"Internal Innovators" Corporate Innovation Sprint
A one-day internal innovation sprint hosted inside companies during Global Entrepreneurship Week, giving employees a structured process for developing the ideas they have been sitting on. Outputs include a problem statement, a stakeholder map, and a basic solution hypothesis — with an explicit pathway to either internal development or spin-out entrepreneurship depending on the organization's appetite.
"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.
"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.
The Founder Playlist
Commission local founders to each contribute one song that soundtracked a pivotal moment in their journey — a late night of work, a rejection, a breakthrough. Compile it into a public "Entrepreneurs Thrive Here" playlist released during Global Entrepreneurship Week, with each track linked to a short founder story. Distribute through streaming platforms, local radio, and community spaces. Music as an unexpected on-ramp to entrepreneurship stories.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Validate Your Idea in 60 Minutes" Lunchtime Workshop
A tight, practical 60-minute lunchtime workshop that guides participants through one structured customer validation exercise — identifying their assumed customer, forming one testable hypothesis, and designing a conversation they could have with a potential buyer this week. The explicit promise is that no one is asked to quit their job; the goal is a single, concrete insight.