The Founders Night Out – 2025 Season Kickoff

Hello from the Tech-Prize team, Founders Institute, Gener8tor and The Kenosha Innovation Network!

Join us for another “Founders Night Out”!

2025 Season Kickoff

2024/25 Kick-off and Business Scaling Series

The 2024/2025 Founders Night Series is a monthly series that focuses on the needs of entrepreneurs and people growing their business.

Oct 23 – KELA Building – 2024/25 Kick-off and Workshop Process – meet everyone, introduce the workshop process of business optimization, share an example, introduce mentors, start each group in their own discovery

• 6:00 – Welcome and Networking
• 6:30-8:00 – 2024/25 Introduction and the Business Scaling Workshop
• 8:00-8:30 – Networking

Who Should Attend:

All individuals that are seeking to start a business, grow a business or want to do something like this in the future.  People that want to have fun and learn from experts while working on these things.  People that have the skills to help others.  This is our southeast Wisconsin community coming together to help each other and have a great time doing it.

What is Founders Night Out?

Founders Night Out is a series hosted in southeast Wisconsin that is focused on start-up and business groups working to grow.  We are a network of like-minded people seeking to create community while help each other reach our goals.  We are hardworking, passionate, driven entrepreneurs striving to make a difference in our families and community.  We seek all individuals that want to be a part of that, have the skills to help others, or are working to do the same yourself.

Who Does this?  The series is organized by the Tech-Prize organization, with the talents and resources of many of the groups in our region.  Tech-Prize, Kenosha Innovation Network, Racine Economic Development Corp, Carthage College, UW Parkside and Gateway are just a few of those participants.  See our sponsors list below!

We seek to move around to a new location to meet new people to expand the network every month.  Please let us know if you would like to host.

This is a non-profit organization.  Food and beverage will be available and will vary from location to location. Donations are accepted to cover these costs at each session.

The 2024/25 Founders Night Out Series:

• Oct 23 – Kick-off and Scaling Business Workshop – Bring your Problem – working groups – KELA in Kenosha
• Nov 20 – UW Parkside – Kathryn Jackson – Small Business Administration – Supporting and growing small business
• Dec 18 – Business Workshop Night – Location TBD –
• Jan 22– Value Proposition – Location TBD
• Feb 19 – Business workshop Night
• Mar 19 – Legal – Location Carthage – Kevin
• Apr 16 – Business workshop Night
• May 21– Live Pitch and Pitch Training – Location TBD
• June 18 – Business workshop
• July 16 – Marketing Pitch and Marketing Training – Location TBD
• October – KIN Grand Opening and Pitch Competition

Host Venue – at “The Kenosha Emerging Leaders Academy (KELA)”:

The Kenosha Emerging Leaders Academy (KELA) is a pioneering initiative dedicated to equipping students and young adults in Kenosha, WI, with the necessary skills and resources for successful college and career pathways. KELA is a collaborative effort between the City of Kenosha and local partners specializing in youth development, education, technology, career development, and workforce preparation. KELA’s mission is to create a pipeline of local talent to area colleges and future employers, serving as a pivotal component in the strategy to revitalize Kenosha’s older neighborhoods.

Learn more about KELA!

A Special Thanks to our Sponsors & Donors

We also want to make sure we share a big “Thank You” for the many sponsors & partners for their commitment to our community. By coming together, we can and will re-engineer our future. This will happen through the excitement and involvement each of us personally generates as the process grows.

Here’s to Innovation!

For more information about Tech-Prize, visit: www.Tech-Prize.org/About