Today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, GEN announced Doha, Qatar, as the host city for the next Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC 2026). The Congress is one of the most impactful and influential gatherings of entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and ecosystem builders. Taking place 21-24 September 2026, GEC 2026 will bring together more than 3,000 participants [...]
GEN goes to Davos The World Economic Forum convenes 19-23 January in the Swiss resort of Davos. GEN will be participating in the programme designed to spark ideas, surface long-term solutions and unlock new opportunities for growth, resilience and impact. The next Global Entrepreneurship Congress will be announced at the World Economic Forum later this month. [...]
Global Entrepreneurship Week turned 18 last month - and how it’s grown - since 2008 it has evolved from a campaign to an annual global festival. GEW was the brainchild of Gordon Brown with his vision to increase opportunities for young people everywhere through the meritocracy of entrepreneurship - make a job don’t take a job. [...]
Over recent weeks the UK government has announced several policies and initiatives to enable business to grow and thrive. These have included a new Industrial Strategy, the first for nearly a decade, and an Export Strategy designed to help companies grow in new markets. The latest is called Backing Your Business. This is the UK government's [...]
This summer ministers, ecosystem builders, researchers, policy makers and investors will convene in Indianapolis for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress. Hosted by the Global Entrepreneurship Network in a different rising entrepreneurial city each year, the Congress gathers thousands of delegates from 200 countries to share and strengthen innovative approaches to empowering entrepreneurs everywhere. Over the course of [...]
GEN and Startup Genome launch GSER 2024 ranking the Top 40 ecosystems and Top 100 Emerging Ecosystems from around the world at London Tech Week. Highlights from the report: Silicon Valley top, with New York City and London tied for 2nd. Seoul now ranked 9, entering the Top 10 ecosystems this year. Tokyo enters Top 10, [...]
We are three weeks out from GEC+Puerto Rico! Explore the program and speakers. Founders, investors, entrepreneurship ecosystem builders, policymakers, researchers are coming together to explore an ambitious roadmap for a more vibrant and thriving economy by 2035. Join us at this year's defining event for the entrepreneurship ecosystem across Latin America and the Caribbean in sunny [...]
At the House of Lords this week The Entrepreneurs Network asked ‘What Would a Labour Government Mean for Entrepreneurs?’ Answers came from Seema Malhotra MP, Shadow Minister for Skills, Co-Founder & President of the Fabian Women's Network, and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Entrepreneurship. She was joined by and a panel of policy experts [...]
Staged in the Egyptian Room of Mansion House, London, Charlotte Keenan presented the latest excellent Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses report. Generation Growth - The Small Business Manifesto reveals insights across a wide range of topics from 566 small business owners. The report is a valuable roadmap to inform the next government of what UK business [...]
We are looking forward to gathering together with our GEN colleagues at the GEC in Melbourne and creating new connections and opportunities. Last year in Riyadh we had a UK delegation of almost 30 ecosystem players, and we would love to invite you to join us this year for GEC 2023. Vibrant, scalable, and high-performing startup [...]
