Events Preview: Happy Hour tonight, LaunchCode Liftoff

March 24, 2016  |  Andrea Essner

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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

Amazon Web Services Happy Hour
When: March 24 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Where: Village Square Coworking Studio
Thirsty? Come enjoy a beer with Amazon Web Services, Techstars and Kansas City Startup Village.

LaunchCode KC Liftoff
When: March 28 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: Kauffman Foundation
We’re thrilled to announce that LaunchCode, a nonprofit revolutionizing how communities develop homegrown tech talent, has expanded to Kansas City!

Smart City Tech Summit
When: March 29 – 30
Where: Think Big
Technology plays a major role in helping detect and manage threats to a city. Selecting the right public safety technology is critical. 

DevOps Breakfast Boost
When: March 30 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Where: Keyhole Software
This free educational event for software developers & software architects encompasses an open house and technical walk through of our DevOps implementation for a Microservices platform.

KC Roundtable Breakfast
When: March 31 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 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.

#OneDayKC
When: April 1 @ 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Where: Kauffman Foundation
College and high school students this day aim to solve civic challenges (topics such as sustainability, healthcare, transit, urban planning, and education) through a toolkit of innovation processes and “failing fast” to validate assumptions and solutions.

 


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 FoundationLawrence & KC Live Stream
Wednesdays from 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Coworking Wednesdays @ ECJC
Wednesdays from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Hammerspace Open House @ Hammerspace
Thursdays from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm 


LOOKING AHEAD

Innovate KC
When: April 9
Where: Think Big
At Innovate Today we host innovation competitions for college students (Or extremely ambitious high school students). These students are challenged to create a feasible, sustainable business idea in under 12 hours.

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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