View source for Organization:Global Entrepreneurship week

= Overview<br/> =

<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is a global movement that helps to inspire people everywhere to unleash their creativity and to take the steps into an innovated journey. During one week each November, the Global Entrepreneurship Week hosts several activities locally, nationally, and gobally to help promote people to reach their potential as innovators. The activites range from large scale activities to inimate networking gatherings. Most of these events help to connect people to new possibilities and oppertunities. Several entrepreuners have be invovled with GEW, such as:&nbsp;Richard Branson, Virgin Group; Michael Dell, Dell Computers; Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank (and winner of Nobel Peace Prize); Dennis Crowley, Foursquare; Blake Mycoskie, TOMS Shoes; Mark Cuban, serial entrepreneur & NBA owner; Russell Simmons, Def Jam Records; Snoop Dogg and others.</span></span>

= History =

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The GEW was first started up in November 2007 with 37 countries were involved in the startup of the movement. Within a year host organizations in 77 countries signed up for the campaign with 3 million people that participated in 25,022 activities and events. Since November 2007 the number of countries that are participating has increased to 138 countries. In the year of 2013,&nbsp;7.43 million people participated in Global Entrepreneurship Week and&nbsp;24,008 partner organizations conducted at least one activity, event or competition during Global Entrepreneurship Week.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;</span>

= Contact Information =

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">To get involved or join activities go to&nbsp;[http://us.unleashingideas.org/search-location http://us.unleashingideas.org/search-location]. At this webpage one can search for local events.&nbsp;</span></span>