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SUMMARY:Elevate/Elevar's Community Pitch Day
DESCRIPTION:This month\, the inaugural cohort of entrepreneurs in the Elevate/Elevar Accelerator will graduate.  \nWhen we launched Elevate/Elevar Accelerator at the beginning of 2020\, we – like you – could have never predicted the moment we are in as a region\, country\, and world. We are amidst a pandemic (COVID-19) within a pandemic (structural racism). But\, one thing has remained the same – 2020 has been and is still a year of possibilities.  \nThe inaugural cohort of Elevate/Elevar entrepreneurs have shown incredible drive and resilience despite being directly and personally impacted by both pandemics these past few months.  \nWe invite you to join us to celebrate these entrepreneurs in our first ever Community Pitch Day\, which will take place virtually on August 29th. Elevate/Elevar’s 2020 Community Pitch Day will be an opportunity for our entrepreneurs to pitch their business models and showcase their growth over the past six months as they work to gain support from potential partners\, customers\, and investors.  \nBackground on Elevate/Elevar:\nThe Elevate/Elevar Accelerator is a one-of-a-kind\, six-month accelerator that elevates early-stage\, for-profit companies founded by Black and Latinx entrepreneurs. These businesses in turn can spark economic development and create living-wage jobs in neighborhoods with a high populations of Black and Latinx residents living below the poverty line. \nProgram:\n1:00 – 1:45pm: Special guest DJs spinning\, mini-documentary\, and welcome!\n1:45 – 2:45pm: Pitches from the inaugural Elevate/Elevar cohort\n2:45 – 3:30pm: Breakouts to meet entrepreneurs and ask questions\n3:30 – 4:00pm: Closing calls to action + celebrate with special guest DJs \nRSVP here to let us know that you will celebrate and imagine with us on Saturday\, August 29th.  \nDuring a moment in our region’s history that feels so overwhelming\, WEPOWER hopes you decide to join the 10 inaugural Elevate/Elevar Entrepreneurs for our 2020 Community Pitch Day. August 29th will be a day full of joy\, celebration\, stories of possibilities\, and reflection on what’s been accomplished by our first cohort of entrepreneurs against ALL odds.  \n
URL:https://entrepreneurquarterly.com/event/elevate-elevars-community-pitch-day/
CATEGORIES:Networking,Party,Pitch Event,St. Louis,Watch Party
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SUMMARY:Watch Party: St. Louis Superman and Other "Best of" Shorts
DESCRIPTION:The event will include a selection of award-winning short films from the 2019 St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) and 2019 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. In addition to the films\, the event will feature an interview with Marshall Curry\, director of “The Neighbor’s Window\,” which won this year’s Academy Award for Best Live Action Short. \nThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has long sanctioned SLIFF’s shorts competition as a pre-screening event for the Academy Awards. The winners of the top four categories of SLIFF’s juried shorts programming (Best of Fest\, Best Animation\, Best Live Action\, and Best Documentary) are eligible to submit their films directly to the Academy for Oscar consideration \nThe following short films will be screened during this event: \nBodies Like Oceans \nKC Cory\, U.S.\, 2019\, 13 min.\, documentary\, adult content (language and nudity)\nA dreamy portrait of photographer Shoog McDaniel\, a self-described queer fat freak\, whose work with fat bodies in nature transgresses reality. Best Documentary Less Than 20 Minutes at the 2019 Showcase. \nCharon\nCullen Parr\, U.S.\, 2019\, 12 min.\, documentary\nA profile of Myron Dyal\, a California artist with temporal-lobe epilepsy who creates striking paintings\, drawings\, and sculptures inspired by the visions he has during his seizures. Best Documentary Short at the 2019 SLIFF. \nGrab My Hand: A Letter to My Dad \nCamrus Johnson & Pedro Piccinini\, U.S.\, 2019\, 5 min.\, animated narrative\nA touching and personal exploration of the relationship between the filmmaker’s father and his best friend. Best Short Short at the 2019 SLIFF. \nMiller & Son \nAsher Jelinsky\, U.S.\, 2018\, 21 min.\, live-action narrative\nA transwoman mechanic runs her family’s auto shop during the day and expresses her femininity at night\, but an unforeseen event threatens the balance of her compartmentalized life. Best Live Action Short at the 2019 SLIFF. \nThe Neighbors’ Window \nMarshall Curry\, U.S.\, 2019\, 20 min.\, live-action narrative\nA middle-aged woman with small children has her life shaken up when two free-spirited twentysomethings move in across the street. Academy Award winner as Best Live Action Short and Best of Fest Short at 2019 SLIFF. \nSt. Louis Superman \nSami Khan & Smriti Mundhra\, U.S.\, 2019\, 28 min.\, documentary\, adult content (strong language)\nA profile of Bruce Franks Jr.\, the 34-year-old battle rapper\, Ferguson activist\, and former Missouri state representative. Academy Award nominee as Best Documentary Short and Best Local Short at 2019 SLIFF. \nTwo\nEmre Okten\, U.S.\, 2019\, 6 min.\, animated narrative\nTwo robots discover the value of their friendship as a decades-long mission to the sun comes to an end. Best Animated Short at 2019 SLIFF. \n
URL:https://entrepreneurquarterly.com/event/watch-party-st-louis-superman-and-other-best-of-shorts/
CATEGORIES:Watch Party
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200827T080000
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SUMMARY:St. Louis Business Diversity Connect Conference
DESCRIPTION:A unique\, one-day event that will provide diverse business owners an opportunity to meet with and pitch their business to procurement representatives and supplier diversity managers from government entities and corporations. \nMinority\, women\, veterans and other underrepresented business owners from St. Louis and across the Midwest are welcome. \n \n
URL:https://entrepreneurquarterly.com/event/st-louis-business-diversity-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Lectures / Speakers,Networking,Seminar
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200724T180000
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SUMMARY:Bourbon Friday @ Home
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Zoom on Friday\, July 24\, when Bourbon Friday goes online for a weekly social gathering celebrating the St. Louis startup scene. This week we come together to share our stories\, struggles\, experiences\, and yes\, a little bit of bourbon. \nWhat’s the link?\nIf you signup we will send you the link & password Friday afternoon \nWill it be streamed live on Facebook or Youtube?\nNo\, not yet. You want to be part of it you have to show up. We will be recording it for potential promotional use later. We will request approval if you are featured (speaking & video) before any use. \nParking?\nPark it on your couch\, at your desk\, in your backyard\, or wherever you have internet access. \n
URL:https://entrepreneurquarterly.com/event/bourbon-friday-home-july-24/
CATEGORIES:Downtown,Happy Hour,St. Louis
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SUMMARY:[APPLICATION DEADLINE] 2020 Arch Grants Global Startup Competition
DESCRIPTION:Applications are open!  \nWhat is Arch Grants? Arch Grants is an innovative organization at the center of the movement to accelerate place-based economic development through entrepreneurship by championing bold\, disruptive entrepreneurs. \nArch Grants awards $50\,000 equity-free grants each year to innovative\, scalable\, and job-creating startups who will locate in St. Louis for a period of at least one year. In addition to the cash\, Founders will also be connected and supported by Arch Grants’ robust ecosystem of investors\, professional service providers and industry experts. The Competition is industry agnostic\, and focused on technologies\, products\, and services that have the potential to make a national or international impact. Arch Grants has funded 154 companies\, each with $50\,000 grants\, since 2012. \n
URL:https://arch-grants.smapply.org/prog/2020_arch_grants_global_startup_competition/#new_tab
CATEGORIES:Application Deadlines
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