Global Entrepreneurship Week 2016

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship with more than 10 million participants from over 160 countries on six continents. During one week each November, GEW inspires people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to raise awareness in entrepreneurship. World leaders and local elected officials alike have embraced the GEW campaign. During 2015 alone, presidents and prime ministers from 20 countries supported GEW while 93 ministers from 54 countries participated by speaking at activities during the Week, filming statements of support or otherwise endorsing the national campaigns in their countries.

This 2016, the Young Entrepreneurs’ Society, Philippines, the country host of the GEW and its global theme “Failing Forward” is partnership with Miriam College/Department of Entrepreneurship, A CHED designated Center of Excellence, which is also the UNESCO EE Net Philippine Chapter and its student organization, the Society of Junior Entrepreneurs (SJE), Quezon City, organized the campus student activities titled: "Creative Solutions Mindset".

This global affair takes the Philippines to an engaging gathering through a)  Festival of Student Start-up Exhibition and Fair; b)   Creative Solution Mindset Bootcamp from idea generation through ;  creative resource and investment generation, and, c)   the Forum as the afternoon highlight. This forum shall engage young and seasoned entrepreneurs and change makers for their insightful, inspiring or tipping point lessons from the challenges and adversities in dealing with the realities of ventures start-ups - as the mining process for success.  Other treats are lined up like networking, hang-outs with notable entrepreneurs, and visit to the new Henry Sy Sr. Innovation Center (HSSIC), Miriam College, among others.

Transformational agents, experts, institutions and student groups collaborated and supported the Boot Camps by co-conducting the MC SJE organized student activities.  .Likewise,  messages  of  endorsement and  support from notable entrepreneurs,  respected officials, statespersons, educators and students alike  are documented  as part of the  national campaigns  of  a supportive ecosystem for building nations and societies.