Global Entrepreneurship Week

The Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 came to an end. This year, we were glad to host our GEW event in Maastricht with the theme “Entrepreneurship Without Boundaries”. 200 students and business people joined us as we called to the stage famous entrepreneurs like Annemarie van Gaal and Albert Verlinde. Following the event, they were both featured in Sprout magazine, while 21 year old Bernd Damme caught the attention of Limburgs Dagblad.

We would like to thank all of our inspiring speakers and the participants for making this day a great success and we look forward to organizing another exciting event next year!

Speakers:

Onno Hoes – the Mayor of Maastricht

Annemarie van Gaal (Sanoma Independent Media) – Co-founded of Independent Media, the largest Russian publishing house from scratch. Involved in the Dutch TV-version of “Dragon’s Den”. Writer of the book “Succes”

>>Van Gaal Company

Albert Verlinde – Television presenter and theatre producer. Voice-over of Garfield in the animated hit film version.

>>VVentertainment

Bernd Damme (Eye-wear) – 21 years old and a major player in the eye-wear market.

>>Eye Wear

Gosse Boxhoorn
Sustainability entrepreneur. Investor in Solar Energy

Guido Dieteren – become famous in the Netherlands for his creation of Guido’s Orchestra.

>>Guido’s Orchestra

Jan Bouw (Share2start) – co-founded one of the first Dutch crowdfunding platforms

>>Share2start

Ojo Meijers
(JuroFoon) – UM Alumni and co-founder of the first Dutch hotline for legal questions

>>Jurofoon

Marjolein Theunissen
(CultuurBewust.nl) – Owner of CultuurBewust.nl, that wants to stimulate the participation of young people in arts and culture. Winner of the New Venture and UtrechtInc Awards. Named in Sprout as one of the most promising Dutch entrepreneurs under 25. >>Cultuurbewust

Philip Hess Reinvented the umbrella after 1700 years. Co-founder of Senz Umbrellas. >>Senzumbrellas

Roger Heijsters Kauffman Global Scholar 2012. Co-founder Smartcheck, Founder Braineo and Co-founder Fray.

Robert Kirschbaum (DSM) – Vice-president of open innovation at DSM and a pioneer in his field.

>>DSM

For more information about the GEW Maastricht, contact Thijs Geradts: t.geradts@maastrichtuniversity.nl