The Entrepreneurship World Cup is more than just a global pitch competition with a shot at life-changing prizes. With 100,000 entrants from around the world, EWC elevates entrepreneurs – providing you with tools and resources to grow your venture. It doesn’t matter how far you’ve come – idea-stage, early-stage, growth-stage or beyond – EWC can put you on the right course. Leverage world-class content in the EWC Accelerator to: unleash your ideas, hone your pitching skills and engage with a global network of mentors. And, oh yeah, compete for those life-changing prizes, together with business opportunities and investment.
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January 31, 2019: Accepting applications
The Entrepreneurship World Cup is open to creative and innovative individuals anywhere on the entrepreneurship spectrum. With categories and prizes for idea-stage, early-stage and growth-stage ventures, the EWC customizes the accelerator resources available and ensures that competitions are conducted on equal footing and for all industries.
You bet! EWC is more than just a global pitch competition but it’s still a competition and yes, there are prizes – life-changing prizes. Experiences, connections, investment and more. We’ll share more when we open for applications.
The EWC is open to all entrepreneurs – including those focused on starting and scaling social ventures. Register before January 1st and get a head-start.
The EWC accelerator sessions are run virtually by GEN Accelerates with training content provided by an array of knowledge partners as well as Misk Global Forum and the Global Entrepreneurship Network. For national winners, a second accelerator session introduces one-on-one mentorship sessions.
Both. Depending on your country, you may be competing against other entrepreneurs in your country through a virtual platform or in a live, face-to-face competition. It is expected that the number of countries offering live national finals will increase in following years.
The global finals will be held at the Misk Global Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with finalists’ travel and accommodation fees to be covered The forum, scheduled for November 2019, is a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week when 10 million people will participate in 35,000 events, activities and competitions around the world. For more information on the Misk Global Forum, visit miskglobalforum.com. For more information on Global Entrepreneurship Week, visit gew.co.
The EWC is intended for as broad an audience as possible. However, a very small number of countries may not be able to participate at this time.
The Entrepreneurship World Cup is powered by Misk Global Forum and the Global Entrepreneurship Network. Partnership opportunities are available at a number of levels. If you would like to speak with us about engaging 100,000 entrepreneurs of all backgrounds and stages