http://europe.gew2009.org Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:55:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Austria was the last nation to officially sign up for Global Entrepreneurship Week this year and we are especially grateful to the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) who with little noticed organized one of our global Featured Events  - a forum on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Central and Eastern ... http://europe.gew2009.org/11/21/central-and-eastern-europe-the-transition-to-entrepreneurial-capitalism/ Around 100 people gathered for a drinks reception in Westminster on 17 November, held by the Associate Parliamentary Group on Business, Finance and Accountancy and Enterprise UK. Dignitaries included Dragon’s Den entrepreneur Peter Jones CBE, Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills and a panel of ... http://europe.gew2009.org/11/20/parliamentary-drinks-reception-at-westminster/ Scottish brewery founders James Watt and Martin Dickie and music promoter Aaron Kirkhouse will be hosting GEW activities at Glyndwr University this week. Watt and Dickie, who founded the award-winning Brewdog, will judge an "Apprentice"-style competition where contestants will invent a Glyndwr Beer.  The winners will be announced on Sunday. Kirkhouse (pictured ... http://europe.gew2009.org/11/18/beer-simon-cowell-gew/ http://europe.gew2009.org/11/18/jonathan-ortmans-in-amsterdam-for-gew-2/ On Monday and Tuesday in Vienna, Austria, the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) convened a forum on Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Central and Eastern European Competitiveness as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009. Coinciding with the anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the “Velvet Revolution,” The forum ... http://europe.gew2009.org/11/18/vienna-conference-a-success/ The British Ambassador was invited as a guest to promote global entrepreneurship alongside Carl Schramm, the President and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation which is one of the United States' largest foundations devoted to entrepreneurship. The British Ambassador for Italy, Edward Chaplin delivered a speech yesterday at La Sapienza University ... http://europe.gew2009.org/11/18/when-in-rome/ GEW 2009 saw the launch of the largest ever initiative aimed at promoting growth and entrepreneurship in Denmark. The Week took off on Monday when Danish Vice Prime Minister Mrs. Lene Espersen hosted a summit in Copenhagen. Mrs. Lene Espersen hosted a debate about the roles and responsibilities of different ... http://europe.gew2009.org/11/18/lene-espersen-launches-the-largest-ever-campaign-for-danish-entrepreneurs/ Global Entrepreneurship Week Romania launched START! Business, a year-long national entrepreneurship championship for student teams in 13 universities, at the Bucharest launch event on Monday. The competitors are striving for the great prize: a seed grant to turn their pilot into a full-fledged business, and the Junior Achievers Scholarship for the ... http://europe.gew2009.org/11/17/gew-romania-launches-start-business/ Juan Ramón Nuñez, owner of an sound and lighting company operating in a deprived area of Buenos Aires, has been named the winner of an international competition for young entrepreneurs. The 34-year-old was named as the winner of Youth Business International’s Entrepreneur of the Year competition at an event last night ... http://europe.gew2009.org/11/17/former-scrap-collector-named-entrepreneur-of-the-year/ Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 will see the launch of the largest ever initiative aimed at promoting growth and entrepreneurship in Denmark. In partnership with 25 private and public organisations and institutions, the Danish vice Prime Minister Lene Espersen is spearheading the campaign “Maximize Your Potential”. The Week opened on Monday when ... http://europe.gew2009.org/11/17/denmark-launches-%e2%80%98largest-ever%e2%80%99-entrepreneurship-initiative/