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.
Meet Alyssa McGinn, managing director of business development for infoFluency, a data and analytics visualization company. She's also co-founder of Luminous, a resource for VCs and startups. Read our interview with here here
A few weeks ago, our partners at WSU Tech and the Greater Wichita Partnership came to us to discuss a last minute opportunity: Andrew Crowe, a manufacturing influencer, was coming to town to talk to students at USD259 about advanced manufacturing careers. They wanted to know if we’d be willing to host a few events.
Wichita State University’s student-led printmaking guild Tornado Alley Press took over our parking lot and lobby on Friday, April 29, for a special, annual event where they partnered with the City of Wichita to use a steamroller to make print images.
We’re thrilled to be the host location again this year for Wichita Startup Week. Read the press release below to gather an idea about last year’s successful event, and, if you’re already eager for this year’s event, register for Wichita Startup Week’s preview party on 5/18. Click here to register.
We’re excited to partner with WSU Tech and the Greater Wichita Partnership to bring manufacturing influencer Andrew Crowe’s “New American Renaissance Manufacturing Tour” to Wichita on Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30, 2022. All events are free and open to the public.
Tate Hancock joined Groover Labs in April 2021 on the recommendation of one of our members. His startup, TMW Family Company, designs and manufactures the Wall Nanny, a patented baby gate wall protector. We talked with Tate about his journey from chiropractor to entrepreneur.
Last week, Jeff Dion, a Community Capital Partner with WeFunder, an equity crowdfunding service that helps everyday investors invest in early-stage startups, stopped by to meet with Groover Labs members and answer questions about the equity crowdfunding model.
QuickHire is in the news again. CNBC recently wrote an article about them for CNBC.com. And Wired, the magazine that analyzes how tech influences society, published a story about them at the end of January.
We spoke with Dresher about the Kansas Department of Commerce’s Proof of Concept grant, why he applied for it, and how he plans to use the funds to get JogAlong Strollers into the hands of consumers. Below is our lightly edited conversation.
