The flagship event of Venture Café is the Thursday Gathering, a weekly meeting for new and experienced entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and support. The event usually includes several free educational sessions to teach entrepreneurs to how to start and run a business. Participants can also hold informal discussions of creative and speculative ideas and look for collaborators, co-founders, mentors, or investors.[4]
The Venture Café was conceived as a restaurant in the Cambridge Innovation Center in Boston, Massachusetts.[5] The idea failed to attract investment, so the founders changed it to a gathering space for the entrepreneurial community, based on the book Venture Café by Teresa Esser.[4] Venture Café Kendall launched in 2009.[citation needed]
In 2014, Venture Café expanded to the Cortex Innovation Community in St. Louis, Missouri, to bring together the emerging startup community.[6] The success of the St. Louis location prompted the launch of Venture Cafés in other cities and ultimately the creation of Venture Café Global Institute, a public benefit corporation based in St. Louis and Boston.[7]
In 2018, as part of St. Louis Cortex District's new 4220 Duncan building anchored by Microsoft, Venture Cafe launched Innovation Hall in St. Louis based upon Boston's District Hall.[8]
In 2018, St. Louis launched EdHub[9] to support and bring together innovators to increase youth access to education.[10] EdHub STL is inspired by the Forward Through Ferguson report, which calls for an innovation education hub to address the region's most entrenched educational issues.[11]
Venture Café Foundation in Boston runs the Roxbury Innovation Center.[9] Like EdHub, it brings together innovators in education including students, parents, administration, and teachers to help solve inequities in education and introduce youth to entrepreneurship and STEAM activities.[citation needed]
In September 2021, Venture Café St. Louis cancelled its events and made no public statements.[12]
On September 13, 2021, Venture Café St. Louis board chair Whitney Masching released a statement stating, "Seven years later, it is time to close this chapter. Effective immediately, the VCSTL programming you know is on pause — but this isn’t the end."[13]
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^Kirsner, Scott (21 June 2018). "How a failed restaurant became Cambridge's hottest Thursday spot". Boston Globe. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^Bryant, Tim (Sep 29, 2014). "Cambridge Innovation Center opens at Cortex". St. Louis Post Dispatch. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^McGuigan, Christine (2 March 2018). "T-REX and Venture Cafe STL are changing St. Louis' startup landscape". Silicon Prairie News. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^Deem, Jason (10 May 2018). "Cortex Unveils New 4220 Duncan Building". NextSTL. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^ abKukuljan, Steph (11 April 2018). "'Innovation center,' restaurant to open at Cortex". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^"Venture Cafe St. Louis To Open Innovation Hall At Cortex". 12 April 2018.
^"Create an Innovative Education Hub". Forward Through Ferguson. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^Paul Riat (10 September 2021). "Venture Cafe St. Louis Goes Quiet". 4thest8. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
^Paul Riat (13 September 2021). "UPDATE: VENCAFSTL BOARD RESPONDS; NEW SITE GOES UP (BUT NO CONTENT)". 4thest8. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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venture, café, nonprofit, organization, that, hosts, community, events, programs, that, support, early, stage, entrepreneurs, typenonprofitindustrytechnology, startupsfounded2009, years, 2009, founderstim, rowe, carrie, stalderheadquartersboston, massachusetts. Venture Cafe is a nonprofit organization that hosts community events and programs that support early stage entrepreneurs 1 Venture CafeTypeNonprofitIndustryTechnology StartupsFounded2009 14 years ago 2009 FoundersTim Rowe Carrie StalderHeadquartersBoston Massachusetts U S Areas served11 citiesKey peopleTim RoweProductsWorkspace for startupsSmall businessesFreelancers and entrepreneursBrandsVenture CafeVenture Cafe GlobalInnovation HallDistrict HallServicesShared workspaces and related services for entrepreneursAs of May 2020 there are 11 independently managed Venture Cafes located in Boston St Louis Missouri Miami Winston Salem North Carolina Providence Rhode Island Tokyo Japan Rotterdam The Netherlands Warsaw Poland Bilbao Spain and Sydney Australia 2 As of 2019 there were plans to open Venture Cafes in some 40 more cities 3 The flagship event of Venture Cafe is the Thursday Gathering a weekly meeting for new and experienced entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and support The event usually includes several free educational sessions to teach entrepreneurs to how to start and run a business Participants can also hold informal discussions of creative and speculative ideas and look for collaborators co founders mentors or investors 4 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 External links 4 ReferencesHistory EditThe Venture Cafe was conceived as a restaurant in the Cambridge Innovation Center in Boston Massachusetts 5 The idea failed to attract investment so the founders changed it to a gathering space for the entrepreneurial community based on the book Venture Cafe by Teresa Esser 4 Venture Cafe Kendall launched in 2009 citation needed In 2014 Venture Cafe expanded to the Cortex Innovation Community in St Louis Missouri to bring together the emerging startup community 6 The success of the St Louis location prompted the launch of Venture Cafes in other cities and ultimately the creation of Venture Cafe Global Institute a public benefit corporation based in St Louis and Boston 7 In 2018 as part of St Louis Cortex District s new 4220 Duncan building anchored by Microsoft Venture Cafe launched Innovation Hall in St Louis based upon Boston s District Hall 8 In 2018 St Louis launched EdHub 9 to support and bring together innovators to increase youth access to education 10 EdHub STL is inspired by the Forward Through Ferguson report which calls for an innovation education hub to address the region s most entrenched educational issues 11 Venture Cafe Foundation in Boston runs the Roxbury Innovation Center 9 Like EdHub it brings together innovators in education including students parents administration and teachers to help solve inequities in education and introduce youth to entrepreneurship and STEAM activities citation needed In September 2021 Venture Cafe St Louis cancelled its events and made no public statements 12 On September 13 2021 Venture Cafe St Louis board chair Whitney Masching released a statement stating Seven years later it is time to close this chapter Effective immediately the VCSTL programming you know is on pause but this isn t the end 13 See also EditCo workingExternal links EditCIC Venture Cafe Global Institute Official Website Venture Cafe Foundation Official Website Venture Cafe St Louis Official Website Venture Cafe Sydney Official Website Venture Cafe Warsaw Official Website Venture Cafe The Success Story of a coworking space References Edit Innovation Studio Roxbury MA Cause IQ www causeiq com Retrieved 2023 06 03 Global Network venturecafeglobal org Retrieved 2020 05 27 Our netowrk is growing Retrieved 19 February 2019 a b Venture Cafe s mission is connecting innovators to make things happen Venture Cafe Official Website 24 August 2018 Retrieved 24 August 2018 Kirsner Scott 21 June 2018 How a failed restaurant became Cambridge s hottest Thursday spot Boston Globe Retrieved 24 August 2018 Bryant Tim Sep 29 2014 Cambridge Innovation Center opens at Cortex St Louis Post Dispatch Retrieved 24 August 2018 McGuigan Christine 2 March 2018 T REX and Venture Cafe STL are changing St Louis startup landscape Silicon Prairie News Retrieved 24 August 2018 Deem Jason 10 May 2018 Cortex Unveils New 4220 Duncan Building NextSTL Retrieved 24 August 2018 a b Kukuljan Steph 11 April 2018 Innovation center restaurant to open at Cortex St Louis Business Journal Retrieved 24 August 2018 Venture Cafe St Louis To Open Innovation Hall At Cortex 12 April 2018 Create an Innovative Education Hub Forward Through Ferguson 24 August 2018 Retrieved 24 August 2018 Paul Riat 10 September 2021 Venture Cafe St Louis Goes Quiet 4thest8 Retrieved 17 September 2021 Paul Riat 13 September 2021 UPDATE VENCAFSTL BOARD RESPONDS NEW SITE GOES UP BUT NO CONTENT 4thest8 Retrieved 17 September 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Venture Cafe amp oldid 1158415218, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
