Global Entrepreneurship Week is coming Nov. 13-19, 2023, with events (add yours here) reaching communities in all 50 states. Below, campaign hosts from around the country share how entrepreneurs are living and thriving where they are, and what makes a community a home to those with big ideas and bubbling ambitions.
Listen to their stories, and get involved at www.gew.co.
Virginia
"Entrepreneurs thrive here at Marymount University because of our amazing professors."
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"Entrepreneurs thrive here because we are focused, we work hard to achieve everything that we have planned, and we are passionate. In this way we can achieve all goals."
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Indiana
"Entrepreneurs thrive here because we are a connected ecosystem that cares about success."
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Iowa
"Entrepreneurs thrive here because of our innovative, creative, highly educated, and hard-working students, faculty, and citizens, and our great entrepreneurial ecosystems anchored by the statewide network of John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers."
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Florida
"Entrepreneurs thrive here because of our vibrant community and people here want you to succeed."
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"Entrepreneurs thrive here because we're a community that collaborates together to help entrepreneurs get from where they're at to where they want to be."
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North Carolina
"Entrepreneurs thrive here because we collaborate."
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Oklahoma
"Entrepreneurs thrive here because we're a collaborative community always working together and you're usually about two people away from creating the next big thing."
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"Entrepreneurs thrive here because we have the resources, infrastructure, and hands-on support that you need to turn your napkin idea into a business creating real impact in our city."
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New Jersey
"Entrepreneurs thrive here because we offer resources, seed funding, support, networking, growth opportunities, mentorship, workshops, innovation, and community."
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Michigan
"Entrepreneurs thrive here because we work together and innovate."
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"Entrepreneurs thrive here because we support entrepreneurs where they are."
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Washington, D.C.
"Entrepreneurs thrive here because of its competitiveness. There are a lot of startup business headquarters and corporations. The competitive market makes entrepreneurs more ambitious and more hardworking."
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Louisiana
"Entrepreneurs thrive here because we have a great startup ecosystem, we have resources and people who genuinely want to help, and we are culturally rich and have a ton of ideas."
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"Entrepreneurs thrive here because there are people who care about each other. We have a beautiful location and beautiful people."
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