Company’s founder earns trip to Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Rio de Janeiro WASHINGTON, DC – Nov. 12, 2012 – Dropifi’s web messaging platform that seeks to supersede the traditional “contact us” form has earned the Ghanaian tech startup the grand prize of 2012 Startup Open, a competition for startups with high-growth potential featured as part [...]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 15, 2012 – In the search to find some of the best and brightest new startups around the world, Global Entrepreneurship Week today announced the “GEW 50” —a list of the 50 most innovative new companies competing in the Startup Open, a competition that recognizes startups with high-growth potential. These elite [...]
Since the application process for Startup Open is almost here we decided to catch up with GEW 50 winners from last year’s Startup Open competition, to see how their businesses have progressed over the last year. Angela Newman; Founder & CEO Knock out! Smart Panties Startup Company: Award winning Knock out! Smart Panties bring high [...]
In 2011 startups from over 60 countries competed in the second annual Startup Open competition that takes place as part of GEW. While 50 were selected as promising companies and names to the GEW 50 list, two companies stood above the rest. Fenugreen, a company that makes FreshPaper that organically keeps fruits and veggies fresh [...]
Recently we had the chance to follow up with Kavita Shukla, creator of Frenugreen FreshPaper, and last year’s winner of Startup Open 2011, a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week. As part of her prize, she and her partner Swaroop Samant, had the opportunity to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Conference (GEC) held in Liverpool this [...]
In April, my co-founder Ivan Wang any I had the privilege of meeting Mike DeLazzer at his Marco Island Home. Our trip was marked by homemade burritos, a game of Akinator and the best Sea Bass I have ever had. By Marco Island standards, the weather was supposedly subpar when we arrived, but the sunlight [...]
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 [...]
