We added a new pod of desks, and we made them in the Maker Labs. Over the past few months, we’ve added a lot of new members, so we needed create some more space.
Our hotseats are the easiest and most affordable membership level we offer on a month-to-month basis. But what are they? Hotseats are open-area workstations that are available to members and day pass users on a first-come, first-served basis. They don’t have permanent owners and cannot be formally reserved.
Longtime Groover Labs member and Flint Hills Group founder Dave Cunningham launched the Whiskey Shelf app at the beginning of 2023. In February, the app went live on the App Store and Google Play. Read the latest updates about what Dave and his team are up to, how they came up with Whiskey Shelf (including experience with Campfire), and more!
We are thrilled to receive funding from the Building a Stronger Economy (BASE) 2.0 economic development grant for our CyberLink Infrastructure Expansion Project. BASE funds are intended to address infrastructure and economic development needs, and our grant award will allow us to continue critical projects we had to cancel or delay because of the Covid-19 global pandemic.
Do you have an idea for a tech company but don’t know where to start? Maybe you just want to understand the tech industry? CAMPFIRE is the answer for you. CAMPFIRE is a 12-week course based on the Stanford University / YCombinator startup course taught every year.
Congrats to Graham Krizek, founder and CEO at Voltage, for closing a $6 million seed round earlier this month. Krizek, a local founder, participated in our VC Huddle back in July, where he had the opportunity to meet with several venture capitalists from outside the region.
Overland Park-based SnapIT Solutions has expanded its promise to deliver high-quality technology job training and educational services into Wichita, Neelima Parasker said, detailing a new partnership between the information technology firm and Wichita State University.
What do PLOT Construction Communications, QuickHire, and KaaS have in common, other than being Groover Labs members? They added new employees in 2021 and 2022.
Congratulations to JogALong Stroller founder Groover Labs member Mike Dresher and Michele Valadez for their awards from the Kansas Department of Commerce Proof of Concept Grants.
Successful Tech Entrepreneurs Curt Gridley and Tracy Hoover created Groover Labs, and the accelerator is pressed firmly to the floor in the startup/entrepreneurial space in Wichita, Kansas.
The below feature in this week’s Wichita Business Journal lists six local startups to watch in 2022. Three of those six are members at Groover Labs. Read about out members below. Read the entire article at the business journal by clicking here.
From KSN.com: People searching for a first career or a new career have a new option through WSU Tech. The school announced Thursday it is launching a cloud computing program designed to fast-track students straight into a high-demand, high-wage career in as little as 16 weeks. Classes begin on Jan. 31. WSU Tech said there is a need in the Wichita metro area for educated software developers with an emphasis in cloud computing.
From the 1/6/22 edition of the Wichita Eagle: WSU Tech is announcing the launch of a new cloud computing and application development program that promises to train students for in-demand IT jobs in just four months. Jennifer Seymour, WSU Tech vice president of general education and applied technologies, said that as businesses have been forced to rethink their operations during the pandemic, the technical college has identified a need for dynamic IT training in Wichita.
This article appeared in the Wichita Business Journal on 1/7/22: Responding to a growing need for educated software developers in Wichita and the surrounding region, WSU Tech has launched a fast-track program in cloud computing aimed at placing students in the career field in as fast as 16 weeks. Classes for the cloud computing and cloud application development program will begin Jan. 31.
