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Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to join the ICSB Academy, an interactive, entrepreneurship learning experience in Paris, France (or hybrid) in July, 2021.

Doctoral students have a rare opportunity to present at the ICSB World Congress Doctoral Consortium. Doctoral students are welcome to submit to the Call for Papers.

All Students are welcome to join the Icsb marketplace

Apply to the ICSB Design-Build-Grow program to build your entrepreneurial ideas into a real and viable business.

At the ICSB Marketplace, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial teams will have the chance to showcase their business while also participating in workshops to advance their enterprise idea. Entrepreneurs will have ample opportunity to network with other businesses and organizations as well as investors interested in helping you design!

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Winslow Sargeant

Incoming Board Chair, ICSB

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Winslow Sargeant is the Senior Advisor for Globalization and Head of Capital Markets for Genaesis. In this role, he syndicates opportunities with unaffiliated third-party capital partners – both domestically and internationally – facilitating optimized valuations and deal structures. He is also incoming Chair of the Board with the International Council for Small Business (ICSB).

From 2017-2020, Dr. Sargeant served as the President-Elect and Senior Vice President for Development and ICSB Vice President for Partnerships, respectively. During his tenure, he has work to educate government and non-profit organization leaders on what is required to build sustainable ecosystems for small businesses. With ICSB, he worked with select group to nations for the establishment of the Micro-, Small and Medium-Sized (MSMEs) ratified by the United Nations General Assembly on April 6, 2017. Dr. Sargeant help organized the annual Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) forum at the United Nations, held since 2017. From 2010 to 2015, he was the Chief Counsel for Advocacy with the United States (US) Small Business Administration (SBA)Office of Advocacy. Appointed by the President of the United States (POTUS) and later confirmed by the US Senate, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy directs the office. The Chief Counsel advances the views, concerns, and interests of small business before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, federal courts, and state policy makers. Economic research, policy analyses, and small business outreach help identify issues of concern. Regional Advocates and an office in Washington, DC, support the Chief Counsel’s efforts. From 2006 to 2009, he was the managing director at Venture Investors, LLC (VI), and early stage venture capital firm, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin and $200M under management, VI invested in innovative research from leading universities in the upper Midwest. From 2001 to 2005, he was the program manager for the Small Business Innovations Research (SBIR) program Electronics topic in Industrial Innovation, a new office in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Engineering Directorate. The SBIR program invests more than $100M per year in seed and early stage technology companies.

Choose your adventure...

(Under)Graduate Students

Doctoral Students

All Students are welcome to join the Icsb marketplace

Apply to the ICSB Design-Build-Grow program to build your entrepreneurial ideas into a real and viable business.

Bienvenue à L'academie d'icsb

where you will. . .

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María Fernanda

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Jennifer Kirkland

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Frederick Crane

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Executive Professor, Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Northeastern University

Ruth Dwyer

Womenpreneurs Chair

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Adnane Maalaoui

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Sonia Krimi

French politician of La République en Marche (LREM)

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Nizar Damane

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Morad Attik

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Monica Michel

French politician of La République en Marche, Deputy and Member of French National Assembly

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Laurence Le Ny

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Jean-François Copé

Mayor of Meaux

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Jean Charroin

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Guillaume Bigot

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Damien Regnard

French Entrepreneur and Politician.

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Author, The Secret of Performers

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