurship is the antidote to poverty,” Pierre said in an int...
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