Sponsorship

Why Sponsor 2022 GW Entrepreneurship Week?

Now, more than ever, we must seize the opportunity to empower future generations of leaders and entrepreneurs. Through exploring the theme of “Imagination,” we are entering a space of possibility, which can only be achieved when we join together for a common purpose. Investing in our students and the local community gives us the power to hope, dream, and devise a world in which everyone’s full potential is realized. Sponsorship allows for more innovative programming, higher diversity among attendees, and a unique opportunity to support our future students. By believing in our students, we are investing in the future of the world. From here, there is no limit to what we can achieve.

We are counting on you to take direct action for the global small business community by joining us in sponsoring the GW October Entrepreneurship Week. Will you make the choice to support our future?

	Strategic Sponsor	Spotlight Sponsor	Synergy Sponsor	Feature Sponsor	Forward Sponsor	Imagine Sponsor
Price	$10,000	$5,000	$3,000	$2,000	$1,000	$500
Number of registrations	10	5	2	1	1	1
Virtual Exhibit Booth	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Logo included on Congress screens and materials	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Social media recognition and marketing promotion	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Advertisements in the Congress booklet	Full page	Full page	1/2 page	1/4 page
Award sponsorship	✓	✓
Dedicated table with 10 seats at the Signature Gala	✓	✓

Strategic Sponsor

$10,000

As the presenting sponsor of the 2021 GW October Entrepreneurship Week, the Strategic Sponsor is integral to ensuring that the conference reaches as many students and local businesses in the Washington, DC metro area. With the generous support of your organization, the next generation of entrepreneurs will reap the benefits of gathering with likeminded individuals, learning the latest research, and discussing how to optimize their futures. Likewise, small businesses have the opportunity to create a strong network of other local businesses, thereby strengthening the entire DC entrepreneurial ecosystem. Lifting up one community has positive effects that ripple outward toward the greater good. Additionally, the Strategic Sponsor is the leading sponsor of a Hippo award of their choosing, honoring the best and brightest in the area at the Spotlight Gala Dinner on the final night of the conference. Lead the way into the future together with ICSB as the leading sponsor.

Spotlight Sponsor

$5,000

The Spotlight Sponsor is the official sponsor of the Gala Dinner. Your organization’s generosity will be directly responsible for the closing gala of this communal week, which brings together all speakers, attendees, and sponsor to celebrate a successful week of entrepreneurship. This unique opportunity will enable your organization to demonstrate its support and commitment to the students and local businesses that comprise the Washington, DC entrepreneurial economy. It will also allow for your organization to promote yourself as a partner of ICSB via social media, press, and media channels. Through this sponsorship, your organization will become a partner of ICSB and demonstrate support for entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Synergy Sponsor

$3,000

For those who wish to demonstrate their support, regard, and commitment to small businesses and students in the Washington, DC metro area, the Synergy Sponsor allows for key decision makers in the local economy to join forces at the GW October Entrepreneurship Week. The generosity of the Synergy Sponsor contributes to the success of the conference and its mission to support the next generation of entrepreneurs as they start their careers.

Feature Sponsor

$2,000

Individual events that comprise the GW October Entrepreneurship Week make up the backbone of the conference. The Feature Sponsor contributes the support necessary to ensure that the attendees are empowered at every turn and every occasion by partnering with ICSB on an event–whether it be a coffee break or a panel–to ensure that the ICSB mission is carried out at every event.

Forward Sponsor

$1,000

The Forward Sponsor demonstrates their commitment to empowering students and local businesses on their entrepreneurial journeys through supporting the GW October Entrepreneurship Week and its mission to showcase students, future leaders, and knowledge by exploring the theme of Imagination.

Imagine Sponsor

$500

The Imagine Sponsors will be a part of one of the most important aspects of this historic event. Your angel sponsorship will demonstrate your commitment to supporting students, entrepreneurs, and small business researchers who are making a difference in the world. As an Imagine Sponsor, you are directly affecting the life of a student and/or small business owner by providing them with the opportunity to attend the 2021 GW October Entrepreneurship Week at a discounted or free rate. These students and small business owners are the future of small businesses and entrepreneurship in the DC area.