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Nov. 17 - 23, 2008
Global Entrepreneurship Week is a celebration of innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity. The Week will bring together millions of young people across the globe through online and local activities and encourage them to think innovatively and unleash their ideas. Through a coordinated effort with many different countries, during one week every year, the world will celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit in hopes of inspiring a new generation of young entrepreneurs.
Global Entrepreneurship Week is a combination and expansion of two successful initiatives, the debut of Entrepreneurship Week USA in 2007 and the inspiration behind it, Enterprise Week in the UK, which was kicked off in 2004 by now – Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
During the last year, these two efforts – led by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in the US and the Make Your Mark campaign in the UK – combined to engage 2,720 partner organizations planning 6,891 activities that directly involved 929,449 individuals. Thousands of pieces of media coverage amplified the message, reaching tens of millions.
Global Entrepreneurship Study Program (Dublin, Ireland) Documentary Videos
Coinciding with Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008, the University of Florida Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CEI) will unveil video documentaries based on testimonials and musings from Entrepreneurship Masters Program students participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Study Program conducted in Dublin, Ireland, October 2008.
The documentaries will showcase student perspectives as the group embarks on a brief but intensive one-week international immersion experience designed to enhance understanding of the global nature of entrepreneurship. In visits to international centers of business and innovation, students participate in briefings and site visits with governmental and economic development institutions, small business incubators and innovation accelerators, family business, corporate intrapreneurs and entrepreneurial social organizations.
National Entrepreneurship Week 2009
February 21 - 28, 2009
On Wednesday, June 7, 2006 the US House of Representatives passed Resolution #699 supporting National Entrepreneurship Week: a Celebration of the Heritage of Entrepreneurship in America and New opportunities for a New Generation.
As a part of National Entrepreneurship Week 2009, the University of Florida Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CEI) will, for the second year in a row, host an Innovation Tournament Video Contest (contest deadlines and guidelines to-be-announced).
