About
Global Entrepreneurship Week
For one week, millions of young people around the world will join a growing movement of entrepreneurial people to generate new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things. Dozens of countries are coming together for the first time to host Global Entrepreneurship Week, an initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. To think big. To turn their ideas into reality. To make their mark.
Today, entrepreneurial individuals appear from all walks of life to exploit business opportunities for both economic and social gains. From November 17 - 23, 2008, Global Entrepreneurship Week will connect young people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. Students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, non-profit leaders, government officials and many others will participate in a range of activities - online and face-to-face - to harness the energy of social networking, to connect people taking action in their local and global communities and to celebrate entrepreneurship across the globe.
Overall, the Week will tap into a culture with a passion for networking. It will blend into the fabric of everyday life, engaging young people in school, at home, on the web and at work. Through this initiative, the next generation of entrepreneurs will be inspired and emerge. In doing so, they will begin to acquire the knowledge, skills, networks and values needed to grow innovative, sustainable enterprises that have a positive impact on their lives and the lives of those around them.
University of Pittsburgh's Entrepreneurs' Society
The mission of the Entrepreneurs’ Society is to unify enterprising students into a campus-wide membership organization that will promote, support and incubate creativity and innovation through the use of community resources and relevant activities
The Entrepreneurs’ Society was created by the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence (IEE) to help regional businesses by developing the next generation of enterprising professionals and leaders.
Businesses want employees who act like owners. Enterprising employees focus on taking what “is” and making it better. They understand what motivates people. They are curious about business functions – technology, marketing, finance, operations, sales – that may not directly impact their own work.
Students who join the Entrepreneurs’ Society hone these critical skills and position themselves for lifelong success.
Carnegie Mellon University's Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Association
The Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Association (UEA) is a student run organization dedicated to fostering the entrepreneurial spirit at Carnegie Mellon University through competitions, business development, and networking opportunities. The UEA hosts the annual Tepper Venture Challenge, CMU's largest business plan competition, as well as an elevator pitch competition, a lecture series, and now a book club and movie night.
The Tepper Venture Challenge, our flagship event, brings together students from all fields to pitch their best ideas against a panel of judges for substantial cash prizes and an opportunity to attend larger business plan competitions. These undergraduate competitors range from freshmen to fifth-year seniors, from business to computer science, political science, mechanical engineering, and english. The TVC is also open to those who attend other Pittsburgh universities such as the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, and Carlow University.
Olympus
Project Olympus is a new initiative designed to create and sustain Next Generation Computing innovation for Western Pennsylvania. It aims to build an infrastructure and foster a climate that will enable talent to take root and flourish in the region-and bring to fruition projects and ideas born here.
Project Olympus is an ambitious endeavor. At the core is a prestigious and highly visible Research, Education and Development Innovation Lab designed to attract and train a pool of young researchers/entrepreneurs and create products and services leading to new business development and job opportunities. Operating in an interactive, interdisciplinary, and open collaborative mode, the "incubator" interfaces between the academic and the technology business sectors and builds on, and enhances, the expertise and resources available from these arenas.