Global Entrepreneurship Week returns for the sixth year from 15th - 21st November 2010. Last year, there were over 32,000 events run in 88 countries, attended by more than 7.5 million people. In the UK, over 529,000 people attended 4,812 events. Global Entrepreneurship Week, which began life as Enterprise Week in the UK back in 2004, is a worldwide movement of entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality. In 2008, the two co-founder Enterprise UK and the Kauffman Foundation (the world’s largest entrepreneurship foundation based in the US) founded the very first Global Entrepreneurship Week.

“Entrepreneurs are not born, they are made. Entrepreneurship is a skill that can be taught just like any other. That’s why Global Entrepreneurship Week is so vital right now. To inspire thousands of people to pursue their ideas, to create jobs and to build global ambition among young people and business owners alike.” Peter Jones, entrepreneur and Enterprise UK Chair

About Enterprise UK

As well as being a founder of GEW, the UK part of the campaign is run by Enterprise UK. We are the UK’s national campaign to give people the confidence, skills and ambition to be enterprising – to have ideas and make them happen. We were founded by the four leading UK business membership organisations – the British Chambers of Commerce, the CBI, the Federation of Small Businesses and the Institute of Directors. Their Director Generals sit on Enterprise UK’s board, which is chaired by entrepreneur Peter Jones. We are also supported by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Visit www.enterpriseuk.org for more information

About The Kauffman Foundation

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation was established in the mid-1960s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman. Their vision is to foster “a society of economically independent individuals who are engaged citizens, contributing to the improvement of their communities.” In service of this vision, they focus grant making and operations on two areas: advancing entrepreneurship and improving the education of children and youth. They carry out their mission through four programmatic areas: Entrepreneurship, Advancing Innovation, Education, and Research and Policy.

Visit www.kauffman.org for more information

About Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010

Visit www.gew.org.uk for further informatio and events.