Events Preview: Summer in the Sand, Second Fridays

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.

Are you hosting a relevant community event? Feel free to add it to the FWD/KC calendar for increased exposure. Once your event is submitted, it will quickly get reviewed and then published to the calendar.[divide]

Troubleshooting in Business: NAWBO Monthly Meeting
When: July 11, 7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Where: Women’s Business Center
One of NAWBO’s greatest benefits is that you get to pick the brains of the savviest business women in the nation! Of course Kansas City is chock full of female go-getters ready to have ideas, issues, and questions bounced right off of ’em! Be sure to make it to this month’s Trouble Shooting Round Table! We promise you’ll walk away with new nuggets of knowledge! Haley Haar, owner of AlphaGraphics of Kansas City, will be our featured WBO this month. Meetings start promptly at 8 a.m. and end promptly at 9.00 a.m. Arrive early or stay after for pre- / post-meeting networking. **Members are FREE; message us on FACEBOOK for this month’s member access code before you register!** Guests are welcome, $15. Click HERE to register.

Hispanic Chamber Lunch and Learn
When: July 12, 11:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.
Where: Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
This session is geared toward businesses and how to help them succeed. The focus is “Psychology of Selling”. This session is a detailed interaction presentation. Outlining a plan with several action steps, the attendee can immediately implement the information learned over 30 day period, tracking individual success and growth.

Summer in the Sand – Advice for Scaling Your Startup
When: July 12, 2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Where: Sprint Accelerator
Join Jill Meyer, director of ScaleUp! KC, for an informal discussion with a panel of Sandbox-funded companies that have hit major milestones. Learn from their successes and the challenges they’ve encountered as they’ve scaled.
Sponsored by Digital Sandbox KC, the Summer in the Sand program — which will feature one event per month from June to September — offers participants the chance to dive into everything from getting a tech spec to early-stage regional funding prospects.
Summer in the Sand offers opportunities for entrepreneurs and local experts to network and discuss some of the hottest topics for KC entrepreneurs.
All Summer in the Sand events are free, but registration is required. Learn more at: www.digitalsandboxkc.com/summer

Second Fridays
When: July 14, 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Village Square Coworking
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.
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![divide]

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[divide]

Looking ahead

(So You Think You Know) How to Use Social Media for Your Small Business?
When: July 18, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Where: Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
Even if you THINK you know everything, we promise you will walk away with some new knowledge and tips on the best Social Media for your business and the best times to post for highest engagement. And if you need to learn the basics of why your business must use Social Media, this workshop is for YOU!
This SoLVE IT! Workshop for SCORE will focus on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram – bring your laptop and your questions!
Your Instructors for the Workshop
Teddy Hernandez and Aviva Ajmera, co-founders of SoLVE KC, are consultants and professional marketers whose experience and insights about using social media to build small businesses are based on real world successes.

How to Do Business with the City (Kansas City)
When: July 18, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Where: Human Relations Department, City Hall
Please join City Hall facilitators to discuss how to do business with the City of Kansas City, MO. This workshop is offered the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.

Business Concept: How Do You Tell if Your Business Concept Will Work?
When: July 18, 5:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Where: Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
This Business Concept workshop provides step-by-step guidance in researching your idea, your market, and your competition. At the end of the Business Concept section, you are able to:

• Identify your target markets
• Locate resources to research your target customer
• Collect key competitive information to support your feasibility plan

Attend all sessions or just one of our 5 part series “Simple Steps to Starting Your Business”.
Session 1 – Start Up Basics
Session 2 – Business Concept
Session 3 – Marketing Strategy
Session 4 – Financial Projections
Session 5 – Funding Sources/Next Steps.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK and give yourself the best chance for success in your new business venture.

Competing for Government Contracts: Basic Training
When: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Where: KSBDC – Johnson County Community College
This introductory seminar is an overview of the critical first steps associated with winning government contracts. The Kansas Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) presents information on how to get started in the government contracting arena including federal, state and local government registrations and certifications. The seminar will also cover Kansas PTAC services available to assist businesses in all aspects of government contracting. Preregistration is required.

The Marketing Series: Growth Hacking 101 with Doug Allen
When: July 19, 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.

Django Girls Workshop
When: July 21 – 22
Where: Sprint Accelerator
If you are a woman and want to learn how to make websites, we have good news for you: we are holding a weekend workshop for beginners!
Kansas City Women in Technology‘s ongoing mission is to grow the number of women in technology careers in Kansas City. KCWiT is excited to introduce women to coding and technology through this Django Girls workshop. We want to give you an opportunity to learn how to program and become one of us – women programmers!
Workshops are free of charge and some meals will be provided. Don’t wait too long; you can apply for the workshop through May 26th, 2017!