Events Preview: IOTY tonight, Think Big Anniversary
January 21, 2016 | 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
Lean Lab Happy Hour
When: January 21 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Where: Sprint Accelerator
Join us every month to grab a drink and discuss anything on your mind related to education and innovation.
Pipeline Innovator of the Year
When: January 21
Where: Midland Theatre
DAYTIME PRESENTATIONS: Our 2015 Pipeline Fellows will showcase the progress they have made over the year.
EVENING GALA: Come celebrate with the most hard-to-reach, fun, passionate, successful entrepreneurs, investors, advocates, media and performers you can imagine. Don’t you love it?
SEED Law Community Office Hours
When: January 27 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Oldham Hotel Building
Have business law questions? SEED Law is taking its show on the road to better serve entrepreneurs and business owners in all parts of the metro area.
Think Big’s Anniversary Happy Hour
When: January 28 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Where: Think Big Coworking
Come mix and mingle with our growing Think Big Coworking membership as we celebrate a momentous year of entrepreneurship, innovation and development in Downtown Kansas City.
Athena League VOX
When: January 28 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Where: Sprint Accelerator
At our January VOX we’ll feature a panel of non-profit startup founders: Jennifer Lapka, Katie Boody and Carrie Markel.
ReversED
When: January 29 – 30
Where: Sprint Accelerator
Take your unique talents in design, architecture, finance, the classroom, project management, or ukulele playing, and apply them to the problems that 5 area school system leaders will pitch to you and other attendees to solve in just 24 hours.
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
Gigabit City Summit
When: May 16 – May 18, 2016
Where: UMKC Bloch School
Register now for early bird special! A three-day learning and networking opportunity exclusively designed for leaders in current and emerging Gigabit Cities.
To see the full calendar, click here.

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