Events Preview: Women & tech, millennial entrepreneurs
July 9, 2015 | Andrea Essner
There are a boatload of entrepreneurial events hosted in Kansas City on a weekly basis. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, supporter, or curious Kansas Citian, we’d recommend these upcoming events for you.
WEEKLY EVENT PREVIEW
Coding & Cupcakes
When: Saturday, July 11 @ 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Where: Sprint Accelerator
Join us for our bi-monthly coding series, Coding & Cupcakes. Mothers and daughters are invited to attend sessions to learn about code and how to build websites together.
KCWiT TechTalk
When: Wednesday, July 15 @ 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Where: Snow & Company
Join us for our monthly TechTalk! Network with other women in technology, meet like-minded ladies to attend conferences and meetups with, get the scoop on upcoming volunteering and mentoring opportunities, and feel free to bring your laptop to do some coworking!
KC Roundtable Breakfast
When: Thursday, July 16 @ 7:30 AM
Where: Eggtc.
KC Roundtable is in existence to provide 20 and 30-something Kansas City entrepreneurs with a group of peers to support and collaborate on each others’ businesses.
ECJC Marketing Series
When: Thursday, July 16 @ 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Where: Enterprise Center of Johnson County
You can drastically improve your search ranking without spending a dime. Join Kansas CIty’s top SEO consultant, Phil Singleton, for an explanation of the basics behind SEO, or search engine optimization.
ONGOING EVENTS
Don’t miss out on the events that happen every week at the same time, in the same place.
Code for America Hack Night @ Sprint Accelerator
Mondays from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
1 Million Cups @ Kauffman Foundation & Lawrence, Kan.
Wednesdays from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM
1 Million Cups KC Live Stream @ Blue Valley CAPS, Ennovation Center & Mid Continent Library
Wednesdays from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM
Coworking Wednesdays @ Sprint Accelerator
Wednesdays from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM
LOOKING AHEAD
2015 KC Open Hardware inSAIN Robotics Challenge
When: July 18, 2015 @ 9:00 am – July 19, 2015 @ 5:00 pm
Where: Sainlabs
Show us your robots! And, tell us what it does. Prove your genius to earn top engineering bragging rights.
Hack Midwest
When: July 18, 2015 @ 10:00 am – July 19, 2015 @ 1:00 pm
Where: JCCC – GYM Building
Hundreds of passionate software engineers and CS students from around the nation will converge at Hack Midwest (presented by The Disruption Institute) to build amazing things in 24 hours. Discover your greatest potential: turn the impossible into possible. Learn, build & create new connections that last a lifetime.
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