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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013 Impact Report

Jonathan Ortmans President, Global Entrepreneurship Week

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The entrepreneurial spirit has now spread widely across the planet. In the words of one delegate at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Rio de Janeiro last year, “We are evangelizing for entrepreneurship but who is the opposition? It is now increasingly true we have won.”

Startups are now springing up in the most unexpected corners of the globe. Entrepreneurial programs, capital and talent are traveling to find the most promising founder teams. And savvy national policy advisors are in regular dialogue with their startup ecosystems in an on-going quest to smooth the path for new firms to start and scale.

Since it began in 2008, Global Entrepreneurship Week has played an important part in bringing about this dynamism that ultimately has led to the democratization of entrepreneurship. Starting as a grassroots movement anchored in established economies with stable political systems, it has matured to a global platform blind to types of economies, cultures and value systems fueled by the promise of human endeavor for the benefit of all.

During the past year, GEW focused on expanding its footprint in challenging markets—flourishing in countries like Iran, Libya and Venezuela that are hardly known as bastions of capitalism or risk taking. In the words of the late Zeyad Ben Halim, GEW Libya’s 2013 team leader, “Global Entrepreneurship Week helped give birth to a new movement of creative entrepreneurs optimistic about their future just when a post-conflict Libya needed them most.”

Zeyad, who sadly passed away recently, will be an inspiration to our teams around the world for years to come for his work in pioneering such promise despite difficult circumstances.

In total, GEW Global signed 22 new national agreements with host organizations and leadership teams bringing the formal collective global engagement to 140 nations. Those nations continue to establish formal boards and independent organizations to assure the long-term sustainability of their entrepreneurial ecosystem using GEW leadership as connective tissue. Dell—a long-time global sponsor of GEW that is now dubbed ‘the world’s largest startup’—was joined at the national level by brands like Barclays (UK), BASF (Germany), Coca-Cola (US), Google (US), Nokia (Finland), SAB Miller (South Africa), Samsung (South Korea), Santander (Spain), Toyota (Japan), Vodafone (UK) and many more in an effort to demonstrate how important startups can be in breathing vitality and innovation into large firm culture. And at the heart of it all were thousands of new founder teams and young startups using GEW as a chance to unleash their ideas—including prize winning startups from Kansas City, Berlin, Dhaka, Toronto and Zagreb who won GEW competitions that provided them with additional capital and connections to accelerate their growth.

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The Challenge Ahead

However, with such great success come new challenges.

This globalization of entrepreneurship has brought an explosion of programs, startup communities and investments into a new field where there is a paucity of data around what works and what does not in supporting nascent entrepreneurs and new firms preparing to scale. In addition, as cities and nations more widely acknowledge the vital role of entrepreneurs in their economies, traditional business, education and government leaders arrive at the table unfamiliar with the new role assigned to them as “feeders” to entrepreneurs who have positioned themselves as the “leaders” of this global collection of startup communities.

To address these developments, over the next three years, GEW Global will embark on an ambitious agenda to better support a maturing collection of entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world. This includes:

6 Expanding the number of ordinary citizens working for or starting firms around the world by fully legitimizing entrepreneurs in all cultures and economies. The world needs more entrepreneurs.

6 Increasing understanding between the new and traditional elements of emerging startup communities and ecosystems including the constructive engagement of the public sector in supporting entrepreneur designed public programs. It takes a village where everyone collaborates to succeed.

6 Supporting the emergence of a new class of global entrepreneurs supported through access to research,

programs and networks inside the 140 nation strong GEW network. National boundaries are porous to innovation and a new creative class of risk takers is hard-wired to a global network.

6 Connecting an emerging community of national startup policy advisors with a next generation network of world-class entrepreneurship research institutions in an effort to generate more robust research and data to support evidence-based policymaking and more effective entrepreneurial support programming. In short, data and analysis on what works and what does not in helping new firm formation.

To support these missions, in 2014 GEW Global is rolling out a slate of new partnerships and initiatives:

6 A collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the Kauffman Foundation is bringing a new Global Entrepreneurship Library serving as an international portal of knowledge and resources to enable entrepreneurial success.

6 A new GEW Mindset Project, launched in partnership with the Entrepreneur Learning Initiative, will engage students around the world in a learning program about the fundamental aspects of an entrepreneurial mindset.

6 The GEW Startup Nations network made up of public sector-led efforts to promote smarter policymaking and programs on behalf of startups will come together at a Startup Nations Summit in Korea during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2014.

6 The inaugural meeting of the Global Entrepreneurship Research Network gets underway at the GEC in

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Moscow in its work to align efforts among the world’s major funders of entrepreneurship research in order to better inform policymakers and funders of entrepreneurial support programs.

6 A GEW Survey to collect data from founders across GEW’s “Global Entrepreneurship Network” (GEN) about the state of their entrepreneurial ecosystem and what policymakers can do to improve it.

6 A new partnership with Startup Genome to map startup ecosystems and their weaknesses within the GEW community.

6 The launch of a Global Creativity Coalition and an annual summit during the GEC to further engage the creative industries in the global entrepreneurial community

6 A partnership with the U.S. State Department around a government-convened entrepreneurship summit in Morocco during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November of 2014.

6 GEC2 —a new series to take deep-dives into specific topics or regions—launches in Croatia in September hosted by Croatian President Ivo Josipovic. The weeklong event will focus on entrepreneurship education, piloting the GEW Mindset Project and a new event called 10x10 where 10 groups of 10 young nascent entrepreneurs from various countries come together to develop companies real-time.

GEW Global embarks on this mission with newly approved multi-year funding from the Kauffman Foundation, an experienced new Board of Directors, and a talented staff

with experience in multiple regions and languages.

As more of the world embraces their entrepreneurs and the science of startups, the role of Global Entrepreneurship Week as the platform from which to efficiently build teams, strengthen relationships and develop a body of robust research will become even more important. In the weeks, months and years ahead, GEW will continue to prove that a disparate collection of players can indeed work well together—advancing new firm formation and legitimizing a solid pathway to job creation

What Is GeW?more than Just the World’s larGestceleBratIon oF entrepreneurshIp

Global Entrepreneurship Week is an expanding platform for connection and collaboration that helps millions of people unleash their ideas and turn them into promising new ventures—solving global challenges and strengthening economic stability around the world.

During one week each November, more than 25,000 events, activities and competitions in 140 countries connect participants to potential collaborators, mentors and even investors.

Millions who had never before considered launching their own ventures soak up advice and inspiration from the likes of Richard Branson and Michael Dell. Thousands of brand new startups spring to life through bootcamps like Startup Weekend and competitions like Startup Open. Hundreds of universities strengthen connections that help them commercialize research from their labs. Researchers and policymakers engage in discussions around the world to examine the underlying policies necessary to promote entrepreneurial growth. And serial entrepreneurs share their expertise and provide mentorship through a range of programs.

Meanwhile, world leaders and local elected officials alike have embraced the campaign as they look to fuel the economic engine of high-growth startups in their own countries and communities. During 2013 alone, 126 heads of state and ministers from 69 countries participated by speaking at activities during the Week, filming statements of support or otherwise endorsing the national campaigns in their countries.

The initiative launched in 2008 and has quickly grown to more than 140 countries with national campaigns hosted by a range of organizations that reach new audiences, test intervention methodologies and strengthen their entrepreneurial ecosystems—giving rise to the next generation of entrepreneurs and empowering them to make their mark on the world.

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With millions of participants in more countries than ever before, Global Entrepreneurship Week continues to build on its historical success. But its true impact cannot be measured only by simple metrics like the number of countries (140), partners (9,925) or activities (25,621). Creat-ing lasting impact is a challenging task, does not happen overnight and is difficult to measure.

A 2013 report by the Kauffman Foundation quantifies the importance of connections and shows that there is a strong link between knowing an entrepreneur and being one yourself. More than one in three survey respondents who knew an entrepreneur were entrepreneurs themselves. This reinforces what many of us already believed to be true—that entrepreneur-ship is behavior learned in part through imitation.

That line of reasoning is the foundation for Global Entrepreneurship Week and why it focuses on creating connections that build and strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems in communities around the world. Global Entrepreneurship Week uses activities, events and competitions to inspire nascent entrepreneurs and connect them with potential collaborators, mentors and investors to help them start and scale. It also creates connections between startup com-munities and policymakers that help shape policy environments conducive to entrepreneurial growth. And it leverages the resources and reach of global brands in its national campaigns.

But to truly appreciate the far-reaching impact of GEW, it is best to look to the countries that celebrate it. In Algeria, the Minister of Industry created a National Day of Entrepreneurship to occur every November during GEW. The Angolan government created a new fund for entrepreneurs and developed its first national policy on entrepreneurship since achieving independence in 1975. In Belgium, the Pulse Foundation is crediting GEW for the birth of a national entrepreneurship community—overcoming a fragmented government that has con-sidered entrepreneurship a regional issue. A pair of Brazilian governors, in São Paulo and Minas Gerais, unveiled plans for new programs to support potential high-growth startups. Yo Emprender reports in Costa Rica that the government provided $1.8 million in seed capital to 13 entrepreneurs. In Georgia, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Center is collaborating with the government on new policies to promote entrepreneurship. Klak Innovit credits international partnerships made through GEW with giving Iceland startups a global mindset that will help them break out from their small home market. The GEW India campaign worked to expand the pool of early-stage risk capital in the country by piloting a training program for potential angel investors. The Universitas Ciputra Entrepreneurship Center worked with the Indonesian Central Bank (BI) to launch a new program to train local entre-preneurs in agribusiness and connect them with one of the biggest supermarket chains in Indonesia. The now-annual SlumFest in Kenya is inspiring vulnerable youth in urban slums and providing them with startup capital to launch new enterprises. In Lebanon, a new Life Long Entrepreneurial Learning Program was launched by a GEW partner in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. IT Park, a state-funded incubator in Mongo-lia, is integrating GEW activities into its program for 300 startups. A relationship born from the 2012 GEC in Liverpool between Youth Business International and Enterprise Uganda resulted in a new agreement to fund entrepreneurship training and mentoring support for 10,000 youth in northern Uganda.

These are just a handful of examples that continue to surface from more than 140 countries. As GEW continues to build and grow the entrepreneurial ecosystems in these countries, its impact multiplies.

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EyeVerify Wins Global Title Belt in RotterdamEyeVerify, a tech startup from Kansas City with a software solution that verifies identity via a human eyeprint and smartphone, delivered the knockout pitch in the global finals of Get In the Ring, a featured competition of Global Entrepreneurship Week.

More than 1,000 startups across 32 countries competed for a shot at $1.3M in potential angel investment. EyeVerify defeated finalists from the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Greece, Germany, Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom.

It was a busy week of pitching for EyeVerify and its founder and CEO, Toby Rush, who earlier in the week competed in the U.S. national finals held at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and immediately boarded a flight to Rotterdam for the finals.

EyeVerify has developed a smartphone technology that identifies users by pattern-matching blood vessels in the whites of the eye. The technology creates an “eyeprint” that is more accurate than fingerprint scanning. The technology is compatible with virtually every smartphone on the market.

Teddy the Guardian Doubles Up During GEWTeddy the Guardian, a completely organic plush teddy bear that measures children’s vital signs seamlessly as they play, had an impressive Global Entrepreneurship Week. The Croatian startup took top honors in two featured competitions on the same day.

Created by Josipa Majic and Ana Burica, co-founders of iDerma, a tech startup in Zagreb, Croatia, Teddy beat out startups from 31 countries to be named the winner of the 2013 Startup Open. The competition, run by the organizers of Global Entrepreneurship Week, identifies and recognizes the most promising young firms with a startup moment within the past 12 months.

Teddy also emerged victorious at the Creative Business Cup after out-pitching startups in the creative industries from 36 countries at the global finals in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prince Joachim of Denmark handed out awards to the prize winners, and Henrik Sass Larsen, the Danish Minister for Business and Growth, discussed the importance of the creative industries to future economic growth.


Each Teddy bear has built-in medical sensors that monitor a child’s heart rate, body temperature and oxygen saturation. Every time a child puts Teddy’s paw on his forehead or hugs him, the bear’s sensors detect values, record them and transmit them in real time to a mobile app where data is analyzed, visualized, managed and downloaded by medical staff and parents.

“Earlier this summer, I had the pleasure of meeting Croatian President Ivo Josipovic and he stressed to me the importance of instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in the people of his country,” said Jonathan Ortmans, president of Global Entrepreneurship Week and a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation. “He should know that he has a shining example of innovation right in the capital city.”

For the wins, Teddy the Guardian founder Josipa Majic receives an all-expenses-paid trip to Moscow, Russia, to serve as an official delegate to the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in March 2014 as well as $20,000 in cash and a free three-month stay at the GEW Startup House in Kansas City’s Startup Village.

One Startup Open finalist from Bangladesh, Soumik Aswad for Panacea, won a runner-up prize of one year of mentoring from successful entrepreneurs courtesy of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization as well as a free 3-month stay at the GEW Startup House. The Dhaka-based startup’s mobile application allows customers to verify the authenticity of medication and pharmaceuticals—an all-too-common problem with counterfeiters in its native Bangladesh—with a quick QR code scan.

Survey Provides Snapshot of Policy Environment for Entrepreneurs in 30 CountriesWhat do entrepreneurs in America have in common with entrepreneurs in Qatar? More than you might imagine, according to a survey sponsored by the organizers of Global Entrepreneurship Week.

The 2013 GEW Policy Survey results, released by GEW co-creator and co-sponsor, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, reveal both similarities and differences among entrepreneurs around the world in their perceptions of entrepreneurial policies and other resources. Participants were asked to respond to 12 statements about their experiences in the areas of regulation, access to resources and entrepreneurial environment.

The results begin to paint a picture of the cultural and regulatory conditions entrepreneurs experience around the globe.

“The survey was designed as an experimental means of gathering and publishing a standardized set of information worldwide on the entrepreneurial experience to inform government policies,” said Dane Stangler, vice president of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation. “The sample size is large and dispersed enough to indicate differences among regions and nations that are both logical and, at least in part, statistically significant.”

In terms of their respective entrepreneurial environments, respondents worldwide had a slightly negative experience. However, this varied among the eight different regions represented: composite scores for Australia & Oceania and for North America were significantly more positive while scores for Latin America & Caribbean and

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Eastern Europe were significantly more negative.

Responses to the four statements regarding regulation—including “the process for registering a business with the government is clear and easy” and “public officials who regulate business are competent and honest”—received the lowest average scores. The most positive response worldwide was to the resources-related statement “entrepreneurs like me have access to advisors and mentors who can provide helpful guidance.” Interestingly, the statements with the lowest average scores also had the largest variances, suggesting that entrepreneurship-related regulations vary significantly from country to country.

Other survey findings include:

Respondents from the Pacific and South Asian region had the highest percentage of males (82.2 percent) and the lowest average age (33.7 years). North America had the lowest percentage of males (53 percent), while Western Europe had the highest average age (40.5 years).

Of the countries surveyed, Qatar had the highest (i.e. most positive) composite score with 5.0, while Greece had the lowest score with 2.5, the latter likely a reflection of that country’s recent economic woes.

Worldwide, access to advisors/mentors (4.3) and fairness of competitors operating in compliance with the law (4.3) were most commonly rated positively. Tax laws were most likely to be seen as impediments (3.5) and courts perceived as not resolving disagreements effectively (3.5).

A higher score on any one statement increased the likelihood of a higher score on every other statement, suggesting that the elements of entrepreneurs’ experience are synergistic—improvements in any

one are likely to be associated with improvements in others.

The coefficients for any one statement and each other statement in the same category (regulation, access to resources, entrepreneurial environment) are relatively high (between 0.32 and 0.64). In other words, improvements in any one dimension of the entrepreneurial experience tend to be associated with other improvements in the same category.

“The results of this initial survey were both informative and thought-provoking,” said Jonathan Ortmans, president of Global Entrepreneurship Week and a Kauffman Foundation senior fellow. “We hope these kinds of surveys along with other efforts underway at GEW will help drive a conversation between startup communities and government policy advisors eager to accelerate the pace of new firm formation in their countries.”

Toronto Still Home to Global Startup Battle ChampionFor the second consecutive year, a startup from Toronto came away victorious from the Global Startup Battle, a competition that takes more than 20,000 people from over 200 cities and turns them into founder teams to compete for $500,000 in prizes.

Pawly is “your dog’s friend,” a company that provides a new way to interact with pets. It is an app and accompanying chew toy that the pet can play with while users talk and interact using a smartphone. The chew toy has a high definition camera and video recorder with a built-in microphone and speaker.

During the Startup Weekend Maker Edition in Toronto during Global Entrepreneurship Week, co-organizer Sunil Sharma said of Pawly, “The Pawly team was an impressive combination of robotics engineers,


software developers and industrial and graphic designers who literally printed and assembled the parts of Pawly using the 3D printers, laser cutters, wiring harnesses and chipsets.” Sharma continued, “Robotics is a very hot space right now, and I am hopeful that they will continue with their work and make a lasting company from this fantastic start.”

For its efforts, the founding team received $20,000 in match funding for Pawly’s Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, a trip to Google’s headquarters in San Francisco for three Pawly members and a Google hangout with a celebrity entrepreneur.

German Startup Promotes Urban Farming, Wins Cleantech CompetitionECF Farmsystems, a German startup that builds aquaponic farm systems that enable resource-efficient fish and vegetable production in urban environments, took first place in the Cleantech Open Global Ideas Competition.

Orchestrated in conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week, the annual competition brings early-stage startups with breakthrough cleantech ideas to Silicon Valley to compete for a chance at more than $100,000 worth of startup services. All entries must be a startup with less than $1 million from private third party funding at the time of entry.

“It is a great recognition to be part of this fantastic event,” said Nicolas Leschke, CEO of ECF Farmsystems. “All cleantech startups are winners because we dedicate our lives to leaving a mark for future generations.”

For the finals, 28 teams from around the world convened in San Jose at the Cleantech Open Global Forum, the “Academy Awards of Cleantech,” which marked the grand finale of this year’s Cleantech Open Accelerator. Cleantech innovators from Cape Verde, Lebanon, Vietnam and beyond were beamed in via videoconference.

After two days of intensive judging, ECF Farmsystems was selected to be among a group of five national winners selected to present to a final jury of investors and technology experts. Other finalists include: Cibus (Costa Rica), Eternal Sun (Netherlands), GreenSpense (Israel) and Naked Energy (United Kingdom).

“As 14 to 24 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and 70 percent of humanity’s fresh water usage are as a direct result of agricultural activity, ECF Farmsystems could have a major impact far outside Germany,” said Kevin Braithwaite, chair of the competition. “We should be truly global in our search for the most innovative solutions to the most pressing environmental, economic and social challenges facing our planet.”

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A global race to build the best startup ecosystem is going on, and it is a race that is open to all types of economies and regions. Acknowledging an emerging collection of research and data pointing to the potential of new and young firms, thought leaders and elected officials at all levels alike have embraced Global Entrepreneurship Week—through proclamations as well as participation—as they look to fuel the economic engine of high-growth startups in their own countries and communities.

During November 2013, 126 heads of state and ministers from 69 countries participated in Global Entrepreneurship Week, including:

ALGERIA

Mohamed Benmeradi, Minister of Industry, SMEs and Investment Promotion

BELARUS

Nikolai Snopkov, Minister of the Economy

BELGIUM

Kris Peeters, Minister-President of the Flanders Region

Sabine Laruelle, Minister of Self-Employed, SMEs and Agriculture

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Safiou Idrissou Affo, Minister of Youth and Sports

BERMUDA

Michael Fahy, Minister for Home Affairs

Michael Dunkley, Minister for National Security

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Prime Minister Lyonchen Tshering Tobgay

Lyonpo Nima Sangay Tshempo, Minister of Labour and Human Resources

Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk, Minister for Economic Affairs

BULGARIA

President Rosen Plevneliev

Prime Minister Plamen Orecharski

CAMBODIA

Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport

Meng Saktheara, Minister of Industry and Handicrafts

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CAMEROON

Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi, Minister for the Economy & National Planning

Laurent Serge Etoundi Ngoa, Minister of SMEs, Social Economy and Handicrafts

Adoum Garoua, Minister of Youth Affairs

Zacharie Perevet, Minister of Employment and Professional Training

CANADA

Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Chris Alexander, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services

Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for

Multiculturalism

Maxime Bernier, Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism

Steve Kent, Minister of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs

CAPE VERDE

President Jorge Carlos Fonseca

Prime Minister José Maria Neves

Humberto Brito, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Energy

Antonio Correia, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation

CHINA

President Xi Jinping

CHINESE TAIPEI

Den-Yi Wu, Vice President of the Republic of China


COLOMBIA

Santiago Rojas, Minister of Commerce and Industry

COSTA RICA

President Laura Chinchilla Miranda

Mayi Antillón, Minister of Economy Industry and Commerce

Gloria Abraham, Minister of Agriculture

COTE D’IVOIRE

Jean Louis Billon, Minister of Trade

Alain Logognon, Minister of Youth and Sport

CROATIA

President Ivo Josipovic

Gordon Maras, Minister of Entrepreneurship & Craft

CYPRUS

Andri Anastasiades, First Lady of Cyprus

CZECH REPUBLIC

Jiri Cienciala, Minister of Industry and Trade

Dalibor Štys, Minister of Education

DOMINICA

Prime Minister Ambrose George (acting)

Justina Charles, Minister for Culture, Youth and Sports

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Ligia Amada Melo, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology

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EGYPT

Osama Saleh, Minister of Investment

ETHIOPIA

Mekuria Haile, Minister of Urban Development

GERMANY

Philipp Rösler, Minister of Economics and Technology

GREENLAND

Jens-Erik Kirkegaard, Minister of Industry & Mineral Resources

GUATEMALA

President Otto Pérez Molina

Sergio De la Torre, Minister of Economy

HUNGARY

János Martonyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Zoltán Cséfalvay, Minister of State for National Economy

ICELAND

Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Minister of Industry and Innovation

INDONESIA

Sjarifuddin Hasan, Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises

Ir . H. Suswono, Minister for Agriculture

M.A.S. Hikam, Minister of State for Research and Technology

IRELAND

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny


ISRAEL

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Gideon Sa’ar, Minister of the Interior

Eugene Kandel, Head of the National Economic Council

ITALY

Emma Bonino, Minister of Foreign Affairs

JAMAICA

Lisa Hanna, Minister of Youth & Culture

Anthony Hylton, Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce

KAZAKHSTAN

Bakytzhan Sagintaev, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development

KENYA

Adan Mohammed, Minister of Industrialization and Enterprise Development

LATVIA

Daniels Pavluts, Minister of Economics

LEBANON

Nicolas Sahnaoui, Minister of Telecommunications

MACEDONIA

Vele Samak, Minister for Attracting Foreign Investments

MADAGASCAR

Botozaza Pierrot, Deputy Prime Minister for Economy and Industry

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MALTA

Chris Cardona, Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business

Evarist Bartolo, Minister for Education and Employment

MAURITIUS

Xavier Duval, Vice-Prime Minister & Minister of Finance

J. Seetaram, Minister of Business, Enterprise and Cooperatives

MONACO

Michel Roger, Minister of State

Jean Castellini, Minister for Economy and Finance

MONGOLIA

Battulga Khaltmaa, Minister of Industry and Agriculture

MOZAMBIQUE

Fernando Sumbana Junior, Minister of Youth

Armando Inroga, Minister of Industry and Trade

NAMIBIA

Nahas Angula, Minister of Defense

David Namwandi, Minister of Education

NEW ZEALAND

Prime Minister John Key

NIGERIA

Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment


OMAN

Ali bin Massoud Al Sunaidy, Minister of Commerce and Industry

PAKISTAN

Ahsan Iqbal, Minister for Planning and Development

PALESTINE

Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa

Ahmad Majdalani, Minister of Labor

M. Osama Abdel Halim, Minister of IT

Jawad Naji, Minister of National Economy

PARAGUAY

David Ocampos, Minister of Information Technology & Communications

PERU

Raul Diez Canseco, Former Vice President of Peru

PHILIPPINES

President Benigno Aquino

Vice President Jejomar Binay

POLAND

Janusz Piechocinski, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economy

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PORTUGAL

President Anibal Cavaco Silva

Assunção Cristas, Minister of Agriculture and Sea

Manuel Pinto de Abreu, Secretary of State of the Sea

RWANDA

Robert Bayigamba, Minister of Sports and Culture

Francois Kanimba, Minister of Trade and Industry

SAUDI ARABIA

Tawfiq Al Rabiah, Minister of Commerce and Industry

Adel bin Mohammad Fakeih, Minister of Labor

SPAIN

Prince Felipe de Bourbon

President Mariano Rajoy

ST. LUCIA

Dame Pearlette Louisy, Governor General

Prime Minister Kenny Anthony (also Minister of Finance)

Phillip Pierre, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure Port Services & Transport

Emma Hippolyte, Minister of Commerce, Business Development, Investment &

Consumer Affairs

Lorne Theophilus, Minister for Tourism, Heritage and the Creative Industries

Alvina Reynolds, Minister of Health and Wellness


ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

Stevenson Frederick, Minister of Youth

SWAZILAND

Deputy Prime Minister Paul Dlamini

Phineas Magugala, Minister of Education and Training

Gideon Dlamini, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade

David Ndlangamandla, Minister of Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs

SWEDEN

Annie Lööf, Minister for Enterprise

Lena Ek, Minister for the Environment

TOGO

Bernadette Palouki Legzim, Minister of Trade and Private Sector Promotion

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

President Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona

Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development

Errol McLeod, Minister of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development

TURKEY

Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy

UGANDA

Henry Kajura, Minister of State for Finance

UNITED KINGDOM

Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

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UNITED STATES

President Barack Obama

ZIMBABWE

Savior Kasukuwere, Minister of Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment

Josiah Hungwe, Minister of Psychomotor Activities

Sithembiso Nyoni, Minister of Small and Medium Enterprise Development


Led by a long-standing partnership with Dell, Global Entrepreneurship Week is supported by an impressive collection of global brands. Dell continues to be actively involved, providing support to the Global Entrepreneurship Congress and, among other things, announcing the expansion of its Center for Entrepreneurs with a new office in London during Global Entrepre-neurship Week and plans to open new offices around the world in 2014.

Examples of other major brands that support GEW through its national campaigns and activi-ties include (in alphabetical order)

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Rio de Janeiro is known for an abundance of sun and surf—and over-the-top celebration during Carnival—but for one week in March 2013 it was home to a different kind of festival that continued the evolution of the Global Entrepreneurship Week movement.

More than 2,000 people from 119 countries gathered in Rio for the latest Global Entrepreneurship Congress—turning the gathering into a festival for startups and those that support their growth around the world. It became clear that a new chapter in entrepreneurship thinking had begun as two worlds have come together driven by a profound awareness of the impact of entrepreneurship. Earnest governments anxious to support the right program and pull the right policy levers are now interacting and even collaborating with the grassroots networks and communities driving the emergence of

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smarter ecosystems that support the starting and scaling of new high-growth firms across the planet.

Serial entrepreneurs and investors like Brad Feld of TechStars and Dave McClure of 500 Startups mixed with government officials like Alexei Komissarov of the Moscow City Government and Alessandro Fusacchia from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two government officials are leading efforts in their respective countries to promote entrepreneurial growth—and part of those efforts were to host the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Moscow (March 2014) and Milan (March 2015).

That commitment from the top-down demonstrates a new approach that mirrors the iterative processes that a lot of startups go through: experimenting with policies and programs to find out which are the most effective at generating defined objectives in terms of economic growth and job creation. Further, like today’s generation of startup creators, policymakers are looking to the global stage for ideas and expertise, seeking best practices and bridges with other nations that are successfully nurturing their entrepreneurship ecosystems.

In Rio, all startup ecosystem players were sharing a common platform for the first time. It was a shift in the frontier of the entrepreneurship field that has not come easy. When the Kauffman Foundation hosted the first Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Kansas City in 2009, the mission was to support the grassroots startup champions behind the Global Entrepreneurship Week movement. But much more has been accomplished through the synergies that formed at each following GEC. Dubai, Shanghai and Liverpool made their own contributions prior to Rio and more will follow with fresh assessments of pro-entrepreneurship efforts including better-targeted programs and even new data for better-informed policies.

The Future Begins in Moscow

In hosting the 2014 Congress, Moscow is determined to prove that it can be as powerful as San Francisco or London in terms of a vibrant startup culture. While the Russian capital has been popping up in recent ‘startup scene’ lists in publications like Wired and TechCrunch, its decision to host the GEC is already proof of a growing


self-confidence in the potential of its own entrepreneurship ecosystem—an ecosystem that is getting strong support from the top from Komissarov and the city’s Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship.

Held at the Moscow Manege, steps from the Kremlin and Red Square, the Congress features two main sessions—the Research + Policy Summit and the Start + Scale Forum—against the backdrop of more than 45 official fringe events with hundreds of speakers that provide educational and networking opportunities as well as a unique window into successful Russian models with potential for being replicated.

New global efforts are taking their first steps in Moscow. One example is the Global Entrepreneurship Research Network, a collaboration of research organizations founded by the Kauffman Foundation, Endeavor Insight and World Bank, which comes together for the first time to generate

useful and actionable knowledge for entrepreneurs, policymakers and others. Other firsts launched from the GEC in Moscow: a new coalition to promote entrepreneurship in the creative industries; a new experiential, problem-based learning program on the fundamental aspects of entrepreneurial thinking; and, a new GEC event—GEC2 scheduled for September 2014 in Croatia—that fills a need for more in-depth collaboration by taking deep-dives into specific topics.

Like the host cities before it, Moscow has once again risen the bar.

As the Global Entrepreneurship Congress and related efforts continue, they bring clarity to the field of entrepreneurship, fostering productive discussions that reveal additional strengths—as well as weaknesses—in entrepreneurship ecosystems that yield important insights to help us all bring new ideas to life.

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Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation works to advance an entrepreneurial society in which job creation, innovation and the economy flourish. It has an extensive Research & Policy program and also works with leading educators, researchers and other partners to further understanding of the powerful economic impact of entrepreneurship, to train the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders and to improve the environment in which entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.

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GLOBAL BOARD

Donna Harris Co-founder, 1776

Jeff Hoffman Founder, ColorJar

Rebeca Hwang Managing Partner, Rivet Ventures

Jonathan Ortmans President, Global Entrepreneurship Week

Erik Pages Founder and President, EntreWorks Consulting

GEW GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Jonathan Ortmans President

Mark Marich Executive Vice President

Alan Simensky Chief Financial Officer

Büke Çuhadar Vice President

Cristina Fernandez Director for Policy & Research Initiatives

Alana Ramo Director for Strategic Partnerships

Nick Vilelle Director for African Initiatives

Charlotte Lamontagne Communications Associate

Britney Wright Digital Associate

Hope Grauel Strategic Projects Associate


The strength of the Global Entrepreneurship Week network lies in the collection of host organizations guiding the national campaigns in each of the 140 participating countries. These hosts are accelerating the growth of inclusive ecosystems by catalyzing partnerships with a diverse range of players—entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, educators, policymakers, the media and more—and rallying the network to conduct events and activities during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Host organizations emerge from a range of backgrounds—from startup community groups to university entrepreneurship centers to government agencies and others active throughout the year in shaping the next generation of entrepreneurs.

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YOUTH SUPPORT 40%

BUSINESS SUPPORT 37%

STARTUP CREATION 24%

GOVERNMENT 14%

FOUNDATION 10%

UNIVERSITY 9%

BUSINESS 4%

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Government Agency | Program

Startup Creation | Growth Groups

Business Support Groups

Business | Profit or Nonprofit

University | Academic Institution or Program

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Fortifying the engagement of thousands of local partners holding events and activities during Global Entrepreneurship Week is a collection of Global Partners and Supporters that bring a wealth of expertise, experience and energy to the initiative.

The following organizations contribute to Global Entrepreneurship Week in a variety of ways: creating founder teams that launch startups, providing hosts of national campaigns, contributing mentors to guide nascent entrepreneurs, running high-profile competitions, engaging in substantive discussions and more to further the field of entrepreneurship.

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Entrepreneurs’ Organization

JA Worldwide

Youth Business International

Startup Weekend

Center for International Private Enterprise

LIONS@FRICA

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship

Youth Employment Network

MIT Enterprise Forum

Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs

International Labour Organization

YEC Global


Each year, we are expanding our network and bringing new opportunities to aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs alike. This map indicates the 140 participating countries in Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013.

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Over the following pages, you will find relevant facts and figures about the countries involved in Global Entrepreneurship Week.


Host Organization Country Partners Activities Participants

Global Opportunities Albania Albania 11 8 1,000

NAPEO Algeria 210 720 69,200

Angolan Forum for Competitive Knowledge Innovation & Development Angola 4 4 700

Gilbert Agricultural & Rural Development Center Antigua 1 3 25

Endeavor Argentina Argentina 45 40 38,500

Armenia StartUp Cup Armenia 10 10 1,200

The FRANK Team Australia 30 220 11,000

IFTE Austria 25 23 2,500

Young Arab Leaders - Bahrain Bahrain ** ** **

Young Entrepreneurs & Leaders League Bangladesh 16 37 80,000

Barbados Youth Business Trust Barbados 39 37 23,053

BELBIZ Belarus 17 47 18,000

Pulse Foundation Belgium 41 52 25,500

FORAM Initiatives Benin 3 3 2,944

Bermuda Economic Development Corporation Bermuda 11 14 1,292

loden Foundation Bhutan 9 25 820

Red Bolivia Emprendedora Bolivia 32 76 62,000

Association for Promotion of Entrepreneurship Bosnia & Herzegovina

3 3 230

Endeavor Brazil Brazil 598 4,127 1,678,250

Junior Achievement Bulgaria Bulgaria 5 150 5,000

Association pour la Promotion, le Soutien et le Suivi de l’Investissement Privé (APSIP) Burkina Faso 15 20 3,550

Youth Action for Development Burundi 5 5 2,350

Young Entrepreneurs Association of Cambodia Cambodia ** ** **

Youth Business Cameroon Cameroon 15 32 6,425

Canadian Youth Business Foundation Canada 170 595 25,226

AJEC Cape Verde 75 190 12,982

Endeavor Chile Chile 10 20 17,000

Entrepreneurship Foundation for Graduates China 50 198 92,396

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Global Opportunities Albania Albania 11 8 1,000

NAPEO Algeria 210 720 69,200

Angolan Forum for Competitive Knowledge Innovation & Development Angola 4 4 700

Gilbert Agricultural & Rural Development Center Antigua 1 3 25

Endeavor Argentina Argentina 45 40 38,500

Armenia StartUp Cup Armenia 10 10 1,200

The FRANK Team Australia 30 220 11,000

IFTE Austria 25 23 2,500

Young Arab Leaders - Bahrain Bahrain ** ** **

Young Entrepreneurs & Leaders League Bangladesh 16 37 80,000

Barbados Youth Business Trust Barbados 39 37 23,053

BELBIZ Belarus 17 47 18,000

Pulse Foundation Belgium 41 52 25,500

FORAM Initiatives Benin 3 3 2,944

Bermuda Economic Development Corporation Bermuda 11 14 1,292

loden Foundation Bhutan 9 25 820

Red Bolivia Emprendedora Bolivia 32 76 62,000

Association for Promotion of Entrepreneurship Bosnia & Herzegovina

3 3 230

Endeavor Brazil Brazil 598 4,127 1,678,250

Junior Achievement Bulgaria Bulgaria 5 150 5,000

Association pour la Promotion, le Soutien et le Suivi de l’Investissement Privé (APSIP) Burkina Faso 15 20 3,550

Youth Action for Development Burundi 5 5 2,350

Young Entrepreneurs Association of Cambodia Cambodia ** ** **

Youth Business Cameroon Cameroon 15 32 6,425

Canadian Youth Business Foundation Canada 170 595 25,226

AJEC Cape Verde 75 190 12,982

Endeavor Chile Chile 10 20 17,000

Entrepreneurship Foundation for Graduates China 50 198 92,396


Youth Career Development Association Headquarters, R.O.C Chinese Taipei 32 33 25,897

Endeavor Colombia Colombia 92 257 69,209

Youth Entrepreneurship & Sustainability DR Congo Congo, DRC 10 3 5,000

Yo Emprendedor Costa Rica 21 35 12,000

Startup Initiative Côte d’ivoire 4 3 250

Croatian Small Business Union (HUMP-CROSBU) Croatia 9 37 200,100

Industry Disruptors - Game Changers Cyprus 6 6 900

European Leadership & Academic Institute Czech Republic 25 37 3,000

Danish Business Authority Denmark 33 257 42,607

Dominica Youth Business Trust Dominica 3 12 790

Emprende / Dominica Incuba Dominican Republic 14 51 3,552

Fundación Emprender Ecuador 156 312 103,521

MSCBE Egypt 21 101 12,000

FUSADES El Salvador 12 14 3,200

Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Tartu Estonia ** ** **

Empact Capital Ethiopia 12 15 16,450

Aalto Entrepreneurship Society Finland 12 16 1,700

Citizen Entrepreneurs France 100 100 100,000

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre Georgia 17 27 930

Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Germany 821 1,900 51,000

Youth Enhancement International Ghana 50 60 205,000

OESYNE - Federation of Hellenic Associations of Young Entrepreneurs Greece 16 18 1,000

Startup Greenland Greenland 1 4 150

Kirzner Entrepreneurship Center, Francisco Marroquin University Guatemala 21 40 2,750

Guyana Youth Business Trust Guyana 6 8 250

Junior Achievement Honduras Honduras 15 15 15,700

FIVOSZ - Young Entrepreneurs Association Hungary Hungary 1 73 13,000

Klak Innovit Iceland 5 11 600

Centre for Innovation Incubation & Entrepreneurship (IIM Ahmedabad) India 63 171 12,750



Universitas Ciputra Entrepreneurship Center Indonesia 5 5 500

IEA Iran 14 10 2,200

Think Ireland Inc Ireland 3 120 5,400

Global Entrepreneurship Week Israel Israel 65 424 24,655

META Group Italy 18 53 5,700

Junior Achievement Jamaica Jamaica 11 13 1,625

IMPACT Japan Japan 9 18 900

Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship Jordan 28 45 3,011

Young Entrepreneurs Club of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 60 57 10,481

Junior Achievement Kenya Kenya 12 5 21,000

Innovation Center Kosovo Kosovo 16 13 3,500

Central Asian Free Market Institute Kyrgyzstan 8 12 942

Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Latvia 6 6 1,850

Bader Young Entrepreneurs Program Lebanon 50 40 1,700

Silatech Libya 15 15 600

ISM University of Management and Economics Lithuania 15 80 6,500

YES Foundation Macedonia 11 7 374

Habaka Madagascar Innovation Hub Madagascar 3 13 6,600

StartupMalaysia.org Malaysia 1 10 5,600

Jokkolabs Bamako Mali 4 4 90

The Edward de Bono Institute, University of Malta Malta 6 7 1,000

Empretec Mauritius Mauritius 12 69 183,835

Endeavor Mexico & Impulsa / JA Mexico Mexico 284 1,334 218,974

Invento Moldova 24 27 1,000

JCI Monaco Monaco 1 2 200

SWMongolia Mongolia 6 5 600

Institute for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Montenegro 2 5 100

CEED Morocco Morocco 38 47 2,000



Empresa Junior Mozambique 9 1 197

Project Hub Yangon Myanmar 9 9 570

Junior Achievement Namibia Namibia 12 21 726,226

INCON Nepal 7 4 2,002

Stichting GEW Nederland Netherlands 42 217 25,000

GEW/NZ New Zealand 53 35 1,533

Axeltec Foundation Nicaragua 6 10 600

Enterprise Development Centre Nigeria 39 52 363,300

Gründernes Hus AS Norway 22 80 5,100

Zajil Oasis LLC Oman 20 27 3,000

Alternate Solutions Pakistan 100 30 13,000

Palestine for a New Beginning Palestine 49 31 2,432

Junior Achievement of Panama Panama 27 49 824

Fundacion Paraguaya Paraguay 45 55 18,820

British Peruvian Chamber of Commerce Peru 10 56 3,450

Young Entrepreneur Society - Philippines Philippines 60 164 15,016

Youth Forum Lewiatan Poland 2,206 2,225 82,419

APBA / SEDES Portugal 50 70 37,500

Silatech Qatar 33 62 3,900

Junior Achievement Romania Romania 11 14 55,000

Center for Entrepreneurship Russia 368 900 171,110

Babson-Rwanda Entrepreneurship Center Rwanda 50 50 7,500

St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture St. Lucia 37 51 78,567

Qotuf AlRiyadah Saudi Arabia 9 8 6,250

Jokkolabs Senegal 31 13 6,607

Mokra Gora School of Management Serbia 7 3 7,070

MoneyTree Asia Pacific Singapore ** ** **

Shaqodoon Somalia ** ** **



Endeavor South Africa South Africa 94 50 4,500

Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation South Korea 98 13 400

IESE Business School Spain 80 230 20,000

Young Entrepreneurs Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 67 67 5,802

Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Livelihoods St. Kitts & Nevis 2 2 25

Youth Business Saint Vincent & the Grenadines St. Vincent & the Grenadines

2 7 1,512

Women’s Business Group Foundation Suriname ** ** **

Junior Achievement Swaziland Swaziland 16 35 1,935

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute Sweden 108 211 11,700

ZAYEE Tanzania 7 7 500

Ayana Co Ltd - Global Entrepreneurship Thailand Thailand 28 33 8,200

American Chamber of Commerce, The Gambia The Gambia 3 5 501

Initiatives des Jeunes pour le Développement (IJD) Togo 6 4 15,580

Youth Business Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago 17 26 2,398

The Arab Institute Of Business Managers (IACE) Tunisia 105 161 94,085

Endeavor Turkey Turkey 200 185 80,000

Enterprise Uganda Uganda 27 37 50,570

Association of Socio-Economic Strategies and Partnerships Ukraine 20 28 1,842

Higher Colleges of Technology United Arab Emirates

7 12 200

Youth Business International United Kingdom 633 3,240 347,000

Endeavor Uruguay Uruguay 13 16 2,232

GEW/USA United States 1,247 4,115 713,326

Ecosistema Nacional de Emprendimiento Venezuela 42 134 31,575

Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vietnam 13 9 450

Youth Leadership Development Foundation Yemen 2 1 20

ELIF Business SolutionsLtd. / SME Toolkit Zambia Zambia 15 20 600

Empretec Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 6 15 3,500


Plans are being drawn up now for GEW 2014. If you or your organization would like to be involved at any level, from organizing an activity in your country, to signing up as a sponsor or becoming a supporter, we’d love to hear from you.

To learn more or to become a part of GEW, visit gew.co or email Hope Grauel at [email protected].

Key Upcoming GEW Global Meetings & Dates:

Global Entrepreneurship Congress Moscow, Russia | March 17 - 20, 2014

GEW Middle East Meetup Athens, Greece | May 8 - 14, 2014

GEC²: The Entrepreneurial Mindset Zagreb, Split & Dubrovnik, Croatia | September 22 - 26, 2014

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2014 November 17 - 23, 2014

GEW Startup Nations Summit Seoul, Korea | November 23 - 25, 2014

Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2015 Milan, Italy | March 16 - 19, 2015

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2015 November 16 - 22, 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Week 2016 November 14 - 20, 2016

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