NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK


National Entrepreneurship Week

NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK 

National Entrepreneurship Week is a chartered initiative by the US Congress to celebrate America’s entrepreneurship environment. It takes place every third week of February every year, and this year it will occur between the 11th and 18th of February. This initiative was formed way back in 2006 and launched officially again in 2017. The initiative aims at uplifting the core values around diversity, inclusion, equity, education, and collaboration beneficial to entrepreneurs. You can check out Scholar for a list of business scholarships if you’re looking for funding to fund your studies.


 

HISTORY OF NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK

It was until 1723 that the term entrepreneur was coined, even though entrepreneurs have existed all this while people have been free to own businesses. The United States boasts of over 31 million businesses making up a major portion of the country’s economy. However, more than half of these businesses do not see the light of the second year. 

For this reason, an initiative was formed to empower these entrepreneurs and support businesses with the knowledge and skills necessary for growing businesses. In 2006, the National Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education took the initiative to work with the 109th Congress alongside the Kauffman Foundation. This led to the creation of the National Entrepreneurship Week, designated for every third week of February annually.

This initiative remained dormant until the Co-Founder of the National Center for Resource Development, Joe Kapp, alongside two other educators in entrepreneurship Amber Ravenscroft and Toi Hershman, revived it in 2017 and ensured its popularity.

While working on a grant in rural Ohio from the Appalachian Regional Commission to educate students in coal-prone communities, they noticed a lack of knowledge about entrepreneurship, available resources, new opportunities, and access to capital markets in the community. Kapp then proposed reviving the National Entrepreneurship Week, which led to the rebirth of the National Entrepreneurship Week 2.0 as NatlEshipWeek.

HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK

1. Be at the events.
With free virtual and local entrepreneurship webinars and events across the country meant to uplift and strengthen the entrepreneurship environment, it would be of great benefit to join and try to witness, or you can visit the NatlEshipWeek website..

2.  Be an educator.
You can also join as an entrepreneurship educator if you have a solid experience in the entrepreneurship journey. Here you can teach new entrepreneurs what to do to be successful. NatlEshipWeek has events created only for educators.

3. Organize an Awareness Session.
Get on your social media platforms and spread the word about this week. You can use #NatlEshipWeek in your posts to spread the information..

 

 

ABOUT THE NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK

It is reported that there are about 582 million entrepreneurs globally, while in the United States, there are 31 million, and the adult workforce is at 16% in the US.

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It's time to get the recognition you deserve. For years most business awards have been focused on celebrating big corporations, but the Best of America Small Business Awards is the only business award for small businesses. Small businesses make up 99% of US companies; this shows how big small companies are for our economy.  

BASA is the real deal, as it is prestigiously independent and was created with an unwavering love for small businesses. The award aims to showcase the best small businesses' notable efforts in growing and building economies, communities, and a better working world while encouraging more small businesses to get excited about new opportunities.

With over 150+ categories to choose from, the award is not influenced by big corporations and has no nepotism, vetting process, or big guys, always winning nature. BASA's independent council of judges only cares about one thing- your work!

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