GEW USA News (GEW Day 2 | November 9)

The Global Entrepreneurship Week USA team will share a daily roundup during GEW of amazing activities and events making the news across the country.
Julia
DiLeo

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) USA works to gather entrepreneurs across the country – bringing new audiences together and strengthening the connections of local ecosystems everywhere.

The GEW USA team will share a daily roundup of some of the amazing activities and events being planned and happening across the United States. 

Through the GEW Daily Roundup, you will find a collection of 'country-wide picks' that explore each of the four themes for this year's celebration: EducationEcosystemsPolicy and Inclusion. Take a look at the recent press coverage.

  • Village Capital Offers Free Tool to Support Entrepreneurs During #GEW2021
    (GEN Global // Washington D.C.)
    Abaca helps you take an assessment of your company’s overall investment readiness. It benchmarks your company from Level 1, a founding team and an idea, to Level 9, a market-leading company, and its matching algorithm finds appropriate resources for your startup – and this Global Entrepreneurship Week, entrepreneurs can get started for free.

  • World Woman Foundation Joins GEW as Global Strategic Partner
    (WWF // Los Angeles, CA)
    World Woman Foundation will celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week on November 8-14 by hosting “Women Entrepreneurs Redefining The Global Reset Session," which will take place virtually on November 13.

  • The Greater Des Moines Partnership Collects Startup Stories to Share During Global Entrepreneurship Week
    (DSM USA // Des Moines, IO)
    The Greater Des Moines Partnership has collected stories from people within the startup community to share during Global Entrepreneurship Week in an effort to celebrate the community of creators and entrepreneurs to amplify the message that Iowa is a place to start something. 

  • Fort Worth’s Global Entrepreneurship Week Returns
    (Fort Worth Government // Fort Worth, TX)
    During 2020, Fort Worth’s Global Entrepreneurship Week was the largest celebration of its kind in the world with 93 sessions, more than 140 speakers and 1,593 total attendees. This year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week will feature both virtual and in-person events, with many of the in-person events taking place at the GEW basecamp.

  • Global Entrepreneurship Week Taking Place in Kansas City
    (KSHB News // KC, KS)
    KCSourceLink is helping organize and host a series of networking events, workshops, and question and answer sessions for Global Entrepreneurship Week. The sessions are offered online, in-person and in a hybrid style.

  • Minnesota State Mankato taking part in Global Entrepreneurship Week
    (KEYC News Now // Mankato, MN)
    Now through Friday, the university will host several events to educate community members about business and economics. They will cover a variety of topics ranging from marketing on TikTok to starting a business during the pandemic.

  • Innovation Works Begins Startup Recipes Series of DIY Guides for Founders
    (Pittsburgh Inno // Pittsburgh, PA)
    In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Pittsburgh-based, Innovation Works announced it is now serving up its first installment of Startup Recipes — a new series of do-it-yourself guides for founders looking to start a company and attract customers.

  • TRUE Initiative Announces Online Entrepreneurs Week Events
    (Pacific Inno // HI)
    As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the TRUE Initiative of the Hawaii Executive Collaborative is putting on two free virtual events to assist businesses. Today, the collaborative held a half-hour discussion on tech tips for the Microsoft Teams platform. On Wednesday, information technology service company DataHouse will lead a one-hour discussion on innovating in the workplace.

  • Four Loyola Students Named University Innovation Fellows
    (Loyola University Maryland // Baltimore, MD)
    Four Loyola University Maryland students have been selected as University Innovation Fellows (UIF) by Stanford University. The students participated in a six-week online training experience during which they analyzed their campus ecosystems and learned how to recognize the needs of their peers and the perspective of educators from across disciplines.