Prizes Include Trip to the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Liverpool and One-Year Mentorship with Redbox Founders WASHINGTON (Nov. 14, 2011) – Startup Open, a competition for startups with high-growth potential featured as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2011, today announced the two grand prize winners: Kavita Shukla, founder of Fenugreen, and Jason Ethier, founder [...]

Since Entrepreneurship Week USA began in 2007, Tennessee has been a very active state in terms of the number of partners and events held during the Week (thanks largely to the its Department of Economic Development playing a regional coordinator role). Apparently, the state’s commitment to fostering an entrepreneurial ecosystem is paying off in terms [...]

Select Startups Have Chance to Start Firms in Chile, Receiving $40,000 in Capital and a One-Year Work Visa Kansas City, Mo. (July 27, 2011) – Startup Open aims to answer a question plaguing economists, investors and Main Street alike: Who are the next generation of entrepreneurs that will grow to become tomorrow’s Google, Apple or [...]

Promising young companies with a ‘startup moment’ can vie for recognition and prizes announced during Global Entrepreneurship Week Kansas City, Mo. (May 26, 2011) – Startup Open, a competition that recognizes startups with high-growth potential, has launched its search for the 50 most promising new startups around the world as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week [...]

When I started my new life with Resolute Marine Energy, two years ago, I knew where I wanted to go: to create a profitable business around a system that would use the incredible power available in the oceans to drive a desalination system and provide water in coastal communities for millions of people in developing [...]