The Launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009

A couple of weeks ago, Mr Trevor Lewis, Director of Trade & Investment, British High Commission visited Warisan Global's office in Jalan Ampang.

We were honored to have this very special guest in our office.

Mr Lewis brought news - he conveyed His Excellency Boyd McCleary, the British High Commissioner to Malaysia's support for the Global Entrepreneurship Week and that the High Commissioner was pleased with GEW 2008.

Mr Lewis did not just stop there, he went on to deliver another exhilarating news : he proposed that GEW 2009 be launched in January when his Minister of Trade from the UK is visiting Malaysia around the 20th. "The High Commission will be happy to sponsor a simple function to commemorate the launch in a creative style. We have a small budget which we have allocated for this purpose", said Mr. Lewis.

Boy, were we thrilled ! We pinched ourselves to check if we were dreaming ! We thanked Mr Lewis and the High Commissioner profusely for their generosity.

I wrote to both the Kauffman Foundation and Make Your Mark to get their views and approval.

The approval came within 24 hours from both the Global Founders of GEW. They too were thrilled !

Thus, The Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 will be launched in Kuala Lumpur on 21 January 2009 ! Mark your calendars.

More details on the Venue and agenda as soon as we have run it through the High Commission.

This may mean, Malaysia may just be the FIRST Country to Launch GEW 2009 ! I thank the British High Commission for this great honour and the Global Founders for their ever willingness to support us.

Thank You . Thus Begins 2009 ! Lets ROCK 2009 !

Cheers