Tag: Jenny Miller

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEWKC) 2019, 18th and Vine district

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

By Tommy Felts / September 15, 2020

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

By Tommy Felts / August 20, 2020

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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Already feeling FOMO for Global Entrepreneurship Week? Here are KC’s can’t-miss events

By Tommy Felts / November 5, 2019

Hundreds of events geared toward makers, innovators and job creators are expected to pop up later this month in one of Kansas City’s historic cultural epicenters. “The 18th and Vine District has a rich history of entrepreneurship and has served as a hub for makers, dreamers and doers for decades,” said Jenny Miller, chief organizer…

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Carlanda McKinney, Raaxo

Got ideas for real-world events? Global Entrepreneurship Week accepting 2019 submissions

By Tommy Felts / June 22, 2019

A weeklong event elevating the doers, dreamers and makers at the heartbeat of Kansas City small business needs the community’s help, Jenny Miller said. Organizers of Global Entrepreneurship Week — set for Nov. 18-22 in Kansas City — are now accepting event submissions for this year’s celebration, said Miller, network builder at KCSourceLink and chair of…

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We Create KC report: Half of top VC-backed companies tapped early-stage support

By Tommy Felts / April 5, 2019

In 2018, 50 percent of the top venture capital-funded companies in Kansas City got their start with early-stage investment programs that emerged after 2012, according to We Create KC 2019, KCSourceLink’s sixth annual state of entrepreneurship report. “That high percentage shows us how important these early-stage investment programs are to our entrepreneurs and our ecosystem,”…

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