The National Week of the Entrepreneur, the most important business and entrepreneurship event in Mexico

From 5 to October 10 will be held at Expo Bancomer Santa Fe, the National Week of the Entrepreneur 2015, driven by the Government of the Republic, through the Secretariat of Economy (SE) and the National Institute of Entrepreneurship (INADEM, both by its initials in Spanish).

It is the most important business and entrepreneurship event in Mexico, where entrepreneurs and small businesses will get support and solutions to start their business or grow their micro, small or medium-sized enterprises.

The entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to bond with other companies; to get into business networking; to access to tools for entrepreneurship; to know the supports offered by the institutions to apply for one credit; and to choose from more than 250 workshops and conferences, as well as 20 lectures given by renowned leaders from the business and entrepreneurial area, which reveal their tips and strategies for success in business.

It will feature the participation of 100 success stories, which will inspire the entrepreneurs to decide about starting their own business. Moreover, the small entrepreneurs will get support and solutions to start their business or grow their micro, small or medium-sized business too.

World-class events such as the Meeting of the Latin American Economic System (SELA), with the participation of 20 countries, and the announcement of the Mass Challenge in Latin America (Mexico to host) will be held.

During the National Week of the Entrepreneur, Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Secretary of Economy, will offer a lecture.

They will participate entrepreneurs and national and international icons such as: Uri Levine; Jordi Muñoz; Rosario Marín; Ricardo Salinas Pliego; Salim Ismail of Singularity University; mountaineer Carlos Carsolio; Andrés Bustamante; as well as Amy Cosper, Mercedes Eggleton -García and Joseph Klafter, among others.

During this edition it is intended to receive more than 70,000 attendees and to have more than 500,000 participants virtually through 500 points of transmission of the event. One of the objectives of the National Week of the Entrepreneur is to achieve the Guinness World Record of the "The World's Largest Business Seminar Online" as the event with the most points connected via streaming, simultaneously.

For the first time, the National Week of the Entrepreneur will have the participation of institutions and organizations from different countries. The attendees will have access to the more innovative initiatives of entrepreneurship, worldwide.

The entrepreneurs will be able to develop their business ideas or find the support they need to grow their existing ones through 11 ecosystems:

1.      Startup sin Fronteras

2.      Escalamiento Scale Up

3.      Red de Apoyo al Emprendedor

4.      MIPYMES en Movimiento

5.      i-innovación

6.      Fábrica de Empresas

7.      Aldea Regional

8.      Justicia Cotidiana para Emprendedores

9.      Cultura Financiera

10.    Semillero Emprendedor

11.    Alto Impacto