Happy Global Entrepreneurship Week from wegg®

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Happy Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) which is an annual, international initiative that celebrates and supports entrepreneurs through a week of events, competitions, and activities held in November.

The week-long event runs for one week each November.  For 2025, it is November 17-23.  

It's an opportunity for aspiring founders, seasoned business owners, and other innovators to connect with mentors, collaborators, and fellow entrepreneurs.

Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® (wegg®) shared its latest How She Went Global® podcast so the world can discover how a woman business owner takes a business global. 

Check out the offering for GEW here:  https://www.genglobal.org/events/how-she-went-globalr-podcast-produced-women-entrepreneurs-grow-global.  Go direct to wegg's website to listen to the podcast with Jackie Samuelson, Founder of Alpha Lady, LLC here.

Learn more about the Global Entrepreneurship Network.  Have fun!

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW): November 16-22, 2020

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Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) will cover a variety of topics on such current and future business challenges as how to pivot, rebuild or reopen during COVID-19. 

Discover tens of thousands of events, activities and competitions that are taking place all over the world.

Global Entrepreneurship Week Kickoff 2019

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Headlines from around the world celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week, which removes unnecessary barriers to entrepreneurs in creating and growing new ventures.

• NERv Technology from Canada takes top prize at EWC global finals
• Crown Plaza Partner to invigorate startup ecosystems around the world
• Photo Exhibition at Palais des Nations shows entrepreneurial migrants and refugees
• Mind the Gap: New Index of Dynamic Entrepreneurship (IDE) encourages countries to strive for systemic balance
• Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® weggchat® from USA conducted via Twitter brought women entrepreneurs the world over together to learn what it takes to go global

Let's Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week

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Discover how to get involved in #GEW2018 this November 12-18.  What's Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW)?

During one week each November, thousands of events and competitions in 170 countries inspire millions to engage in entrepreneurial activity while connecting them to potential collaborators, mentors and even investors. Powered by the Kauffman Foundation, the initiative is supported by dozens of world leaders and a network of more than 15,000 partner organizations. GEW is held November 12-18, 2018.

At the Global Small Business Blog, we practice global entrepreneurship every single day of the year.

How do you plan to celebrate?  What will you do to foster entrepreneurship -- join GEW, find an event or create one?

Read more about Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).

New Gen Startup Campus in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Virgin Group founder, Sir Richard Branson, will open the 10th anniversary celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) by participating in the launch of a new startup campus in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The campus is the first one opened by the Global Entrepreneurship Network - offering direct and virtual support services to entrepreneurs throughout Africa as well as access to an international network of mentors, investors and entrepreneurial support organizations.

Learn more ... new Gen startup campus, 22 on Sloane, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Unleash Your Global Entrepreneurial Spirit

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More than 75 countries around the world are launching the first ever Global Entrepreneurship Week (www.unleashingideas.org), November 17-23, 2008.

The brainchild of the Kauffman Foundation, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is an international initiative designed to inspire, inform, mentor, connect and engage entrepreneurs and to encourage them to "unleash" their ideas and solutions on a global, connected marketplace.

Find out more here, join in on the discussions, and spread the good global word.