The 5th Annual State of Entrepreneurship

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.

The 2022 State of Entrepreneurship's keynote speaker is Victor Hwang, author of The Rainforest.

Location: The Social Spaces - 201 S. Calhoun St., Fort Worth, Texas 76104

Time: 11 AM - 1 PM - Lunch will be served. Global Entrepreneurship Week North Texas event

Event for invited guests | Free to attend | Seating is limited

Meet Victor Hwang

Victor W. Hwang is an economic growth expert whose ideas have shaped the economic lives of millions of people worldwide. He is founder and CEO of Right to Start, a campaign to expand entrepreneurial opportunity for all. Right to Start advocates for better policymaking, lifting voices in media, and grassroots mobilizing in over 20 communities.

Previously, Victor was Vice President of Entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation, the world’s leading philanthropy supporting entrepreneurs. At Kauffman, he led initiatives that impacted over 200,000 entrepreneurs in 200 cities, including efforts in catalyzing capital formation, transforming economic development practices, launching a national policy roadmap, and breaking barriers for underserved entrepreneurs. Victor was CEO and co-founder of T2 Venture Creation, a venture firm that built startup companies and designed ecosystems that fostered entrepreneurial innovation in dozens of countries and cities. Victor was co-founder and CEO of the startup Liquidity, a Silicon Valley venture-backed firm making safe drinking water filtration based on nanotech manufacturing. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Larta Institute, an organization commercializing technology from key government agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. He was chief strategy officer of Veatros, a video startup where he led the company’s acquisition by a public company. Victor practiced corporate and technology law with the firms of Mayer, Brown & Platt and Irell & Manella.

He has been a contributing columnist to Inc. magazine, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, and Entrepreneur, and his opinions have been cited in The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, among others. National Public Radio named his graduation address to Austin Community College one of “the best commencement speeches ever.” His book, The Rainforest, was awarded Book of the Year, Gold Medal, by ForeWord Reviews for “a big idea that defines a way of thinking.” Victor is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Chicago Law School.

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.