The event, held at the Nugegoda Business Hub of the Entrepreneur Hub network, celebrated a round up of the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2016.
#GEWEEK is an annual event celebrated around the world where, during one week of November, thousands of events and competitions in 160 countries inspire millions to engage in entrepreneurial activity while connecting them to potential collaborators, mentors and even investors.
Backed by the Kauffman Foundation, the initiative is supported by dozens of world leaders and a network of more than 15,000 partner organisations.
The Entrepreneur Hubs is the Sri Lankan collaborative Partner of the Global Entrepreneurship Network.
The evening’s event offered guests and members of the Entrepreneur Hubs the opportunity to fellowship and network with likeminded individuals, fellow entrepreneurs, start-ups, small business owners and mentors.
Suresh De Mel, representing GEN, officially started off the evening with a video presentation on GEN and its positive impact on the global entrepreneurship community and ecosystem.
Michael Moonesinghe followed up with a presentation on Entrepreneur Hubs, the dire need for such a platform in Sri Lanka and how the Entrepreneur Hub Community encourages and contributes towards the collaborative co-worker environment.
Entrepreneur Hubs helps to connect an emerging community of local start-ups by utilising its network of Hubs – currently with Business Hubs in Colpetty, Nugegoda and Mount Lavinia, and many more strategically located Hubs in the pipeline – to give entrepreneurs and start-ups every possible chance of success.
The collaborative partnership between these two supporters of the startup eco-system, both locally and internationally, is a big and welcome step forward for the entrepreneurship landscape in Sri Lanka.
