Make new connections and get inspired by joining other entrepreneurs and innovators at this unique weeklong event. Visit the Entrepreneur Week website to get started!

Our work with entrepreneurs doesn’t stop there! Entrepreneur Week will be a milestone for the startups we’ve worked with in 2013, but also a kickstart to the exciting IBM Global Entre-preneur and IBM SmartCamp activities yet to come in 2014!

So be sure to stay in the IBM Global Entrepreneur loop all year round!

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IBM Entrepreneur Huddle

Join us for our inaugural Entrepreneur Huddle, a quarterly series of one-hour webcasts about the evolving state of business. Our premiere episode highlights key insights from IBM Entrepreneur Week, featuring industry leaders discussing: The Collaborative Economy, The Revenue Model & Making Money, and Taking it to the Next Level in a Collaborative Economy.

IBM SmartCamp Finals 2013

Every entrepreneur knows that after you reach your first summit, there is always another hill to climb. Join us at the Le Meridien in San Fran-cisco to listen to startup stories about the many hills to climb—from early growth, through rapid growth to stable continuity. If you have your own story, we want to hear it! In this interactive session, you will have a chance to speak up and share your startup “war story"—the challenges you've faced, how you've solved problems, and the challenges you are you've faced, how you've solved problems, and the challenges you are facing now.

After sharing stories about “the good, the bad and the ugly” of creating a startup, head over to The Bently Reserve next door to listen to a rapid-fire pitch competition starring the eight SmartCamp startup finalists from around the world: Coriell Life Sciences, Geekie, Nova Lumos, OnFarm, Reengen, Shopa, Temando, and TMC. One will be dubbed as IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year. While the judges decide, listen to a fireside chat including top notch venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs with a including top notch venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs with a special keynote by Eric Ries who will inspire the audience. You won’t want to miss the excitement as this year’s winner is chosen. Attend in person or via live stream and VOTE for your choice! Join the conversation using #IBMSmartCamp.

IBM Mentor Me - Virtual Mentoring

Entrepreneur Business Partners will get a chance to participate in four virtual mentoring tutorials about: Protecting your IP, Wants and Needs of VCs, The Six-Minute Pitch and Tech Talking. Top leaders from venture firms, entrepreneur and academic communities, industry consultants and experts will be mentoring and answering questions.

IBM Global Entrepreneur Day

Entrepreneur Day will be a ground-breaking series of in-person events taking place at our IBM Innovation Centers around the world to engage startup communities with experts to discuss the convergence of cloud, big data and mobile and how it’s impacting the entrepreneur community. These events will include local ecosystem speakers, mentoring and subject matter experts.

IBM Online Bash

The week kicks off with an Online Bash featuring a virtual coffee break where entrepreneurs and IBM executives can network in small groups, and continues with breakout sessions, roundtables and speakers to educate and inspire innovators and entrepreneurs from around the world. The online session is organized around three tracks:

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Entrepreneur Week highlights the breadth of IBM’s commitment to

innovation and its support of startups around the world.

Join the conversation using #IBMEW.

IBM’s first ever Entrepreneur Week is just around the corner, taking

place the week of Feb. 3rd, 2014 around the world. This free jam-packed,

five-day event will feature virtual and face-to-face opportunities for you to

network and learn from entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, academic

leaders, IBM executives and IBM Business Partners.

Be a part of the startup action at IBM Entrepreneur Week!