Events Preview: First Wednesdays Speakers
August 27, 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
Women’s Capital Connection Happy Hour
When: August 27 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Where: Women’s Capital Connection
Join Women’s Capital Connection (WCC), Women’s Business Center (WBC) and Athena League as we celebrate the new location of WCC and WBC.
PythonKC Summer Meetup
When: August 27 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Where: Think Big Coworking
Understanding how WSGI works and the lifecycle of a request offers more control over the finer details of how your application responds.
First Wednesdays Speaker Series: Bill Zahner
When: September 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Where: UMKC Bloch Executive Hall
Please mark your calendar for the Fall Kickoff of UMKC’s Bloch School of Management’s First Wednesdays featuring the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Speaker Series. We’re kicking the series off with Bill Zahner, President and CEO of A. Zahner Company.
Think Big Thursdays: Coffee & Collisions
When: September 3 @ 8:20 am – 9:45 pm
Where: Think Big Coworking
After a brief welcome, Speak Up attendees have the opportunity to get on stage and spend 60-90 seconds briefly explaining their current business needs to the audience.
The Angel Series: Angel Investing 101
When: September 3 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Where: Enterprise Center of Johnson County
Join Rick Vaughn, Managing Director of Mid-America Angels for a peek behind the curtain of the investment process.
GUILDit
When: September 3 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where: Kemper Art Museum
GUILDit is a gathering that helps craft a stronger Kansas City creative economy, one art entrepreneur at a time.
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 & KC Live Stream
Wednesdays from 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Coworking Wednesdays @ Sprint Accelerator
Wednesdays from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Hammerspace Open House @ Hammerspace
Thursdays from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
LOOKING AHEAD
Techweek Kansas City
When: September 14 – September 20
Where: Union Station
As a weeklong celebration of technology and innovation, Techweek hosts events that engage and excite in every way imaginable. Full schedule now available.
Make 48 Competition
When: October 2 – 4
Where: Union Station
Make48™ is an event spotlighting invention and a timed product making challenge. Teams apply and compete to develop a new commercial product idea in a 48 hour invent-a-thon weekend.
To see the full calendar, click here.

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