GEW USA News (GEW Day 4 | November 11)

HSC Innovates for GEW 2021 Fort Worth, Texas
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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.

  • Sisters to Discuss Experiences as Part of Global Entrepreneurship Week
    (Penn State University // State College, PA)
    Corniel and Cancelmo are entrepreneurs, or “sister-preneurs,” who launched DN Organics, a natural hair care line created to empower women; and they participated in an entrepreneurship panel discussion titled “Leveraging Entrepreneurial Experience to Maximize Professional Success,” for GEW on Wednesday, Nov. 10. 

  • ‘You’ll never get better unless you start’: What Pittsburgh Founders Wish They Knew Before Launching
    (Technical.ly // Pittsburgh, PA)
    At Global Entrepreneurship Week's Steel City Startups Event, homegrown tech entrepreneurs shared lessons in perseverance and pivots.

  • Local GEW Event Inspires Kansas City Entrepreneurs
    (Fox4 KC // Kansas City, KS)
    Jenny Miller from KC Sourcelink shares what this week GEW KC is about and what it mean for entrepreneurs across the metro. 

  • Startup Grind Celebrates #GEW2021 Around the Globe
    (GEN Global // U.S.)
    Startup Grind chapters in 28 countries are celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week with activities for entrepreneurs in their communities. These activities include workshops, panels, and fireside chats educating entrepreneurs about topics ranging from B-corps, to marketing, to venture funding and more.

  • Pitt x CMU x Duquesne PDMA Student Pitch Competition
    (Patch // U.S)
    Pittsburgh's Chapter of the Product Development and Management Association will help celebrate Pitt and CMU’s Global Entrepreneurship Week by sponsoring yet another exciting student pitch competition.

  • Join the GEW Michigan Women Entrepreneurs Conference
    (Michigan Association for Female Entrepreneurs // Redford, MI)
    Held in conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Women Entrepreneurs Conference is an annual business conference that brings together women entrepreneurs, business experts, government and community leaders to support and celebrate women in business.

  • 1 Million Cups Chapters Celebrate GEW Around the Country
    (GEN Global // U.S.)
    During Global Entrepreneurship Week, more than a dozen 1 Million Cups chapters are participating in the celebration. In addition to their regular sessions, some chapters are hosting special GEW editions.

  • WATCH: GEN, FedEx, ICIC Webinar titled 'Building Connections, Building Capacity'
    (GEN Global // U.S.)
    On Nov. 10, the Global Entrepreneurship Network partnered with FedEx and Inner City Capital Connections for a panel discussion with entrepreneurs who have leveraged executive education programs as well as the small business resources offered by FedEx to grow, innovate, and scale their business as they expand nationally and internationally.