1 Million Cups: Little Miss Finance

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

This Week Join us to hear from Little Miss Finance! Little Miss Finance (LMF) is a financial education company with a mission to help individuals build wealth by translating the confusing and overwhelming world of personal finance. While working in corporate America, Malia Gudenkauf started LMF as a blog in 2019 to share with others […]

1 Million Cups: Introduction to Cap Tables

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

This Week Join us for a special workshop lead by ISA Ventures General Partner Eric Engelmann. Eric will be discussing capitalization tables — cap tables, for short — specifically, understanding how ownership changes with investors. Bringing on cofounders or investors in a business is a momentous decision. The result of those decisions can be significant. […]

Future City Essay Judging

Virtual

Students design a futuristic city with innovative solutions to some of today’s most pressing issues. 1 of the 4 pillars of this important task is the city essay. (The other 3 pillars are the city model, the group presentation, and the live question and answer.) The essay is the first to be delivered and sets […]

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1 Million Cups: Kiva Convo with Gabrielle Williams

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

This Week We are excited to welcome Gabrielle Williams of Meal Prep Queen to 1MC Cedar Rapids! Gabrielle is a funded Kiva borrower who runs a meal preparation business in Iowa City. Meal Prep Queen offers healthy and affordable pre-prepared meals for weekly pick-up, as well as nutrition and fitness coaching! Gabrielle grew up in […]

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Whiskey Friday: The Map Room

The Map Room 416 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

This week, we will meet at The Map Room! The Map Room is a gathering place for explorers & adventurers, inquirers & observers, wanderers & wonderers, storytellers, schemers, & dreamers of big things! Join us every Friday at 4 PM at a local bar/restaurant from a rotating series to celebrate the small and big successes […]

Future City Regional Competition

Prarie Point Middle School 8015 Kirkwood Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

Climate Change The 2022-23 Future City Competition will challenge your middle school students to research, design, and create a city that exists 100 years in the future and incorporate futuristic solutions to climate change. The thrilling conclusion of the Future City regional competition! Now that group essays are scored, city models built, and final resources […]

Business Startup Speaker Series: Business Startup Administrative Basics

The Geonetric Building 415 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Session Learning Objectives Once you know with certainty that you are going to start a business there are some administrative things that need to be done to get registered, licensed, and “officially” established. This business startup module will discuss business names; business formation (sole proprietorship, LLC; C-Corp, S-Corp, non-profit), state and local requirements (EIN, licensing), […]

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1 Million Cups: Leadership for Five Seasons Youth Program

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

This Week Today, join us and the 35(!!) members of Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance’s Leadership for Five Seasons Youth Program. These 35 high school students are participating in the Corridor's premier leadership program. Through 8 days of in-depth learning from August through March, the program has introduced these select students to "community needs, opportunities, […]