Global Entrepreneurship Week

1. Global Entrepreneurship Week
By Marco Menendez

2. Table of Contents
• 1 - 2 Title and Table of Contents
• 3 - 6 GEW
• 7 - 8 GEN
• 9 - 10 GERN
• 11 - 13 GEI
• 14 - 15 FAC
• 16 - Conclusion
• 17 - Resources

3. What is GEW?
• Global Entrepreneurship week is a celebration of
for entrepreneurs to encourage and inspire
people around the world to become active in the
innovating and job creating community for their
country
• It aims to get people started on their own
entrepreneurial endeavors.

4. About GEW
• 160 Countries around the world
• Over 10 million people involved
• 25000 partners
• 35,000 events

5. GEW’s Goal
• GEW aims to connect the world and create one
global entrepreneurial ecosystem
• Increase the amount of people working for or
creating startups
• Give the earth a better chance at solving
economical challenges
• Inspire, Connect, Inform, Mentor, Engage

6. My Recommendations
• I think entrepreneurs should get themselves
involved in the GEW events and activities
because it is a extraordinary way to connect with
other entrepreneurs
• It gives entrepreneurs a better chance of
succeeding because it allows them to share their
work with peers and investors
• I think it will develop entrepreneurial ideas and
create a more successful state of mind

7. What is GEN?
• Global Entrepreneur Network
• “The Global Entrepreneurship Network is a
platform of programs and initiatives to help
people unleash their ideas and turn them into
promising new ventures—creating jobs,
unearthing innovations for society and
strengthening economic stability around the
world.”

8. GEN Main Ideas (2015)
• Celebrate – “In seven short years, Global Entrepreneurship Week
has more than doubled in size while its impact goes far beyond a
simple collection of events. “
• Understand – The entrepreneurial ecosystem relies on the
individuals and institutions that hold it up. They control the
attitude, abilities and aspirations of entrepreneurs across the world
• Compete – Entrepreneurs can compete with one another to find
out what’s successful and what needs to be improved upon in their
startups
• Support – New entrepreneurs now have a one-stop-help from
formally experienced successful entrepreneurs from around the
world
• Connect – The GEN attempts to encourage collaboration between
entrepreneurs my making worldwide events to connect people and
with the help from things like the Global Entrepreneurial Congress
and Startup Nations Summit

9. GERN
• Global Entrepreneur Research Network
• Entrepreneur research and international
research aligns research agendas and pursue
really big questions in the future of the field
• 29 new members in 2014

10. About GERN
• Created a team for the GERN Ecosystem
Mapping Project, which is an open access
database and visualization tool for over 100
cities across the globe.
• Translates research into policy actions
• Generates lessons and insights for entrepreneurs
and programs
• Gain understanding for policy barriers and
figuring out what the right policies are for
fostering entrepreneurship

11. What is GEI
• Global Entrepreneurial Index
• GEI created in attempt to monitor performance
of counties’ entrepreneurial activities

12. GEI Ranking

13. What it means
• The GEI Rank is the overall index
• The ATT Rank is the attitudes index
• The ABT Rank is the abilities index
• The ASP Rank is Aspirations index
• It shows the GEI top 25 countries
• Nations that are just developing or an
entrepreneurial ecosystem are at the bottom
• Shows Entrepreneurship is more prevalent in
richer countries

14. FAC
• Future Agro Challenge
• World Championship for innovators, visionaries,
manufacturers, distributors and leaders to
change our everyday lives through farm, food,
and lifestyle
• Attempts to solve problems of feeding the
growing populations

15. Future Agro Challenge Goals
• To foster innovation in agriculture
• To encourage technology and methodology
incorporating Evergreen Practices (to increase food
production and efficiency in a sustainable manner,
reducing greenhouse gases and carbon and water
footprints)
• To upgrade agricultural education and training
• To revolutionize the approach to healthy lifestyle and
nutrition
• To promote business and investment opportunities in
agri business
• To grow a global community of experts, investors, and
innovators

16. Concluding Thoughts
• Entrepreneurs should research and go through
the GEW websites in depth to gain an
understanding in how to become active in the
entrepreneurial community
• There are many ideas and recourses of help to
how an entrepreneur should go about making
their startups

17. Recources
• http://gec.co/sites/default/files/IR2015_052615_lr.pdf
• Http://wearegen.co/content/about-gen
• http://www.gewusa.org/global-resources
• http://thegedi.org/2016-global-entrepreneurship-index/
• http://dev.futureagrochallenge.com/fac