GEN’s programs are divided into five categories: Celebrate, Connect, Compete, Understand and Support. Celebrate is a global celebration of entrepreneurship and is primarily Global Entrepreneurship Week and its theme days. Connect includes events like the Global Entrepreneurship Congress that bring together players from throughout the ecosystem. Compete programs are global pick competitions that he
lp highlight innovative founders from around the world. Rasmus Wiinstedt Tscherning of the Creative Business Cup, Michalis Stangos of Future Agro Challenge and Donna Harris of ChallengeX were among the startup competition founders to present their global competitions, highlighting reasons that hosts should consider encouraging startups in their countries to participate. Understand encompasses GEN’s research and policy programs, which include the Global Entrepreneurship Index, Startup Nations, the Global Entrepreneurship Research Network and the Compass Report. The Support aspect of GEN is the programs and resources that help entrepreneurs at various stages of the startup process. This includes Startup Experience, a hands-on training program that helps high school and college students build new ventures and the Global Enterprise Registration, an online system that lists online business registration systems by country, in an effort to provide entrepreneurs worldwide with a one-stop-shop for online registration and information regarding business registration processes.
