How to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week

Happy Global Entrepreneurship Week! Startup Connection is here, at Olin, Wednesday, Nov. 16 (4:40-9 p.m.) on all three levels of the Knight Hall Atrium. This is the biggest annual celebration of the St. Louis startup community and you don’t want to miss it.

Startup Connection gives St. Louis’ top startups the opportunity to present their companies to a packed house of entrepreneurs, investors, and other members of the innovation community. The event combines a startup showcase, resource fair, and is topped off with fast-paced pitch session.

New this year: Student pitch session at 5 p.m.

Venture Showcase: Meet and greet with over 70 life science, consumer products, tech, and manufacturing startup companies.

Resource Fair: Meet and mingle with dozens companies (legal firms, marketers, accountants, venture capital firms) and entrepreneurial support organizations who can help your startup grow.

In the meantime, enjoy this fun video about GEW: Global Entrepreneurship Week from the Kauffman Foundation’s Jonathan Ortmans, Global Entrepreneurship Week President and Kauffman Senior Fellow. Click below to watch.

Created in 2008, Global Entrepreneurship Week has expanded to more than 160 countries. Each year it empowers roughly 25 million people through more than 25,000 activities, and is supported by dozens of world leaders and a network of 10,000 partner organizations.

Global Entrepreneurship Week is powered by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Learn more about the global movement on Facebook, Twitter and #GEW2016. In the U.S., visit GEWUSA on Facebook and Twitter.