How do you participate in World Entrepreneurship Week?

by Finn Patraic

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Learn to get involved in the largest celebration in the world of innovators and job creators.

How will your organization celebrate World Entrepreneurship WeekNovember 12-18, 2018? What is World Entrepreneurship Week? This short circuit YouTube video explains it fairly well. Since 2007, the activities of the World Entrepreneurship Week have taken place in 167 countries and the 50 states in the United States. In the United States, more than 2,500 partner organizations have organized events with more than 818,000 participants nationwide. This year, primary and secondary schools, universities, non -profit organizations, government entities and businesses can all easily become partners during World Entrepreneurship Week.

Here are some ideas that partner organizations can implement to help connect, share and build a stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem thanks to inspiration and innovation during World Entrepreneurship Week.

Competitions and competitions. Compensation is not the need to create an entrepreneurial competition or competition, although it is desirable. The possibility of being creative, disputed and recognized is often the only prices necessary to inspire innovation. Competitions and competitions may be available in many formats, sizes and places. From the traditional business plan and the pitch competitions to the theme competitions, such as create a game day, solve a social problem or earn money with music, competitions and competitions encourage participants to go out of the beaten track to generate new products, services and solutions.

Meet the entrepreneurs. Provide future entrepreneurs with opportunities to interact with existing entrepreneurs and local business leaders. This can be done by organizing an entrepreneurial lunch of the old 4-h, a speed networking event, a round table a excursion on the field or even showing the business owner. Existing entrepreneurs can provide real applications, share how they started, their lessons learned, what resources and connections they recommend and offer their information on what it takes to become a prosperous entrepreneur.

Business rallies. Organize a local commercial exhibition, a career day in entrepreneurship, an innovation fair, a showcase or an inventor craft market. These events can offer young entrepreneurs opportunities to display their products and services to those present. They will not only give new entrepreneurs the opportunity to sell their work, but also to provide networking opportunities and to instill a feeling of community.

Workshops and seminars. Accommodate or offer an educational seminar to help start, start or growth companies acquire commercial skills. Subjects can discuss more recent trends such as “ecologization” of your company and your crowdfunding to entrepreneurial bases such as the development of a business plan. Workshops can be taught by local experts in the community; Consider contacting successful entrepreneurs, financial institutions, suppliers of commercial resources, colleges and universities. In Michigan, you can easily find a room expert on entrepreneurship through Michigan State University Extension.

Startup crawl. Collaborate with local startups and co-work spaces to organize a startup crawl. Set up hours of tour so that the participants learn about the startups and local companies in the community, as well as on the different accelerator, incubator or co -work spaces in the region – and what resources they have to offer “budding businesses”.

This idea and many others are listed on the World Entrepreneurship Week Page of Event Ideas.

Mark your calendars, sponsor or organize an event! Register or find an upcoming world event for entrepreneurship week. Together, we can spread the entrepreneurial spirit through our country and the globe. But remember, celebrating and connecting entrepreneurs can occur at any time.

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