Members of Wellington’s diplomatic community turned out in force Monday morning to be among the first in the world to launch Global Entrepreneurship Week. As New Zealand is the first country in the world to greet the new day it was also first to launch the Global Entrepreneurship Week programme which sees some 35,000 events launched across multiple countries this week.

With the sun now rising in New Zealand, Global Entrepreneurship Week has officially begun. Global Entrepreneurship Week celebrations are now starting up all over the world, launching not just individual campaigns, but a global movement that will connect approximately 4 million people in 87 countries.

New Zealand kicked off Global Entrepreneurship Week with a Speed Networking session at dawn. Wellington City Council and GEW-NZ hosted over 150 entrepreneurs, business owners, government officials and students for the World’s Launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week early this morning.