Nov 15, 2010
I am currently in Portugal where much has changed since the country joined the EU in 1986. Over these years, Portuguese governments have liberalized some areas of the economy, such as the telecommunications sector, unleashing a wave of opportunity-recognition among its people. At the same time, the...
Nov 15, 2010
The Young Entrepreneurs Sri Lanka's (YESL) Regional Awards Ceremony was held at St. Michael's College Batticaloa on the 15th of November 2010, where five schools from Batticaloa and invited schools from other areas will be participating along with parents, teachers, Principals of the...
Nov 15, 2010
On the 15th, for the third year in a row, GEW in New Zealand kicked things off right as soon as they saw daylight in Hamilton; one of the first cities in the world to first see the sun on any given day. TradeMe founder Sam Morgan, along with New Zealand Entrepreneur of the Year and Jucy Rentals CEO...
Nov 15, 2010
Malaysia has been buzzing with entrepreneurial inspiration as Global Entrepreneurship Week heads into its final week. GEW Malaysia has more than 120 partners and about 500 activities. There are eight catalyst partners for different categories and states. Warisan Global is the host...
National
Nov 15, 2010
Sir Richard Branson has given Global Entrepreneurship Week his continued backing this morning. As the campaign kicks off in earnest around the world, Branson featured the campaign on his blog, and also urged supporters to get involved via his prolific Twitter account. If you’d like to re-tweet Sir...
Nov 15, 2010
November 11, 2010 marked the launch of the 2010 Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in Lebanon, a global initiative to encourage and foster the entrepreneurial spirit among the country's youth. The launch event was held at the Olayan School of Business at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and...
National
Nov 15, 2010
The opening day of GEW in Latin America has seen the creation of a new cross-border initiative aimed at promoting an intercultural dialogue around entrepreneurship. The first Virtual Forum of the LATAM group met online this afternoon via the BID (Pan-American Development Bank) Webinar platform, in...
Nov 15, 2010
From November 12 to 14, Beirut battled 14 other cities worldwide in an unprecedented challenge that saw over 300 hundred participants from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine gathering in Berytech, for a weekend like no other, the Yalla Startup Weekend. Participants drove, flew in, rode in buses...
Nov 15, 2010
US President Barak Obama’s recent trip to Indonesia and the roll out of the Global Entrepreneurship Program there (one of two pilots along with Egypt) is another sign of the building energy in the country to focus on promoting entrepreneurship as a key element of national economic policy.
National
Nov 15, 2010
With GEW nearly upon us and more great websites than days left, we thought we’d make this Week’s ‘Website of the Week’ a bumper edition! So here you are – three continents, three great sites flying the GEW flag: Gruenderwoche GEW Germany GEW Ghana
