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Young Women as Job Creators - Kick-off Event in Barcelona

April 23, 2013. Source:

The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will launch the project “Young Women as Job Creators” with a conference to be held, April 30, 2013, in Barcelona, Spain. The project is aimed at supporting young women in the southern Mediterranean starting up their own business. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean Fathallah Sijilmassi, the President of the Association of Organ... more

Make your idea for a APP a real business

April 12, 2013. Source: Mari Barseghyan

Deadline for Applications: April 22, 2013 mLab ECA in cooperation with Nokia, infoDev, and the Finnish Government is holding a Regional Mobile Applications contest (RMA) in. This contest is designed to generate ideas and craft prototypes/solutions supporting innovation, business and rural developments through mobile technologies. This Contest is open for individuals and teams (maximum 5 mem... more

Just say Yes!

April 10, 2013. Source:

The 22nd EBN Annual Congress “Digital, Cultural & Social Innovation - Just say Yes!” will be held May 29-31, 2013 in Londonderry Northern Ireland - the first UK city to be the European City of Culture. This time EBN and their partners NORIBIC will take a “festival/unconventional" approach for the congress to make it an event to be remembered for inspiring creativity and... more

Learn from successful Women

April 08, 2013. Source:

Heureka 2013 will be the second event of this series. After the successful event in 2012 Heureka this year has a new look and a program based on the five "elements of a start-up". The event will offer keynote speeches, panels and workshops and provide participants the opportunity to learn from the leading minds. Special attention is given to successful women entrepreneurs.... more

A different Generation: Entrepreneurship Training for 50+

March 29, 2013. Source:

Much is talked about helping kids, students, and graduates to start and develop a business. Kauffman Foundation has taken initiative to look at a different potential: the 50+ generation. It is known for a long time that professionally experienced people starting a business more likely will develop this firm successfully than the younger generation. However, the actual success stories form bu... more

New President and CEO assumed work for NBIA, USA

March 25, 2013. Source:

Jasper Welch, an experienced entrepreneur, business incubator manager, strategic thinker, team leader and public speaker” on Feb. 19, 2013 assumed leadership of NBIA, the National Business Incubation Association. NBIA’s CEO search committee invested a year for identifying and selecting the association’s new top executive based on his experience as an incubator manager, entre... more

infoDev looks for a Fund Manager of an Early Stage Financing Facility (ESIF)

March 24, 2013. Source:

infoDev has published a Request for Expressions of Interest for an Early Stage Innovation Financing Facility Manager with the deadline April 5, 2013. This call is not only interesting for those considering applying for this position. The respective article on the infoDev website http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.994.html provides detailed information about the new financing facility for early stag... more