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Entrepreneurship Heats up in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was the host city to the 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Congress. Over 1,000 people from 144 countries shared a hot and humid week fueled by the overwhelming passion to promote entrepreneurship globally.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on March 26, 2013
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Over the Top

My airplane insomnia meant I was awake for a breathtaking view of the North Pole while on a return trip from Dubai. I had attended the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Fostering Entrepreneurship, which hosts working groups as they that postulate and catalyze priorities for the annual Davos Conference in January.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on November 26, 2012
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GEW Videos of the Day Canada and Malaysia

The videos for today feature Canada and Malaysia.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on November 16, 2012
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GEW Videos of the Day South Africa, Brazil, France, Germany

The videos for today feature ads from South Africa and Brazil and then a look back on GEW France and Germany.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on November 15, 2012
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GEW Videos of the Day Venezuela and UK

The videos for today feature Venezuela and the UK.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on November 13, 2012
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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 Instagram Feed

See some of the great images from around the world in this feed of Instagram photos from the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Week.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on November 13, 2012
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Entrepreneurs: 5 Reasons Why You Should Enter the Startup Open Competition

Startups around the world are vying for a chance to win Global Entrepreneurship Week’s Startup Open Competition. There are only five days left to submit an application and here are my top five reasons—in no particular order—why every entrepreneur who’s eligible should apply.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on September 10, 2012
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What Goes Global Grows Global

Global Entrepreneurship Week is an annual weeklong, worldwide series of events that educates literally millions of people about entrepreneurship and innovation. The Kauffman Foundation rounded up some GEW-related stats to see just how global this week truly is.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on March 30, 2012
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Making a List

As the year winds down, thoughts naturally reflect on the year's accomplishments, challenges, regrets and hopes that we carry into the new year. As an entrepreneur, I have found it an excellent time to take stock and make an inventory of the resources and assets that I have come to rely upon and expect to continue to value in the future. With that in mind, I wanted to share my year-end inventory of programs, resources, and organizations that are serving the interests of entrepreneurs.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on December 16, 2011
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A World United by Entrepreneurship

For one week the world unites, across borders and languages, to celebrate entrepreneurs and innovators...to celebrate the world’s job creators.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on November 14, 2011
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