Supporting statewide entrepreneurial efforts ensures that Missouri businesses survive, grow, and lead throughout the economic recovery.

10 million people. 40,000 activities. 180+ countries.
One Week. Removing barriers + empowering all.

Global Entrepreneurship Week is a massive campaign to celebrate and empower entrepreneurs in every country and community around the world. Each November, 10 million people take part in tens of thousands of activities, competitions and events that inspire them to act and provide them with the knowledge, experience and connections they need to succeed.

Global Entrepreneurship Week reaches beyond high-tech startup hubs like Silicon Valley, London and Shanghai – envisioning one entrepreneurial ecosystem open to all, including smaller cities in emerging economies and under-represented communities, whether systemically marginalized, geographically hard-to-reach or otherwise pushed aside or left out. 

By providing financial support to power local GEW campaigns, GEW Sponsors can:

• Deepen Credibility and Impact: Global Entrepreneurship Week core funding is provided by the Board of the Kauffman Foundation every year since its inception in 2008 is committed through at least 2023. 
• Engage with Ready to go Local and National Reach: Opportunity to show your support for entrepreneurship in your ecosystem and interact with other GEW campaigns throughout the state. 
• Make an Extraordinary Impact: Your support of ongoing GEW efforts connects our statewide ecosystem and helps us to interact with national and global innovators in a way that builds community,  prioritizes entrepreneurship, and engages and inspires innovation.