"Entrepreneurship is the lifeblood of the economy. Entrepreneurs connect innovation to markets, they turn ideas into successful products and so create our future."
David Hodgson
President Slovak British Business Council 

"Enterprise Week has been a massive success in the UK - over 5,000 different events will take place this week. From next year it will be linked to enterprise campaigns around the world through Global Entrepreneurship Week."
"By unleashing the creativity and ideas of young people all over the world, we can create the successful products and businesses of tomorrow."
"The Make Your Mark campaign is offering thousands of people in Britain the chance to try their hand at enterprise. I hope they can continue their record of success."

Rt Hon Gordon Brown
UK Prime Minister

"Alongside the work ethic, the enterprise spirit needs to be the centerpiece of our economic values!"
Nicolas Sarkozy
President of France

"Entrepreneurs, and the businesses they create, are the engines that drive economic growth, contribute to public revenues and create employment and wealth. Entrepreneurs are also essential in propelling innovation and competitiveness, and in advancing creative solutions to multifarious challenges. Small-scale entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs in particular, often face huge obstacles and deserve particular support. They have a vital role in helping to achieve the Millennium Development Goals to tackle poverty and advance sustainable growth and development. Global Entrepreneurship Week is, therefore, a very welcome initiative, highlighting the critical importance of entrepreneurship to all societies."
Kemal Dervis
Administrator United Nations Development Programme

"As minister of Economic and Business Affairs I am proud to be hosting Global Entrepreneurship Week in Denmark. I see Global Entrepreneurship Week as a great opportunity to spread the message globally that innovative and entrepreneurial ideas are key instruments in addressing some of the challenges of today. I believe that this is a message of great importance.
Since 2001 the Danish government has implemented many programmes and initiatives on entrepreneurship. With this campaign we are taking the entrepreneurship agenda to the next level. We will ask all key players, institutions and organizations in Denmark to commit to a joint effort to strengthen Danish entrepreneurship and innovation. During the week we have organised an exciting campaign addressing children, young adults, small and large enterprises, the business service and the educational system".
Lene Espersen
Vice Prime Minister of Denmark and Minister of Economic Affairs

"A school is like a living organism which reacts to rapid changes in society and environment. Wishing to prepare young persons for life, we should provide them not only with common knowledge, value basis and civic attitude. We also have to help them to develop entrepreneurship and other different skills, and ingeniously stimulate their creative powers and innovativeness.
I hope that the events of the Global Entrepreneurship Week will encourage Lithuanian schools and the general public to take more active interest in the idea of entrepreneurship and European experience, and arouse their resolution to try themselves in some activities."
Dainius Numgaudis
State Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania

"The Commonwealth's youth is also its future. Without an empowered, enterprising, and educated younger generation, we will not be able to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. This is why the Commonwealth supports Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008. Through it, young people will be inspired with the idea of entrepreneurship and will set free their natural creativity. And I hope that, together, we can build networks of such enterprising young people across the Commonwealth. That would indeed be a great legacy by young people, for young people."
Rt Hon Donald C McKinnon,
former Commonwealth Secretary-General

GLOBAL SPONSORS

On a global scale, entrepreneurship is the core driver of our capital marketplace and the great companies that we are privileged to list."
Duncan Niederauer
President and co-Chief Operating Officer, NYSE Euronext

"As the global economy becomes increasingly integrated, innovation no longer knows boundaries - it is now more open, collaborative, multidisciplinary and global in nature. This shift requires nations, businesses and individuals to adopt new skills and tools to fully participate in the economic opportunities that are being created. What is the impact on the entrepreneur? How can they win in this new environment? Prime Minister Brown and the Kauffmann Foundation are enabling entrepreneurs in the UK and around the world to take part in this revolution, and in the process fuel the economy and create new jobs. IBM applauds their leadership and is proud to support this global initiative".
Christopher G. Caine
Vice President for Government Programmes at IBM

ENTREPRENEURS

"At 19 I was frustrated as a customer with the way computers were sold and serviced. So I launched a business that built computers and sold them directly to customers. It worked out pretty well."
"Success isn't about just having an idea. It's about making it happen".
Michael S. Dell
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Dell

"A thriving, can-do enterprise culture is part of what makes Britain a great place to do business. Global Entrepreneurship Week is important because it inspires a whole new generation of budding entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into reality. It's fantastic to see the UK leading the way in taking the excitement and success of Enterprise Week global".
Sir Alan Sugar
UK Entrepreneur

CELEBRITIES

"Business is not only about money, it is about creating new ideas, sharing new technologies, saving our own planet.
Success is the result of teamwork, it is THE corporation among dreamers!"
Sofia Bekatorou
Greek Olympic Champion in Sailing