GEW event series set for 7-day, hybrid return; now accepting presenter submissions 

Global Entrepreneurship Week Kansas City, the metro’s largest annual celebration of entrepreneurship, is seeking event submissions from the community to help aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small business owners build their operations and be more resilient for the future. [pullquote] What is Global Entrepreneurship Week? During one week each November, thousands of events and competitions around…

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Entrepreneurs identified COVID needs — now GEWKC needs your help to solve them

Challenges exposed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are prompting a more focused slate of programming for Global Entrepreneurship Week Kansas City, Jenny Miller said, as organizers of the community-sourced celebration open applications for virtual “GEWKC Prime-Time” events. Prospective hosts will sign up for events in specific topic areas – such as starting a business, developing…

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Music no, murals a go: Your fall events calendar won’t look the same as festivals grapple with COVID reality

With summer winding to an anticlimactic end amid COVID-19 restrictions, outdoor festivals aren’t immune to the pandemic’s impact, organizers said, noting high-profile changes and cancelations for Kansas City’s annual fall events lineup. Among the 2020 festivals going silent: the original PorchFestKC. “I dragged my feet saying it out loud just because I hated that it…

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GEW KC planning scaled-back, 3-day virtual summit; content likely geared toward starting a business in a recession

Powered by KCSourceLink community surveys, the 2020 Global Entrepreneurship Week is forging ahead with plans for virtual content catered to specific, mid-pandemic, said Jenny Miller.  “We’re still in the process of working with our committee to get all of that figured out and see what exactly GEW is going to consist of this year, but…

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