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GEC 2017: Steven Rodriguez (GEN Starters Club)
- 1. #GEC2017 | GEC.CO GEN STARTERS Steven A. Rodriguez Startup Community Manager, Global Entrepreneurship Network
- 2. #GEC2017 | GEC.CO Our goal is to build strong communities of diverse risk-takers pursuing shared dreams.
- 3. #GEC2017 | GEC.CO GEN Starters is a peer-to-peer program that helps startup founders and competition winners get to the next level.
- 6. #GEC2017 | GEC.CO GEN Starters 2017 Billy Hadlow Khaya Power South Africa Konstantin Berezin BrighTap Israel Carolina Medina Agruppa Colombia Manshesht Sharma meetHere United States Ariel Drach BrighTap Israel
- 10. #GEC2017 | GEC.CO The Global Entrepreneurship Congress is part of the GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK g e n g l o b a l . o r g
Editor's Notes
- -What can we as a community do for you? -This question is what keeps me up at night. -As we engage you’ll come to understand why this question is important.
- -We believe fostering relationships are a key component for a thriving startup community. -By fostering relationships, we can begin to remove barriers in the entrepreneurs journey. -This is one step in our efforts to move towards #zerobarriers for entrepreneurs. -So how exactly do we accomplish that?
- -GEN Starters is designed to to be a peer-to-peer network for startup founders. -At the most basic level, we connect founders to each other. -The entrepreneur-to-entrepreneur connection across borders will help expand the founder’s network. -But what’s the next level support we provide?
- -As we begin, we are identifying exceptional founders across our network of competition partners. -We have come to see their finalists and winners are looking for something else beyond the competition. -What we have come to find is that what they need most at that point are mentors. -So how does this happen?
- -Well, we are mindful of not wasting their time. -Through a strategic onboarding process, we identify which mentors they may need at that stage of their journey. -We also provide them VIP access into GEN’s programs, and place them on a global stage like the GEC. -In fact, we have a few with us today. GEN Starters, please rise.
- -These are some the exceptional founders with us this week. Look at their faces and find some time to engage them. -They all have unique ideas and challenges, so ask them how we as a community can help out (see what I did there?).
- -Over the past year we’ve added a second cohort to connect exceptional founders across the globe. -To come full circle, I want to come back to the original question. When you go back and think through prizes for your competitions, ask yourself, what can we as a community do for you, the entrepreneur?
- -Add in access to the GEN Starters Club as a prize and see what it can do for your community. -But also who do you know that could be a good mentor? Who wants to give back and help the next generation of startup founders? -Thank you.
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