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CELEBRATE | GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK
During one week each November, thousands of
events and competitions around the world
inspire millions to engage in entrepreneurial
activity while connecting them to potential
collaborators, mentors and even investors.
Since it launched in 2008, Global
Entrepreneurship Week has expanded to 165+
countries – building and strengthening
entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world.

INTRODUCING GEW AUSTRALIA
In each of the 165+ countries that celebrate
Global Entrepreneurship Week, formal year-
round GEN leadership is taking shape to guide the
development of healthy national ecosystems that
are born globally connected to leading edge
research, communities and programs that deliver
high impact entrepreneurial performance.

INTRODUCING AUSTRALIA’S GEW HOST
Allan aka ‘Big Al’ Connolly successfully convened
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017 - WA and has
demonstrated that he is a strong player in the
Australian Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Ecosystem. www.linkedin.com/in/bigalconnolly
.
Allan and his organisation EntrepreneursVille have
been officially appointed as Host for Global
Entrepreneurship Week Australia 2018 – 2019

EntrepreneursVille
4, Clearwater Place
Hillarys WA 6025
T: 0411 468 337
E: al@entrepreneursville.com
TWEET: www.twitter.com/gewaus
MEET: www.entrepreneursville.com
SUBSCRIBE: www.entrepreneursville.org

GEW AUSTRALIA HOST| NATIONAL ROLE
• Convenes and aligns the major entrepreneurial ecosystem actors without
prejudice to participate in Global Entrepreneurship Week
• Serves as a source and sharing platform of knowledge, including local, national
and global research data
• GEW AUSTRALIA plays to the strengths and strategic plans of the current
actors and their current roles seeking to compliment and enhance their efforts
• GEW AUSTRALIA amplifies the voice of Australian entrepreneurial and
Innovation ecosystem actors on the global stage

GEW AUSTRALIA HOST| STATE/REGION ROLE
• Australians are a very competitive Nation and
Territorially Parochial, however the World see’s
Australia as a Whole
• Whilst each State plays its part as a sub ecosystem, it’s
time for Australia to be Unified in it’s Impact on the
Global Stage.
• Each State has its own GEW Region Host and each LGA
in that state has an opening for an Entrepreneursville
Community Builder and monthly Meetup.
• 6 States, 2 Territories and 1 Unified Australia
www.gewaustralia.com

GEW AUSTRALIA HOST| LGA ROLE
• Local Government Areas (Councils) are at the forefront of implementing policy
and reform to create Smart, Sustainable Cities and Communities
• EntrepreneursVille LGA Meetups serve as a source and sharing platform for
the local community, including local, national and global research data
• GEW AUSTRALIA supports the strengths and strategic plans of the current
residents in the LGA Community and mesh's into a National Ecosystem
• GEW AUSTRALIA amplifies the voice of a unified Australian entrepreneurial
ecosystem and its actors on the global stage. www.genglobal.org

Recognized around the world, GEW offers GEN Country
Affiliates a springboard from which to launch new
year-round programs and initiatives. The media
attention GEW attracts each November creates the
opportunity for GEN Country Affiliates to spotlight the
founders it has helped, announce new programs and
initiatives, and highlight the impact it has had during
the course of the year. GEW serves as a community-
building season in each nation that reaches out to the
public at large to inspire more citizens to engage with
the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Powered by the Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation, the initiative is supported by
dozens of world leaders and a network of
roughly 10,000 partner organizations.

GEN PROGRAMS
CONNECT | GLOBAL FORUMS & EVENTS

GEN AUSTRALIA | ACCESS
• Live international events such as the GEN’s flagship GEC, the Startup Nations
Summit, GEC+ and GEN Regional Meetups
• A constant flow of new best-in-class entrepreneur support programs,
platforms, and networks – including GBAN, Startup Compete, Startup Huddle,
GEN Starters Club
• Research and Policy development and advocacy through Startup Nations,
GERN and GEN research resources such as the GEI and independent Kauffman
Foundation research
• Global startup competitions – Startup Open, GITR, Creative Business Cup,
Cleantech Open Global Ideas, Challenge Cup, etc.

The Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) is an inter-
disciplinary gathering of startup champions from around
the world – where entrepreneurs, investors, researchers,
thought leaders, and policymakers work together to help
bring ideas to life, drive economic growth, and expand
human welfare. The Congress brings together more than
6,000 delegates from 150 countries to discuss economic
and policy challenges around growing entrepreneurial
ecosystems.
CONNECT | GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONGRESS

With live events featuring the latest, best-in-class
programming and research, GEC is a unique
opportunity for the leaders of GEN in each country
to attend as a delegation to meet fellow
practitioners and stay apprised of new ideas,
insights and developments. The GEC, free for
registered members of GEN, serves as GEN’s Annual
Meeting, gathering all GEN country affiliates and
GEN verticals, communities and programs for a
week bigger than the sum of its parts.
CONNECT | GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONGRESS

GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONGRESS | ISTANBUL16th – 19th April 2018

The Startup Nations Summit (SNS) gathers the
members of Startup Nations and features some of the
world’s startup savvy policy advisors and community
leaders collaborating on smarter policies and
government leadership to support new firm formation.
The Startup Nations Summit has been held in Toronto,
Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Monterrey, Mexico, and Cork,
Ireland. In November 2017, it was held in Tallinn,
Estonia and included a gathering of Ministers staff to
prepare for the annual Ministerial at the GEC in March.
CONNECT | STARTUP NATIONS SUMMIT

For GEN country affiliates, the annual Summit is an
opportunity to offer national policy advisors an
international forum in which to listen to and learn from
their peers from around the world who are grappling
with similar domestic policy challenges in government.
During the Summit, they are able to exchange
information with policy leaders about cutting-edge
government programs and regulatory practices aimed
at increasing new firm formation and gain insight about
the ways in which other national governments support
entrepreneurs.
CONNECT | STARTUP NATIONS SUMMIT

GEC+ is a deep-dive gathering of entrepreneurship
experts that is focused on a particular area of
startup ecosystems. Designed to enable a less
hurried, deeper colloquy around well-defined yet
unanswered questions arising from GEN’s annual
Congress, GEC+ events look at regions or specific
topics identified in conjunction with the nation
that hosts them.
CONNECT | GEC+

The August 2016 GEC+ in Daegu, Korea hosted by
GEN and the Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation,
rigorously examined challenges and best global
practices for fostering an entrepreneurial mindset
and shined a bright light on new research and
analytical tools for practitioners to apply when
developing entrepreneurship programs and
policies.
CONNECT | GEC+ DAEGU

In March 2017, the City of Cape Town and the
Allan Gray Orbis Foundation hosted a GEC+ to
rigorously examined challenges and best global
practices for fostering an entrepreneurial mindset
and shined a bright light on new research and
analytical tools for practitioners to apply when
developing entrepreneurship programs and
policies.
CONNECT | GEC+ CAPE TOWN

In November 2017, Thailand announced that it
would embrace the 4th Industrial Revolution
CONNECT | GEC+ BANGKOK

CONNECT | GEC+ AUSTRALIA
To Be Confirmed

GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK
www.genaustralia.com
ENTREPRENEURSVILLE
GEW Host 2018 - 2019
0411 468 337
al@entrepreneursville.com

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