- This event has passed.
The 6th Annual State of Entrepreneurship
November 17, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
The State of Entrepreneurship is a flagship GEW event for GEW NTX. Hosted by HSC Next, the State of Entrepreneurship addresses city decision-makers, influential thought leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs in the community about entrepreneurship in Fort Worth and Tarrant County.
The 2023 State of Entrepreneurship’s keynote speaker is Maëlle Gavet, CEO of Techstars.
Location: The 4 Eleven- 411 S Main St, Fort Worth, TX 76104
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Lunch will be served | Free to attend | Seating is limited
Meet Maëlle Gavet
Maëlle Gavet is CEO of Techstars. She has been named one of Fortune’s 40 under 40, a Young
Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, one of the Most Creative People in Business by
Fast Company and was on Time Magazine’s list of the 25 Top “Female Techpreuners.”
An entrepreneur at heart, Maëlle founded her first business at sixteen and went on to start two
other companies. She has been a senior executive at numerous large tech companies around
the world, including Ozon, the Priceline Group (OpenTable, Kayak, Booking.com) and
Compass. She was also a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group for 6 years.
Author of the widely-acclaimed book Trampled by Unicorns, Big Tech’s Empathy Problem and
How to Fix It (Wiley, 2020), she is currently based in New York City.
More About HSC Next
HSC Next is helping innovators and entrepreneurs be more successful. The team brings knowledge, experience and resources to foster innovation and connect collaborators. Efforts are focused on two main initiatives: filling the innovation pipeline and building a more robust innovation ecosystem around Fort Worth. The HSC Next team is comprised of experts in business development, ecosystem system building, intellectual property, entrepreneurship and program management. HSC Next operates out of the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
More About GEW NTX
Global Entrepreneurship Week engages 10 million people in over 180 countries to connect entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers, and more.
In true Texas fashion, GEW North Texas goes big! (We were #1 in the USA in 2020 & 2021.) Meet passionate people changing the world this November 14-18 as we continue to celebrate local entrepreneurship and global connections.