Ohio's third annual Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off Monday, Nov. 16, with 10 online events that begin a series of sessions that focus on strengthening the environment for startup businesses and reaching out to communities not traditionally engaged in entrepreneurial activity.
In its first two years, the week was a way for entrepreneurs and support organizations to come together at live events to make contacts and exchange ideas. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year is different. Statewide organizer Pauly Suchy described the focus this year as redefining what it means to be a business owner in the new virtual world.
"It really is the new American dream," he said. "We're trying to cultivate a group of stakeholders around the state who are focused on using entrepreneurship to help us recover from this pandemic as well as create new opportunities so that we can become economic leaders."
The local Global Entrepreneurship Week runs from Nov. 16-22 and is part of an international event that connects entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers and other startup champions in 170-plus countries. It's sponsored by the Global Entrepreneurship Network, which operates in 180 countries a platform of projects and programs aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere, to start and scale a business. It's supported by the Kaufmann Foundation of Kansas City, Mo.
The local schedule of 30 programs kicks off with presentations by Suchy and Jonathan Ortmans, the founder and president of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, followed by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, speaking on this subject: "Ohio's Vision for Entrepreneurs in a Post-COVID World."
The week also includes three programs that comprise a Black Entrepreneurship Summit as well as a Hispanic Business Showcase, one of the only in-person events of the week. Shana Black, who blogs at Black Girl in the CLE, is the keynote speaker at the Black Entrerpeneurship Summit's Monday session. The Hispanic Business Showcase is sponsored by the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development.
A Monday session on "Raising Capital in Ohio" includes speakers from Ohio State University; North Coast Ventures, a venture fund; and from JumpStart Inc. and Rev1, which are venture development nonprofits in Cleveland and Columbus, respectively.
Two programs on Tuesday, developed by the Cleveland Chinese Chamber of Commerce, focus on immigration and building international startup businesses. A Wednesday session, called the "Blue Economy Forum," will discuss the role of water-based entrepreneurship in economic development.
Registration is available here.
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