"What Would You Fix?" Public Campaign
A Global Entrepreneurship Week entry-point campaign inviting the public to submit the one thing they would fix if they could — in their street, their workplace, their school, or their healthcare system. Submissions are collected publicly, the best are featured across Global Entrepreneurship Week communications, and submitters are invited to a follow-on event where they learn that their frustration is the starting point for a real solution — and that Global Entrepreneurship Week can help them take that first step.
"Parents Who Build" Community Networking Event
A relaxed networking event held in a school or community setting, celebrating the informal solutions parents have already built — WhatsApp groups, childcare cooperatives, neighbourhood food networks — and explicitly naming them as entrepreneurship. The event provides a peer community, signposting to support, and a low-friction next step for those who want to formalise or scale what they have started.
"What Would You Build?" Public Participation Installation
An interactive public installation placed in a high-footfall public space during Global Entrepreneurship Week — a 'sticky note wall', a chalk board, a digital kiosk, or a simple postbox — inviting passersby to answer one question: 'What would you build if you knew you could?' Responses are photographed, aggregated, and shared publicly, creating a visible public conversation about local needs and ideas while giving the general public a tiny, frictionless way to participate in Global Entrepreneurship Week.
"Builders in Our Community" School Take-Home Campaign
A campaign delivered through schools in the form of a simple take-home resource during Global Entrepreneurship Week — a conversation starter, a short family activity, and a local event listing — designed to make entrepreneurship a dinner table conversation for families who would never otherwise encounter it. Teachers are encouraged to introduce Global Entrepreneurship Week in one class or assembly, and parents are invited to participate in a free community event or connect with a local resource.
"Behind Every Business You Love" Local Founder Celebration
A public celebration event held in a town square, market, or community centre that puts faces and stories to the businesses local people already use and love — the bakery, the childminder, the mechanic, the food market stall. The event requires zero prior interest in entrepreneurship and is structured as a community celebration rather than a business conference, with a simple physical prompt ('Which local business couldn't you live without?') driving social sharing.
"Side Hustle" Pop-Up Market
A one-day public market event during Global Entrepreneurship Week that gives young people with existing side projects a free stall to sell, display, or demonstrate what they have built. Creates a visible, public celebration of young enterprise in the community while offering informal business support and mentor drop-ins throughout the day.
"First Step" Story Campaign
A user-generated content push asking established entrepreneurs to share the single first step they took — not their success story, but the scary, ordinary moment before it. Lowers the perceived barrier for people on the fence.
Founders Trail
Get independent local businesses to display a Global Entrepreneurship Week sign during the week, publish a self-guided map of the trail, and offer local press a built-in photo opportunity, a community activity, and a ready-made feature about the people who already built something on their high street.
Startup Weekend
Techstars Startup Weekend is a creative and collaborative three-day educational event where anyone can develop and pitch new startup ideas. It's about pitching, business model creation, prototyping, designing, and market validation, in a friendly and supportive team environment. All in just 54 hours.
Learn more: https://www.techstars.com/communities/startup-weekend