Video Clip from the World Entrepreneurship Forum 2010

I am back from Lyon, France after attending the 3rd edition of the World Entrepreneurship Forum 2010 and it was sensational!  I will provide a thorough recap of my takeaways later in the week but for now, please watch the above video clip from the Gala Ceremony (part 1 of 3).

What an honor (humbling experience) to participate in the ceremony (about 10 minutes into the clip) by presenting the Entrepreneur For The World Award to American Professor Stevenson (his acceptance speech was brilliant).

Dr. Howard H. Stevenson has received the Entrepreneur for the World award in the "Expert" category as he is considered the founder of Entrepreneurship as an academic field. He is the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Dr. Stevenson has authored, edited or co-authored numerous books and articles, which are widely used by university professors around the world.

More later ...

Heading Back To France for the World Entrepreneurship Forum 2010

As a pioneering member and appointed Board member of the World Entrepreneurship Forum, I am excited to return to Lyon, France this week to attend the World Entrepreneurship Forum 2010 -- 3rd edition running from November 3-6 -- which will focus on the following:

To design innovative and entrepreneurial solutions to address some of our world’s most pressing challenges at the horizon 2050.  More than one-hundred members (entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, experts, academics and politicians) from 55 different countries will share their insights and experiences over a three-day period.

Four major topics will be discussed and will lead to a set of concrete proposals of actions on:

• Developing Entrepreneurship at the Base of the Pyramid
• Innovation and the Development of High-growth Organizations
• Entrepreneurial Cities
• Entrepreneurship Education

In case you don't recall, the World Entrepreneurship Forum is a worldwide think tank devoted to the entrepreneur, creator of wealth and social justice.  For more background, refer to a couple of our older posts here, here and here.  The founding members are Emlyon Business School and KPMG France.

The event will be webcast live on www.world-entrepreneurship-forum.com so stay tuned for key moments!  I will also do my best to Twitter about it over at:  http://twitter.com/laureldelaney -- make sure you follow me in France!

Pictured:  World Entrepreneurship Forum 2009 Members

Photo credit here. 

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney, The Global Small Business Blog

Sending Our Thoughts, Prayers and Energy To Chile

The earthquake that hit Chile February 27, 2010 (8.8 magnitude) -- 5th largest in history -- has resulted in more than 800 casualties thus far and apparent infrastructure damage throughout the country, to the tune of more than U.S. $2 billion and growing. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the people of Chile over the loss of lives and property.

Our thoughts, prayers and energy also go out to all the strong survivors in Chile who are impacted by this terrible tragedy, including our Director of The World Entrepreneurship Forum (full disclosure: I am a member of The World Entrepreneurship Forum and appointed Board member), who is still in Chile on business. Thank goodness he is safe but we hope he will be able to return to France soon.

May all the Chilean residents get back to some form of order, safety and normalcy soon.

Chile earthquake: CNN

Photo credit: here.