#OUREntrepidNetwork: Introducing Startup Weekend Conejo Valley – Sports, November 3-5, 2017 in Thousand Oaks, California

http://startupweekendconejovalley.com

Calling all startup junkies, makers, inventors, coders, and sports enthusiast!

SWCV-Sports (source – www.startupweekendconejovalley.com)

We are looking for the next big thing in Sports, Fitness, and Performance.

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event, where attendees pitch ideas, form teams and launch companies/products. The event is very community focused and provides a place for budding entrepreneurs to find co-founders, mentors and momentum for their ideas.

Participants have 60 seconds pitch an idea of concept , the pitches are whittled down to the top ideas, and then teams form around the ideas to come out with several developed companies. Finally, the weekend culminates with demonstrations in front of an audience of judges and potential investors on Sunday for Demo Day.

Sports Academy is the only fully integrated, multi-disciplinary athletic training and integrated sports medicine facility designed to elevate the performance of athletes of all ages and ability levels. Facilitated by premier coaches, certified trainers, and medical and recovery professionals, we provide the tools, inspiration, and guidance necessary for every athlete to excel. Combined with state-of-the-art technology, a biomechanics lab, sports science, and the development of mental fitness and acuity, our sport-specific and athlete-specific programs are designed to guide athletes toward their optimal state of performance.

To learn more about Startup Weekend Conejo Valley and how you can participate and support visit www.startupweekendconejovalley.com.

Please help support the Startup Weekend Conejo valley team by giving this a LIKE and SHARE it with your wider social networks.

Thank you to the combined effort of the leaders and volunteers on the TechStars, HUB101.la, SportsAcademy.us and the Startup Weekend Conejo Valley teams for your support of our community of athletes, innovators and entrepreneurs.

www.TechStars.com, www.HUB101.la, www.SportsAcademy.us

Here WE Grow!

#StartupWeekendConejoValley-Sports, @TechStars, @HUB101, @SportsAcademyHQ, #ThousandOaks, #CA, #sports, #tech, #innovation, #entrepreneur, #startups, #ourentrepidnetwork, #herewegrow

September 19, 2017

#OUREntrepidNetwork – Introducing Liz Powers, Spencer Powers and ARTLIFTING

www.ARTLIFTING.com

Art that Matters

In 2013, Boston based sibling entrepreneurs Liz Powers and Spencer Powers founded ARTLifting to help homeless and disadvantaged artists gain access to the marketplace.

In their own words (source – https://www.artlifting.com/pages/about-us)

ArtLifting empowers artists living with homelessness or disabilities through the celebration and sale of their artwork. ArtLifting is about creating opportunity, empowerment, and validation.

We offer our artists the chance to secure their own income through the sale of original paintings, prints, and products. By showcasing and selling artwork via ArtLifting.com, our artists gain self-confidence that permeates all aspects of their lives.

As a social enterprise and benefit corporation, we are using “business for good.” Every artist earns 55% from the profit of each sale. 1% from each sale goes toward strengthening art services for community partners that support ArtLifting artists, which includes art programming at social service agencies, shelters, and disability centers. ArtLifting uses the remaining 44% to further our mission. We realize that in order to make sustainable change, we need to run a financially sustainable business.

Meet ArtLifting (video)

In the news

The Power of Art in Our Communities | Margaret Charette, www.Brittocharette.com, 23 June 2017

Artlifting helps homeless and disabled artists sell their work | on facebook, 15 May 2017

Artist Expresses Colorful Side of Autism | WTVF5, 6 April 2017

These Inspiring Startups Make Giving a Core Port of Their Missions – 5. Liz Powers, Co-founder of ArtLifting | Entrepreneur.com, 19 January 2017

To learn more about ArtLifting visit www.ArtLifting.com.

Please help support Liz, Spencer and the ArtLifting team by giving this a LIKE, SHARE it with your extended social networks and JOIN their communities on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Here WE Grow

Doug Parker | Linkedin – kickassdoug

@ArtLifting, #ArtLifting, #LizPowers, #LifeChangingArt, #entrepreneur, #Boston, #Massachusetts, #homeless, #artists, #OUREntrepidNetwork, #HereWeGrow

September 17, 2017

#OUREntrepidNetwork – Introducing Mitzi Toro and The Maui Cookie Lady

www.themauicookielady.com

Spreading Aloha Far and Wide, One Cookie at a Time

In their own words (source – https://www.themauicookielady.com)

The Maui Cookie Lady (MCL), founded by Mitzi Toro, is a distinctive brand of premium, home-baked gourmet cookies that feature an array of Hawaiian flavors.

Originally starting as a fundraiser at a local farmers market on the island of Maui, MCL cookies are now proudly featured at top hotels & resorts and other high-quality artisan markets. Popular flavors include Kona Coffee Espresso using Peaberry Beans, Pineapple Lychee Passion with Hibiscus Flowers, White Tea and Lemon Chocolate, Mango, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut, Grown-Up Samoas (made with Maui Brewing Co.’s Coconut Porter craft beer), Butterscotch Kisses (made with Sammy Hagar’s Maui Distilled Macadamia Nut Rum) and our Original Butter Rum Triple Chunker.

At MCL, we aspire to be the an artisan island cookie company from Maui that will grow to achieve international distinction and are building distribution channels to achieve that dream.

Inspiration

A long-time cookie enthusiast, our founder, Mitzi Toro began baking delicious cookies in 2012 as a fundraiser to thank the nurses at Maui Memorial Hospital for taking such phenomenal care of her terminally-ill father. After raising funds for these dedicated nurses for a few months at a local farmers market, Mitzi was encouraged to transform her cookie fundraiser into a business by her regular customers who came to immensely love her delicious product.

Thus, the Maui Cookie Lady cookie company was born. After building her own commercial kitchen and officially beginning their made-on-Maui cookie production line, the company quickly garnered fans from as far away as the UK, Japan and even Dubai!

Our little island boutique bakery continues to gain loyal customers due to our creative, drool-worthy flavor combinations and our proud use of only the highest-quality ingredients in our tasty products.

The Maui Cookie Lady takes orders on-line and they ship to just about anywhere: www.themauicookielady.com/collections/all

In the news

Maui Cookie Lady to be carried at Saks Fifth Avenue | Mauinow.com, 4 Sept., 2017

To learn more about The Maui Cookie Lady visitwww.themauicookielady.com

Please help support Mitzi Toro and The Maui Cookie Lady team by giving this a LIKE, SHARE it with your wider social networks and JOIN their communities on FaceBook and Instagram.

Mahalo!

Here WE Grow

Doug Parker | Linkedin – kickassdoug

@TheMauiCookieLady, #MitziToro, #Aloha, #Maui, #Hawaii, #entrepreneur, #cookies, #OUREntrepidNetwork, #HereWeGrow