Turkeyen, Guyana – The Global Entrepreneurship Network is excited to announce the opening of a new Startup Huddle chapter in Turkeyen, Guyana to support the growth of the local startup community while crowdsourcing advice and support for its entrepreneurs. Turkeyen joins a global network of more than 60 Startup Huddle chapters world-wide and hosted its first event on November 25, 2022.
In addition to providing direct support to entrepreneurs, the Startup Huddle program addresses a critical element of success for all entrepreneur ecosystems – connectivity. According to GEN research, startup communities with higher levels of local connectedness translate to an increased number of startups – and that founders with high levels of connectivity grow their revenue twice as fast as those with lower levels.
“Guyana is taking off in terms of new businesses,” said local organizer Kiven Pierre. “The Startup Huddle community can help local entrepreneurs to avoid many of the pitfalls that plague micro and small businesses in the country.”
“I am excited for this because it can create opportunities for entrepreneurs who otherwise would be forced to tackle startup challenges on their own,” he added.
Pierre is also the Assistant Dean at the University of Guyana.
At each Startup Huddle event, local founders give six-minute presentations outlining challenges facing their companies. Each presentation is followed by a 20-minute conversation with an audience of peers, mentors, educators and advisers who provide constructive criticism focused on finding solutions and increasing founder know-how. With new founders cycling through each gathering, and previous presenters joining the audience to give back, the community continues to expand while connections deepen.
“Through this program, our hope is to facilitate the success of micro and small business entrepreneurs, and to enable the formalization and growth of gazelle companies,” said Pierre.
Startup Huddle Turkeyen is supported by the University of Guyana. To learn more about Startup Huddle Turkeyen or to join a local event, visit www.startuphuddle.co.
About Startup Huddle
Run by the Global Entrepreneurship Network in partnership with local organizers, Startup Huddle is a program designed to help one entrepreneur at a time while strengthening the local ecosystem. Entrepreneurs discover challenges to the solutions they face through purposeful engagement with a broad array of voices from their local community. Currently, there are local Startup Huddle chapters in more than 50 cities around the world. For more information, visit www.startuphuddle.co.
About the Global Entrepreneurship Network
The Global Entrepreneurship Network operates projects and programs in 200 countries to make it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. By fostering deeper cross border collaboration and initiatives between entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers and entrepreneurial support organizations, GEN works to fuel healthier start and scale ecosystems that create more jobs, educate individuals, accelerate innovation and strengthen economic growth. For more information, visit www.genglobal.org.