1 Million Cups: Studying Our Ecosystem

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This Week We all know people and systems influence one another. Right? Well, you do now! And Dr. Jennifer Murphy is going to share her first round of research on this topic this morning! For her doctoral program, Dr. Murphy studied the co-evolution of women entrepreneurs and the Eastern Iowa Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. As a bonus […]

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Event Series 1 Million Cups: TBD

1 Million Cups: TBD

The Olympic South Side Theater 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present at 1 Million Cups: Cedar Rapids through the button below! Program schedule 8:45 to 9:00 - Coffee & Conversation 9:00 to 9:45 - Official Program […]

Event Series 1 Million Cups: TBD

1 Million Cups: TBD

The Olympic South Side Theater 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present at 1 Million Cups: Cedar Rapids through the button below! Program schedule 8:45 to 9:00 - Coffee & Conversation 9:00 to 9:45 - Official Program […]

1 Million Cups: T1 Entertainment

The Olympic South Side Theater 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

This Week This week's presenting company is T1 Entertainment! T1 Entertainment focuses on the development of musical artists, models, and public personalities not just as performers, but as businesses —as brands in their own right. T1 Entertainment offers services as varied as talent management, booking, writing, recording, distribution, web design, logo design, publishing, marketing, flyers, […]

1 Million Cups: Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Panel

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This Week This week, we will be joined by four Cedar Rapids area business owners who have used the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program to position their businesses for growth. We will hear from Josh McNary of McNary Marketing & Design, Sydney Rieckhoff of Almost Famous Popcorn Company, Amy Heinen of Quick Action Accounting, […]

1 Million Cups: Twister’s Cafe

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This Week Hear from a company new to the Iowa business community, Twister's Cafe! Twister's Cafe traces its roots to Los Angeles in 2001, when founder Tom Straw realized that many of the off-the-shelf dog treats he had been feeding his own dogs were high in chemicals and artificial preservatives. It struck Tom that our […]

1 Million Cups: Sources of Capital for Iowa Startups in 2023

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This Week In honor of Global Entrepreneurship Week and in partnership with ISA Ventures, join us for a discussion of various funding sources available for Iowa startup companies. The discussion will be led by Eric Engelmann, ISA Ventures General Partner. In addition to being the primary driver behind ISA Ventures, Engelmann has also started several […]

1 Million Cups: Kiva Interview with Dana Rae

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This Week Dana Rae poses with some holiday-inspired crafting materials Join us for engaging conversation between Capital Access Manager for Kiva Iowa, Kaitlin Byers and entrepreneur and recently-funded borrower, Dana Rae of DanaRae-llc! DanaRae-llc provides a crafting experience and stress-free workshop environment where people can go to be crafty and where, as Dana says, "coloring […]

1 Million Cups: Victory Business Consulting

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This Week When a manager does know how to do the work but focuses on tasks and statistics and not the people, it creates poor leadership. Though this isn’t intentional, this mindset creates bosses and managers, not leaders. The solution is to teach, coach, mentor, inspire, and motivate people on becoming better leaders. Inspiring, process […]

1 Million Cups: We Sparkle Co

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This Week We Sparkle Co. is this week's guest! We Sparkle Co. helps solopreneurs, sidepreneurs, and small business owners save time + increase revenues via a suite of software tools that makes it easy to sell their products/services, schedule meetings, and leverage AI to answer frequently asked questions.   Program schedule 8:30-9:00 - Coffee & […]

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