VIRTUAL Mental Wellness for Business

Check in with Dr. Lynn Hynes

1/20/21 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. EST

You're three weeks into the New Year, how's it going? Fan favorite and therapist, Lynn Hynes, PhD will be hosting a "check in" to see how you're doing so far. We'll also be talking about how to set mental health goals for 2021.

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Audience: All Members + open to public

Lynn Hynes, PhD

Therapist

VIRTUAL Startup Investing 101

Learn to invest, evaluate pitches, and

connect with founders

1/28/21 | Noon - 1:30 p.m. EST

Startup Investing 101 is an educational program for individuals who have the financial capacity to invest $5,000+ in a startup at the pre-seed or seed stage.  Each month, attendees learn something new about startup investing, meet fellow funders and founders, listen to pitches, and have the opportunity to invest directly into a startup.

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Audience: Investor Members + special guests

VIRTUAL Startup Study Hall

How to pitch to WIN investment

2/3/21 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. EST

Attendees will learn how to create a pitch deck that wins investment. Sara will review the content that must be included, how to format the information, and deliver a presentation that attracts funding.

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Audience: All Members + open to public

Sara Norris

CEO, When You Leave

the Room

VIRTUAL Startup Study Hall

Amy Waninger

CEO,

Lead at Any Level

Build a diverse network that attracts and retains the talent needed to scale 

2/17/21 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. EST

Is your professional network as diverse as the workforce and community around you? If not, you could be missing important opportunities for your career. We all face challenges in making meaningful connections, especially with people who differ from us in significant ways. Few of us consider the impacts of these missed connections. Even fewer know how to recognize and overcome them.

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Audience: All Members + open to public

VIRTUAL Startup Investing 101

Learn to invest, evaluate pitches, and

connect with founders

2/25/21 | Noon - 1:30 p.m. EST

Startup Investing 101 is an educational program for individuals who have the financial capacity to invest $5,000+ in a startup at the pre-seed or seed stage.  Each month, attendees learn something new about startup investing, meet fellow funders and founders, listen to pitches, and have the opportunity to invest directly into a startup.

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Audience: Investor Members + special guests

VIRTUAL Startup Study Hall

Rob Norris

Owner,

When You Leave the Room

Case studies in crisis communication

3/3/21 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. EST

Executive Mentor Rob Norris has personally handled crisis communication for extended power outages, strikes, toxic releases, on-the-job death, a near-bankruptcy, two mergers, and an attempted hostile takeover. In this Startup Study Hall, he'll address different theories used to understand public relations crises, strategies for minimizing damage, and preventative measures you can take to keep problems from developing into crises.

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Audience: All Members + open to public

VIRTUAL Mental Wellness for Business

Ranada Dalton

CEO & Co-Founder,

Empowered Living Inc.

Mental Wellness for Business with Ranada Dalton

4/7/21 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. EST

Our Mental Wellness for Entrepreneurs program provides education about the psychological challenges that entrepreneurs experience regularly while providing actionable steps to make positive changes. The goal of this program is to promote emotional, psychological, and social well-being.

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Audience: All Members + open to public

VIRTUAL Startup Investing 101

Learn to invest, evaluate pitches, and

connect with founders

4/29/21 | Noon - 1:30 p.m. EST

Startup Investing 101 is an educational program for individuals who have the financial capacity to invest $5,000+ in a startup at the pre-seed or seed stage.  Each month, attendees learn something new about startup investing, meet fellow funders and founders, listen to pitches, and have the opportunity to invest directly into a startup.

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Audience: Investor Members + special guests

VIRTUAL Startup Study Hall

Accounting & QuickBooks 101

5/19/21 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. EST

I will be covering the basic accounting principles, why they are important, and how they impact the financial statements. Additionally, I will demonstrate reporting in QuickBooks.

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Audience: All Members + open to public

Daisy Pham

Program Manager in Financial Services, IU Health,

Startup/Scale-up Consultant,

LiftBridge CXO

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VIRTUAL Startup Investing 101

Learn to invest, evaluate pitches, and

connect with founders

5/27/21 | Noon - 1:30 p.m. EST

Startup Investing 101 is an educational program for individuals who have the financial capacity to invest $5,000+ in a startup at the pre-seed or seed stage.  Each month, attendees learn something new about startup investing, meet fellow funders and founders, listen to pitches, and have the opportunity to invest directly into a startup.

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Audience: Investor Members + special guests

VIRTUAL Startup Investing 101

Learn to invest, evaluate pitches, and

connect with founders

6/24/21 | Noon - 1:30 p.m. EST

Startup Investing 101 is an educational program for individuals who have the financial capacity to invest $5,000+ in a startup at the pre-seed or seed stage.  Each month, attendees learn something new about startup investing, meet fellow funders and founders, listen to pitches, and have the opportunity to invest directly into a startup.

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Audience: Investor Members + special guests

VIRTUAL Book Club

Book Discussion

7/21/21 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. EDT

Harvard professor, Rebecca Henderson argues that the market system can be reformed and this can be done without unduly harming corporations. We can have a more moral and more innovative capitalism. Whether you read the book or just come for the discussion - join us. 

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Audience: All Members + open to public

VIRTUAL Startup Investing 101

Learn to invest, evaluate pitches, and

connect with founders

8/26/21 | Noon - 1:30 p.m. EDT

Startup Investing 101 is an educational program for individuals who have the financial capacity to invest $5,000+ in a startup at the pre-seed or seed stage.  Each month, attendees learn something new about startup investing, meet fellow funders and founders, listen to pitches, and have the opportunity to invest directly into a startup.

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Audience: Investor Members + special guests

VIRTUAL Startup Study Hall

Identifying opportunities at the fuzzy front end of innovation

9/15/21 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. EST

If only we had a crystal ball to know what things would be successful. In this study hall, you will learn methods and techniques for predicting whether new business or product ideas will be successful.

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Audience: All Members + open to public

Bob Rodenbeck

Senior Director,

Delta Faucet Company

VIRTUAL Startup Investing 101

Learn to invest, evaluate pitches, and

connect with founders

9/30/21 | Noon - 1:30 p.m. EDT

Startup Investing 101 is an educational program for individuals who have the financial capacity to invest $5,000+ in a startup at the pre-seed or seed stage.  Each month, attendees learn something new about startup investing, meet fellow funders and founders, listen to pitches, and have the opportunity to invest directly into a startup.

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Audience: Investor Members + special guests

VIRTUAL Startup Investing 101

Learn to invest, evaluate pitches, and

connect with founders

10/28/21 | Noon - 1:30 p.m. EDT

Startup Investing 101 is an educational program for individuals who have the financial capacity to invest $5,000+ in a startup at the pre-seed or seed stage.  Each month, attendees learn something new about startup investing, meet fellow funders and founders, listen to pitches, and have the opportunity to invest directly into a startup.

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Audience: Investor Members + special guests

VIRTUAL Book Club

Book Discussion 

11/17/21 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. EST

From the NPR host of The Indicator podcast and correspondent for Planet Money comes a guide for how today’s women can apply the principles of 16th-century philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli to their work lives and finally shatter the glass ceiling once and for all.

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Audience: All Members + open to public

VIRTUAL Startup Investing 101

Learn to invest, evaluate pitches, and

connect with founders

12/9/21 | Noon - 1:30 p.m. EST

Startup Investing 101 is an educational program for individuals who have the financial capacity to invest $5,000+ in a startup at the pre-seed or seed stage.  Each month, attendees learn something new about startup investing, meet fellow funders and founders, listen to pitches, and have the opportunity to invest directly into a startup.

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Audience: Investor Members + special guests

Holiday Luncheon & Book Exchange

Join us for our annual holiday luncheon and book exchange!

12/15/21 | Noon - 1:30 p.m. EST

Because we don't know what it will be like at the end of 2021, we are not sure if our 7th annual Holiday Luncheon and Book Exchange will be virtual or in person. We hope that everyone will be able to be together, eat great food, and do a White Elephant style book exchange.

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Over the lunch time, we’ll hear from a few people about our members’ accomplishments in 2020, and recognize some very special members. Then we’ll break up into chat rooms and have some really fun discussions all about books!

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If you are noodling on an idea for a startup, this is a great opportunity for you to Meetup with our entrepreneurial community. Wondering what it would be like to invest in a startup? Get yourself a ticket and meet some of the incredible founders who we've been training over the years. In a service industry that wants to do business with startups and investors? You should definitely be there!

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Audience: All members + open to public