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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018
November 12 - 18
Join Santa Fe in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week!
The Global Entrepreneurship Network has teamed with communities around the world to help millions of people unleash their ideas and start and scale new businesses through Global Entrepreneurship Week.
The campaign began in 2008 with an emphasis on inspiring young people to make their mark and has quickly grown to become a comprehensive effort that engages entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, researchers, support organizations and others collaborating to advance economic growth and innovation in more than 170 countries around the world.
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Roughly 35,000 events and competitions will take place during #GEW2018 – connecting nearly 10 million participants to potential collaborators, mentors and even investors. Dozens of world leaders on every continent and a network of more than 15,000 partner organizations support the initiative every year.
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View the Events listing below to browse a wide range of
Global Entrepreneurship Week events
in Santa Fe.
EVENTS
November 12-18, 2018
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MONDAY - 11/12 (Veteran's Day)
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9 - 10 AM
MAKE Santa Fe Open House for Businesses
Hosting tours of their facilities so local businesses and entreprenuers can learn more about their workshops and tool and safety training for themselves and their employees.
MAKE Santa Fe @ 2879 All Trades Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87507
FREE
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10:30 - 11:30 AM
MAKE Santa Fe Open House for Women, Hispanic, and Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Tours of the facilities for potential and existing entrepreneurs within the Latin, women, and immigrant communities.
Single and home-based women can learn more about MAKE's workshops plus tool and safety training to broaden their job opportunities.
MAKE Santa Fe @ 2879 All Trades Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87507
FREE
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12 - 1 PM
Creative Startups Accelerator Info Session @ Meow Wolf
Join Creative Startups at Meow Wolf to learn all about the 2018/19 Accelerator program. Here's your chance to get all your last minute questions answered before you submit an application. Applications close December 2nd!​
@ Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
REGISTER @
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLzZZFRitnAfuKcsZbEqAM_pwvxrGBkZhhjV1-q8r9ZDAsuA/viewform
https://www.facebook.com/events/1419234094876864/
FREE
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CANCELED due to weather.
Skill Up Santa Fe
Open House at Innovate+Educate
An open house for businesses and entrepreneurs who want to learn about talent management resources, including hiring strategies, tools for better retention and hiring, support from NMSBDC and training and education
from the Santa Fe Community College.​
Innovate+Educate @ 422 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (505) 780-8488
www.facebook.com/innovateeducate
CANCELED due to weather.
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TUESDAY - 11/13
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11:15 -12:15 AM
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Entrepreneur Talks
in Public Schools @ Kearny Elementary School
Kearny Elementary School, Room C11
@ 901 Avenida de las Campanas, Santa Fe, NM 87507
http://kearny.sfps.info
PRIVATE Event for Students.
10 AM - 12 NOON
NM TechWorks "Build Your Website" workshop
for entrepreneurs and small businesses
@ 500 Market Street Station
City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development Conference Room
Upstairs - Second Floor above REI in the Railyard in Santa Fe
Participants must bring a laptop with wireless access capabilities
FREE
but online registration required.
www.nmtechworks.com/make-a-website
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12 to 1PM
Congratulations Luncheon with Business Accelerator Finalist Winners
Celebrate Entrepreneurism with City Leaders including Mayor Alan Webber
and the Top 5 winners of BizMix, Creative StartUps and RDC (Santa Fe).
@ Cafe Sonder, 326 S Guadalupe, Santa Fe, NM 87501
PRIVATE Event for Awardees.
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6:30 - 8 PM
Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs of Santa Fe (KAESF)
Entrepreneur Story Time: DeployHub
Join other smart, hardworking, motivated, creative, and supportive entrepreneurs to hear a fresh entrepreneur story followed by time for schmoozing and sharing your new business ideas, success stories, and struggles with like-minded Santa Feans.
@ Hervé Wine Bar, 139 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
RSVP @
https://www.facebook.com/KickAssEntrepreneurs/
https://www.meetup.com/Kick-Ass-Entrepreneurs-of-Santa-Fe/
FREE
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Wednesday, 11/14
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Classes throughout the day.
STEM Entrepreneur Talk in @ Capital High School
Adwaith Gupta, a senior (but young!) CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Engineer with Flow Science will share his inspiring story to high school students.
@Capital High School, 4851 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM 87507
Special Thanks to Adwaith Gupta and Flow Science for supporting this event!
PRIVATE Event for Students.
4 - 6 PM
Steps to Starting a Small Business Workshop @ Santa Fe SBDC
Need help deciding if entrepreneurship is right for you? Learn how to form your company, budgeting, planning, how to become credit ready, and where to find additional small business support and resources.
NM Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
@ the Santa Fe Higher Education Center (HEC), 1950 Siringo Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505
REGISTER @ https://nmsbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events/11712
$15
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CANCELED - 5 - 6:30 PM
Creative Economy Entrepreneurs Panel
Creative Startups is hosting a panel on Creative Economy Entrepreneurs for startups and business leaders. The discussion will be focused on the launch of the new book, Creative Economy Entrepreneurs.
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffee House, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
CANCELED
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Thursday, 11/15
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8:30 - 9:30 AM
MIX Open Coffee Club (MOCC)
Bi-weekly gathering of local entrepreneurs with burning questions that the internet just can’t seem to answer.
@ Iconik Lupe, 314 S Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
https://www.facebook.com/events/1955853807815261/
FREE
10 AM - 12 NOON
NM TechWorks "Build Your Website" workshop
for entrepreneurs and small businesses
@ 500 Market Street Station
City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development Conference Room
Upstairs - Second Floor above REI in the Railyard in Santa Fe
Participants must bring a laptop with wireless access capabilities
FREE
but online registration required
www.nmtechworks.com/make-a-website
6 – 8 PM
MIX Santa Fe Cogito Ergo Mix
Marvel at the mind-bending mapping magic that gets made with algorithms roil in rhythm with sexy sat feeds and help settle on solutions for the City of Santa Fe to serve some game changers to hardworking Guadalupe Street go getters. Plus, incredible eats, heroic cocktails and the most interesting people alive.
@ Descartes Labs, 100 N Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
https://www.facebook.com/events/563559300753645/
FREE
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5:30 - 6:30 PM
Learn about The Loan Fund at the Santa Fe Business Incubator (SFBI)
Join the SFBI and representatives from The Loan Fund for a discussion and information session on Small Business Lending.
@ SFBI, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM 87507
REGISTER @ https://sfbi.net/event/learn-about-the-loan-fund/
FREE
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Friday, 11/16
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8 AM - 1 PM
Co-Fe Coworking Space 'Hard Hat' Open House
Co-Fe owner Ted Harrison will give tours of Santa Fe’s newest coworking space – 3K sq ft of nearly-finished space designed to support professionals, creatives, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders doing amazing work.
@ Co-Fe Coworking Space, 314 S Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
FREE​
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2 - 4 PM
Meet the Mayor Open Office Hours
Come Meet Mayor Alan Webber and talk about whatever questions you have in a one-on-one setting! At Meet the Mayor Open Office Hours, Mayor Webber sits down face-to-face with constituents for short, 4-5 minute meetings on a topic of your choosing.
No appointment needed: meetings are first come, first served.
@ Blue Corn Brewery, 4056 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
https://www.facebook.com/events/291134518170724/
FREE
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6 - 8 PM
Looking Ahead: Imagining the Future of Santa Fe’s Art Economy
The Mayor will join in on an open discussion on what the future of selling art in Santa fe will look like.
@ Currents New Media, 826 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501
REGISTER here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/looking-ahead-imagining-the-future-of-santa-fes-art-economy-tickets-51990987443
FREE
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