BRIDGE THE BREAKTHROUGH: INNOVATE, COLLABORATE, ADVOCATE
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), launched by the Global Entrepreneurship Network in 2017, is the largest entrepreneurship community in the globe with more than 30,000 members in the network. Once a year, Innovate Coalition, in partnership with hundreds of Entrepreneurship Support Organizations (ESO’s) across the globe, bring together innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and government leaders in the Greater Washington, D.C. Region and over 7-days to connect, collaborate, share resources and celebrate our thriving Inclusive Innovation ecosystem.
Chief Evangelist, Canva
Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic design tool. He is a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz and an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley). He was the chief evangelist of Apple and a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. He is also the author of The Art of the Start 2.0, The Art of Social Media, Enchantment, and nine other books. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
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Throughout the year, we strengthen and unite the community by curating inclusive, thought-provoking, and meaningful events and partnerships to grow the ESHIP (entrepreneurship) ecosystem.
We’re announcing our programming and events slowly over the next few weeks. Stay tuned...
Yurani Sandoval
Monica Kang
In just 54 hours, you will experience the highs, lows, fun, and pressure that make up life at a startup.
Check out the latest mentors, judges, and snag a ticket here to get access to an all-inclusive selection of food, drinks, and materials for the entire weekend program.
Marie Claire Andrea
Nicholas Bonaventure
The world-renowned program that brings entrepreneurs and the Washington D.C. community together over coffee and conversations to overcome growth challenges together.
Hosted alongside its international counterpart, Startup Huddle, across the world this week in solidarity of #GEW2019.
Juan Camilo Cardona
EPICO stands for Entrepreneurship, Product, Innovation, Community, and Outliers, which are the five themes that the event evolves around.
We have a massive lineup of Speaker "Focus 15" Sessions + Meet Ups taking place, all under one roof!
AGENDA
Focus15: short solo presentations featuring the wisdom and experience of the DMV community. Focus15s are linked by a shared theme, topic or trend, with each group of four presentations taking place in a one-hour time block.
MEET UPS
TO SUBMIT YOUR MEET UP, CLICK HERE (apply by November 08 for consideration).
What to expect:
This event marks one of the few times that various meetup communities will come together to run their monthly event under the same roof in D.C. / M.D. / V.A.
Guy Kawasaki
Making pitches is a way of life for an entrepreneur. Guy Kawasaki provides his tips for ensuring each pitch is better than the last.
His 10/20/30 rule for PowerPoint slides is essential.
Carla Tanas
Cecilia Wessinger
The world-renowned Future Agro Challenge is here! Join us to hear 5 aggro founders pitch to win $5,000.00 in cash and in-kind prizes (winner gets travel and room/board to the national finals).
Applications are still open, submit your startup here: https://incohq.co/gew2019fac
We will be announcing the Pitch Competition finalists Nov. 18th!
Steven A. Rodriguez
Kick off #GEW2019 with drinks, good food and great networking.
We'll begin the celebration with a few of the latest D.C. / M.D. / V.A.-area startups who will also be pitching in a 5-minute rapid-fire presentation, and then move on to the Happy Hour celebration for the community 😉
We can’t put on this week without you. Join our team to help us unite the DMV business community.
1We are here to support you. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions.
2Is there a topic you are passionate about? If you have an idea for an event, fill out the form below.
3Empower the community and interact with more than 6,000 entrepreneurs. We’d love to hear from you!
4Help us put this week together by providing in-kind support. This week would not be possible without you.
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