If no one is calling you "crazy," you're probably not thinking big enough. That was the key message from Linda Rottenberg, CEO and co-founder of Endeavor, at the 2011 99% Conference. Hosted by Behance, the conference helps creative professionals "move beyond idea generation into idea execution."
Sep 09, 2011
Why do we all care so much about entrepreneurs and startups that we started an entire movement consisting of 120 countries (and growing) -- Global Entrepreneurship Week -- to celebrate them? Simple. They advance innovation. They create jobs. They build wealth.
Sep 08, 2011
The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) has lined up an impressive list of supporters for its World Series Innovation, a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA.
Sep 08, 2011
Youth Business International (YBI) recently announced that it has been awarded the right to run the Global Entrepreneurship Week campaign in the UK, following a competitive tender by Enterprise UK. “As one of the world's largest networks dedicated to helping young entrepreneurs create their own...
Aug 30, 2011
Since it began in 1996, the Canadian Youth Business Foundation, host of GEW/Canada, has invested in more than 4,500 young Canadians who have established businesses creating more than 17,850 new jobs, $125 million in tax revenue, and hundreds of millions of dollars in sales and export revenues. In...
Aug 22, 2011
Foursquare CEO & co-founder Dennis Crowley will join other young entrepreneurs as ambassadors for 'Movers & Changers'--a nationwide challenge to find the next wave of leading entrepreneurs. Competition finalists will be featured in the mtvU short-form series, premiering this fall on...
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Aug 06, 2011
Congratulations to the guys at Startup Weekend, Marc Nager, Clint Nelsen and Franck Nouyrigat, on their new book. Startup Weekend: How to Take a Company from Concept to Creation in 54 Hours will hit bookstore shelves on November 8...
Aug 05, 2011
For the third consecutive year, Startup Weekend will be a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week--leading thousands around the world along the path from concept to creation in 54 hours.
Aug 04, 2011
Eight selected European start-ups will be given the opportunity to present their business plan during 'Meet the Dragons' in an effort to secure an investment up to €1,000,000 during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Organized by HOPE (Holland Program on Entrepreneurship), the host of GEW/...
