Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009
GEW launched this year at The British Library on Monday 16th November. It featured globally recognised figures who shared the opportunities that they have taken and those they believe we must take now to drive the recovery, including:
• Senior Cabinet Minister
• Matt Brittin, UK Managing Director, Google
• Peter Jones CBE, Entrepreneur and star of BBC’s Dragons’ Den
• Julie Meyer, Founder & CEO of Ariadne Capital and Managing Partner of the
Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs Fund
• Jim O’Neill, Head of Global Economic Research, Goldman Sachs
• Carl Schramm, President and CEO, Kauffman Foundation
• David Wei, CEO & Executive Director, Alibaba.com.
Global Entrepreneurship Week is a worldwide movement of entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality. During Global Entrepreneurship Week thousands of events are run in the UK and across the world to encourage people to be entrepreneurial. It creates mass participation and exposes people of all ages and abilities to quality enterprise experiences – from school students to university graduates and from employees to enterprising people looking to get back to work.
This year the week kicked off on Monday16th November, with not only the launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 but also the Make Your Mark Challenge…and here’s what happened! Please follow the link: Monday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFsaE4E_6No&feature=player_embedded
All sorts of exciting things happened on Day Two of Global Entrepreneurship Week: parliamentary receptions, Internships launched and James Caan had a word or two to say. See for yourself. Please follow the link: Tuesday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Od8E9VTEFI&feature=player_embedded
Global Entrepreneurship Week Day 3 was Women’s Enterprise Day. Please follow the Link: Wednesday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmHgC0QDTQc&feature=player_embedded
Global Entrepreneurship Week Day 4 was Social Enterprise Day. Duncan Goose of One Water launched the One Big Idea competition whilst entrepreneur James Caan speaks about starting a business at the Flyingstart event. Please follow the link: Thursday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV69OU6eGcE&feature=player_embedded
Global Entrepreneurship Week Day 5 Make Your Mark in the Markets and the Young Entrepreneurs’ Market launched their events at the national Theatre. Please follow the link: Friday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4HNZB_7Kak&feature=player_embedded
The dates for next year are 15 - 21 November 2010.
Catch up on what happened during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 by checking out the photos, blog and tweets from what was an amazing week by visiting: www.makeyourmark.org.uk or www.gew.org.uk .