A 9/28 TALK Briefing: Tech News, Area Events, & Youth Programs

A TALK Briefing | Sept. 28. 2020

A COVID-19 TALK Update

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Upcoming Events

Attention Entrepreneurs: StartupCincy Week is October 27-30 All Online! (Perfect for Louisvillians too.)

StartupCincy Week is a free, four-day celebration that builds community momentum and opportunity around entrepreneurship. Led by local entrepreneurs, this year the event is all online - more engagement, greater access and startup ingenuity.

The four day conference will be broken into two tracks of content daily. Day one kicks off with the Cintrifuse Annual Meeting followed by an afternoon dedicated to the region's supply chain prowess. Click here for details and to register for StartupCincy Week days 2-4. All tickets are free.

Venture Sharks Competition -- See the Finalists on Oct. 7

Venture Connectors in Louisville is proud to announce the four startups that will compete in the final round of the 11^th annual Venture Sharks™ business pitch competition on Wednesday, Oct. 7!

They are:

Borderless, an online bank payment processor enabling affordable and direct digital payments from anywhere in the world without the need for foreign bank accounts.
BrainSTEM, an educational tech startup that provides in-person and virtual learning via a proprietary virtual learning environment and social network that allows students to participate in STEM classes, projects and clubs.
CASPER Security, a company that helps municipalities protect first responders and neighbors from vacant and abandoned property disasters through rapid deployments of a proprietary, solar-powered home security system.
Pav*r, an integrated productivity tool that leverages calendar data to help users get more done in less time.

TechGirlz for Middle Schoolers for FREE from Your Tech Council Leaders at TALK!!

Here is a list of the courses up ahead:

Oct. 16-17, 4 PM ET

TALK Camp for Middle School Girls: Building a Website using HTML, Part I

TALK Camp for Middle School Girls: Building a Website using HTML, Part II

Oct. 22-23, 4 PM ET

TALK Camp for Girls: Cybersecurity Basics: How to Manage Cyber Risks, Part I

TALK Camp/Girls-Cybersecurity Basics: How to Manage Cyber Risks, Part II

Venture Summit Virtual Connect 3.0 taking place online, on November 17^th – 19!!!

Young StartupVentures is hosting its next Venture Summit online. Nominate a company to present and meet with potential investors. Rates start at $99.95 for entrepreneurs. Free access for a limited number of startups.

Use code TALKVIP and visit the unique event site link: https://bit.ly/323YPXI . This entitles you to an extra 20% off the Early Bird Reduced Rates. The event is 100% virtual.

Visit https://youngstartup.com/vsvc3/ for more information. Email or call Gil for more information at 212.202.1002

e: gil@youngstartup.com

COVID-19 Resources:

Backontrack.in.gov

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JCPS Website for School 2020-21

KentuckianaWorks Career Services

Team Kentucky Fund Financial Assistance Application Portal

Louisville COVID-19 Resource Center

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KY Safer To Report

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Community Foundation of Louisville Vogt Awards Demo Day - Virtual Event

Thursday, October 15, 2020 from 4:00PM to 5:30PM

FREE, Register Now!

Don't miss this opportunity to meet the 2020 Vogt Invention and Innovation Award winners when they present their companies and the progress they've made to the startup, investor, and business communities.

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