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Red Sea Farms Announces Enterprise Development Collaboration

Red Sea Farms and Kirchner Group are pleased to announced an agricultural enterprise development collaboration that brings together decades of business creation and operational experience with numerous novel saltwater agricultural technologies for the purpose of enabling local production of fresh fruits and vegetables in fresh-water-constrained regions of the world. Red Sea Farms—and Entrepreneurship World Cup […]

EWC 2020 Offering US$1 Million in Cash Prizes, US$75 Million In-Kind Support

The Entrepreneurship World Cup is open for 2020 and is accepting applications from around the world – aiming to expand beyond the 102,000 contestants from 187 countries in its first year. The program offers a chance to pitch on a global stage for a share of US$1 million in cash prizes plus additional investment opportunities […]

NERv Technology from Canada Takes Top Prize at EWC Global Finals

NERv Technology (www.ne-rv.com) emerged victorious through three days of pitching against a group of 100 finalists at the Entrepreneurship World Cup Global Finals. The Canadian startup, an innovative monitoring system for post-operative patients that strives to ensure that no patient loses their life because of an undetected post-operative complication, received a US$500,000 cash prize, a “Shenzen […]

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Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC) is the world’s largest entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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Global grand prizes

For the three stages, early, idea, and growth.
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Global Finalist Stage Prizes

Including industry-specific and social enterprise prizes.
100

National Prizes

(one for every participating country)
Open stage for all investors to offer deals

February – May 2020

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Startups are put through a series of education and virtual training opportunities to sharpen their skills around areas such as customer & industry knowledge; personal & team skills; creativity & problem solving, and business acumen.

The 5 Stages of Participation

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February – May 2020

Startups are put through a series of education and virtual training opportunities to sharpen their skills around areas such as customer & industry knowledge; personal & team skills; creativity & problem solving, and business acumen.
National Competition

May – June 2020

Competitions happening simultaneously in 100 countries at the national level, virtually & live events. 100 winning teams from 100 countries are awarded with prizes and advance to stage 3.
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July – September 2020

National winners are put through a combination of virtual training sessions and direct, one-to-one mentorship to prepare them for the Global Finals.
Global Finals

October 2020

Global finalists are put through live training sessions, network with potential investors and compete on stage for in prizes and support services.
Post-EWC Support

All national winners are enrolled in the Starters Club, providing a global peer network, mentorship and other support services to help members reach their full potential. Other partners may be engaged to provide post-EWC support.

You don’t have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.
Michael Dell, Founder, Dell
If you want to grow, find a good opportunity. Today, if you want to be a great company, think about what problem you could solve
Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba
You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.
Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group

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