Events Preview: Life Equals graduation, Coding & Cupcakes

There are a plethora of entrepreneurial events hosted in Kansas City on a weekly basis. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, supporter, or curious community member — we recommend these upcoming events for you.

Weekly Events Preview

The Marketing Series: SEO Made Easy with Brandon Kenig
When: Feb. 8, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Where: Sprint Accelerator
The Marketing Series takes an in-depth look at the science and analytics behind marketing campaigns–from the basics of growth hacking to ins-and-outs of content marketing. $15.

SMCKC 2017 AMPS Awards
When: Feb. 8, 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Where: 28 Event Space
Our biggest event of the year! We’re back for the third year of the Social Media Club of Kansas City’s AMPS awards – recognizing outstanding social campaigns from brands, nonprofits, governments and educational institutions in our region.
Be a part of the fun by purchasing your ticket to attend or sponsoring the event!
As an attendee, you’ll be shoulder-to-shoulder with top social influencers in Kansas City. Enjoy heavy appetizers and drinks, followed by a night of recognition for the best of the best social campaigns in the region.

GUILDit Forum
When: Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Uptown Arts Bar
We are a gathering that helps craft a stronger Kansas City creative economy, one art entrepreneur at a time. Come hear a variety of artists and makers share their story. Be a part of an audience that is inspired by the sharing of business ideas, resources, and solutions. Connect to Kansas City Art Entrepreneurism, connect at GUILDit.

Second Fridays: Life Equals Graduation
When: Feb. 10, 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Village Square Coworking Studio
Come to Second Fridays at Village Square Coworking Studio!
Second Fridays is a casual, fun gathering for the startup community to connect on a monthly basis with no agenda except good times. This month, we’re celebrating the KCSV graduation of Life Equals.
We’ll provide games & cards (bags if it’s nice). This event is BYOB with a twist – bring a 6-pack of your favorite beer to share and we’re going to have a “beer potluck” cooler. We’ll ice down everyone’s beer and have quite the selection to choose from!get to know someone over a brew!
We’d also encourage you to bring an instrument if you play. What better way to end your week than with a jam session?! Feel free to stop by anytime after 4:30pm. We’ll hang out until everyone leaves (unless it gets ridiculous). No RSVP necessary, just come on by!

Coding & Cupcakes
When: Code Koalas
Where: Feb. 11, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Join us for our bi-monthly coding series, Coding & Cupcakes. Parents and daughters are invited to attend sessions to learn about code and how to build websites together. No coding experience necessary! The minimum age requirement is the ability to read, type, and use a mouse. Delicious cupcakes from BabyCakes will be provided for coding fuel!

Coding & Cocktails: Introduction to CSS
When: Feb 11, 5:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m.
Where: VML
Once we build out the structure of our website we want to make it look visually appealing. CSS helps us put the “pretty” in our web pages. Join us to learn about different selector types, how to apply styles your page and why all of this matters! You’ll also get to try styling a web page with CSS yourself! (With support from our awesome mentors of course!)
There will be lots of guidance and support for those with no coding experience so come join the fun!
No coding experience necessary (we mean that!)
Wifi-enabled laptop is required (don’t have one? Borrow one of ours)
Must be at least 21 to attend
Cocktails, non-alcoholic beverages, and light appetizers served

Ongoing events

Don’t miss out on the events that happen every week at the same time, in the same place.

Code for KC Hack Night
Mondays from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Sprint Accelerator

Hammerspace Open House
Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at Hammerspace

1 Million Cups
Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. at Kauffman Foundation, Lawrence and KC Live Stream

Looking ahead

The Marketing Series: Maximizing the ROI of Social Ads
When: Feb. 15, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Where: Sprint Accelerator
The Marketing Series takes an in-depth look at the science and analytics behind marketing campaigns–from the basics of growth hacking to ins-and-outs of content marketing. $15.

February TechTalk KCWiT x GDGKC
When: Feb. 15, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Where: Google Fiber Space
Join Kansas City Women in Technology and Google Developer Group Kansas City to explore how you can use web and mobile technology to leverage your projects.
Google Developer Group Kansas City is an independent technology user group that meets regularly to discuss the latest Google technologies, tools, SDKs, and APIs. The focus is on learning about the broad spectrum of technologies provided by Google and finding ways to apply them whether you’re a developer, designer, and system administrator in applications for startups, corporations, and personal projects.
We will discuss Android, App Engine, Google Maps, Google Apps Script, and Firebase using a variety of languages like Java, HTML, Javascript, Angular, and Dart.
Join us once again at Google Fiber Space to learn more about platforms and languages that can give your startup, company, or personal projects an edge.

KC Roundtable Breakfast
When: Feb. 16,  7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Where: Eggct
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. Our mission is to: – Focus on relationship building; not lead generating – Facilitate collaboration, openness, transparency, learning and teaching – Establish an entrepreneurial network – Fill the void of not having the water cooler.
We meet for breakfast and various locations around the city. In addition to our morning meetings, KC Roundtable provides additional opportunities to network with young entrepreneurs such as events like small group Mastermind sessions & After Hour events.
Prospective members are self-motivated, curious, open to learning and currently starting a new business. Thanks for checking us out. We look forward to meeting you soon!

The Capital Series: Angel Investment 101 with Rick Vaughn, Mid-America Angels
When:  Feb. 16, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Where: Enterprise Center in Johnson County
The Capital Series is offered for investors and entrepreneurs, allowing for detailed discussions of the due diligence process, term sheets, valuations and investor pitches during the equity investment process, as well as discussion of possible sources of debt financing. Lunch provided. $35.

Third Thursday KCedu and Lean Lab Happy Hour
When: Feb. 16, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Where: EduHub
Join #KCedu and the Lean Lab at EduHub, a co-working space for education and youth-related startups. Network with genius educators, business partners, and other interested folks as you eat and drink, learn and collide!
When you arrive, grab a snack and check out the whiteboard where participants create the schedule on the fly! Want to share something? Want to get feedback from others on a topic? In addition to the featured guests, as an attendee, you can throw your idea up in one of the squares for small group breakout conversations. For example:

Want to talk about technology in education, apps, gamification or how to make it relevant to kids?
Want to talk family-community engagement in schools and in KC?
Want to plan a city-wide project to bring KC together, led by kids?
Looking for some interested parties to co-write a grant? EdHub has several offices for us to spread out and share/discuss.

After introductions of any featured guests at 6pm, we go into an Edcamp/Unconference format in two fast-paced, 20 minute breakout sessions. Stay in one group or sample more than one discussion. We come back together as a group at 7:00 for final announcements and then continue conversations at EduHub or at a nearby establishment.

This format is about active small group networking and relationship building, not passive listening. CHOICE and VOICE! You’ll be happy you plugged into KC’s vibrant educator network.

DevFest KC 2017
When: Feb. 18, 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Where: The Brass on Baltimore
DevFest KC is a 100% community organized developer conference with industry experts presenting on exciting topics including mobile, web, cloud, virtual reality, machine learning, and much more!
This year’s event will take place on February 18th, 2017 at the Brass on Baltimore. The Brass is located within the historic Kansas City Club building, this premier Kansas City destination seamlessly combines the old-world charm of a historic social club with the modern luxury and elegance. Drawing on over 100 years of history as the premier social meeting place, The Brass on Baltimore provides a truly unique setting for DevFest KC.

Attend for great content from the experts, network with great people from all over Kansas City, and also for the chance to win some cool prizes!

Topics to be covered:
Mobile (Android / iOS / Web)
Web Apps
Analytics
Firebase
Google Cloud

Please review https://devfestkc.com for full details and up-to-date information on sessions & speakers.