Ft Worth Times

Global Entrepreneurship Week returns Sunday, Nov. 13, through Sunday, Nov. 20.

This popular event offers a variety of workshops, panel discussions, informational sessions and networking events that showcase North Texas’ entrepreneurship community while also engaging with larger industry trends.

In 2021, Fort Worth’s Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration was the largest of its kind in the United States. A total of 4,717 people attended 135 sessions across both in-person and virtual events.

This year’s event is expanding beyond Fort Worth to highlight the larger North Texas region, including cities in Tarrant, Dallas, Denton and Collin counties. While all sessions are available in-person, there are also a variety of ways to participate online via HopIn.

A complete list of GEW events is currently available online on the GEW North Texas website.

Fort Worth highlights

While there are plenty of sessions highlighting people and programs from all over North Texas, this annual event also showcases many of Fort Worth’s entrepreneurs and supporting organizations within the local ecosystem.

Several interviews and panel discussions with local movers and shakers will spotlight growing areas of opportunity in Fort Worth, and how the City of Fort Worth and its partners are fostering innovation and entrepreneurship here at home.

• Fort Worth Networking Event, Thursday, Nov. 17, 6 p.m. (Ensemble Coworking)
• GEW Wrap Party, Sunday, Nov. 20, 6 p.m. (TCC Trinity River Campus).
• Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber: Seminario para Negocios Hispanos (Seminar for Hispanic-Owned Businesses), Tuesday, Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m. (Town Hall suite at La Gran Plaza).
• Fifth Annual State of Entrepreneurship – Keynote speaker Victor Hwang, Founder and CEO of Right to Start, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 11 a.m. (The Social Space).
• HSC Next: Breaking Down Barriers to Business – Improving Permitting and Licensing in Fort Worth, Thursday, Nov. 17, 9 a.m. (HSC Next, 550 Bailey Ave.).
• HSC Next: SBIR Phase 0 Launch, Thursday, Nov. 17, noon (HSC Next, 550 Bailey Ave.).
• Techstars: Startup Weekend, Nov. 18-20, 6 p.m. (Trinity River Campus).

 

Business Assistance Center highlights

These events will be held at the Dee Jennings Business Assistance Center, 1150 South Freeway, unless otherwise noted.

 

The Dee Jennings Business Assistance Center in Fort Worth is home to a number of organizations that actively support the local small business and entrepreneurship communities. Several of them, – like Accelerate FW, TechFW and SCORE Fort Worth – are hosting sessions as part of GEW North Texas.

• TechFW: Women Supporting Women, Monday, Nov. 14, 11 a.m. (UTA Fort Worth Campus).
• Accelerate FW: Accelerate Your Business: LinkedIn – It’s Business, Not Social, Monday, Nov. 14, 11 a.m.
• Accelerate FW: Access Capital to Build Your Business, Monday, Nov. 14, 2:30 p.m.
• Accelerate FW: Bank Fraud Protection in the Digital Age, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 9:15 a.m.
• Accelerate FW: Cybersecurity for Small Business Owners, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 11 a.m.
• Accelerate FW: Understanding Insurance for Small Business, Thursday, Nov. 17, 9:15 a.m.
• SCORE Fort Worth: This is SCORE, Thursday, Nov. 17, 1 p.m.
• Accelerate FW: Unlock Free Money for Your Business with Employee Retention Credit, Friday, Nov. 18, 11 a.m. 

  Lastly, several GEW sessions will focus on some of Fort Worth’s emerging industries, and the local opportunities available to innovators in those fields.

• Grow Southeast Farm Crawl, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m. (Mind Your Garden Urban Farm).
• AyuVis Research Inc. Fireside Chat: Entrepreneurs Embracing Pandemic-Related Challenges, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 10:30 a.m. (HSC Next, 550 Bailey Ave.).
• Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors Global Committee: Going Global and How To Get There, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 11:30 a.m. (Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors).
• iOpen Innovations: What Hotel Guests Want – Safety, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m. (Sinclair Autograph Collection).
• Eosera Inc.: EmpowHERment Pitch Competition, Thursday, Nov. 17, 6 p.m. (HSC Next, 550 Bailey Ave.).
  Online options

• For those who aren’t able to participate in GEW North Texas in-person, there are still plenty of opportunities to take part in virtual sessions all week long.

• Center for Transforming Lives: Level Up Business Development Program, multiple dates and times (virtual).
• Fort Worth Public Library: Startup Sessions - How to Sell Online with Free E-Commerce Tools, Monday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. (virtual).
• Fort Worth Public Library: Small Business Storytelling with Thistle Creative Reuse, Monday, Nov. 14 , 6 p.m. (virtual).
• Fort Worth Public Library: Startup Sessions - Establish a Professional Domain, Website, and Email for Your Business, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m. (virtual).
• Fort Worth Public Library: Startup Sessions – Launch Your Business with Customer-Focused Marketing, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m. (virtual.)
• Fort Worth Public Library: Startup Sessions – Connect with Customers and Manage Your Business Remotely, Thursday, Nov. 17, 10 a.m. (virtual).
• Fort Worth Public Library: IP for Authors with Jode Millman, Thursday, Nov. 17, 6:30 p.m. (6301 Bridge St.).
• Fort Worth Public Library: Startup Sessions – Make Your Small Business More Accessible, Friday, Nov. 18, 10 a.m. (virtual),

 

Podcasts galore

New episodes of HSC’s Innovate Fort Worth podcast, which spotlights local innovators and their stories, will be released daily during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Download and listen to them on Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.

• HSC Next: Innovate Fort Worth with Eddy Badrina from Eden Green Tech
  Monday, Nov. 14, 3 p.m. (virtual),
• HSC Next: Innovate Fort Worth with Carlo Capua from the City of Fort Worth, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 3 p.m. (virtual).
• HSC Next: Innovate Fort Worth with Munatsi Manyande from the DASH Network, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 3 p.m. (virtual).
• HSC Next: Innovate Fort Worth with Dr. Robert McClain of HSC Next, Thursday, Nov. 17, 3 p.m. (virtual).
• HSC Next: Innovate Fort Worth with Cam Sadler – LIVE, Friday, Nov. 18, 2 p.m. (HSC Next, 550 Bailey Ave.).

Original source can be found here.