Tag: Global Entrepreneurship Week

GEWKC returning to familiar venue (but its new destinations might surprise ticket holders)

By Tommy Felts / October 7, 2025

When Global Entrepreneurship Week pulls into the station later this fall, Kansas City participants can expect a fresh experience inside one of the region’s most iconic landmarks, said Callie England, noting an intentional effort behind the scenes should help reroute the “best of the best” events onto custom agendas. “While you’ll see a few familiar…

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How KC transformed entrepreneurship from counterculture into a model for the mainstream

By Tommy Felts / July 25, 2025

Veteran ecosystem builders returned to the Heartland this week, urging a new generation of entrepreneur advocates to embrace Kansas City’s style of experimentation and its uniquely collaborative startup culture. “Entrepreneurship is not spreadsheets and business plans,” said Jonathan Ortmans, who founded the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) — the nonprofit parent of Global Entrepreneurship Week —…

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GEWKC submissions open: Organizers seek community-sourced ideas for fall event series

By Tommy Felts / June 12, 2025

One of Kansas City’s largest interactive educational experiences for entrepreneurs is inviting community members to drive the conversation when Global Entrepreneurship Week returns in November. Festivities are set for Nov. 17-22 at Union Station in Kansas City. The GEWKC event series’ programming is crowd-sourced through submissions from community members and organized by KCSourceLink. Selected concepts…

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GEWKC adds full day of Spanish programming to serve growing community of entrepreneurs

By Tommy Felts / November 18, 2024

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Missouri Business Alert, a member of the Kansas City Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and The Kansas City Beacon. Click here to read the original story. Para leer una versión de esta historia en español, haga clic aquí. When Ana…

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GEWKC just launched its 2024 lineup; Here are three of the can’t-miss entrepreneur events

By Tommy Felts / August 30, 2024

Inspiration — and top honors — are on the calendar this fall as registration launches for Kansas City’s busiest week in entrepreneurship. Among the headline events for the connection-packed summit: two grants competitions and a new-to-GEW celebration of Kansas City innovation. Organizers this week released the official schedule for the in-person Nov. 19-21 Global Entrepreneurship Week –…

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