Innovation Campus News 4-22-2024

MEET MILLER SLAUGHTER

This month’s member spotlight is on Mr. Miller Slaughter who is currently working as a business development specialist for Community Ventures in connection with the Small Business Development Center with his office at WKU Innovation Campus’s Collaborative Smart Space. His position is to counsel and mentor small businesses in leadership and financial management and to provide micro loans to entrepreneurs for start-up cash micro loans from 500.00 up to 50,000.00. For all of his life experiences, one thing ties them together–Miller Slaughter’s passion for watching an entrepreneur’s dream blossom into the reality of a profiting business. And according to Mr. Slaughter, a business never has enough time, information, and money which is why he envisions himself as a “risk reducer” who “evens the scales” for new entrepreneurs who want to compete with established businesses.”

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Join us THIS WEDNESDAY for LUNCH and Learn with Miller - He will be focusing on Financing Your Small Business. Room 129 - Noon - 1. Light lunch provided. RSVP HERE

WKU ENT 308 INNOVATION

MANAGEMENT CLASS

Always exciting to have Western Kentucky University entrepreneurship students at our headquarters to learn more about what is happening in the region! Here is Jeff Hook at our headquarters earlier this week talking about the work of CREATE at WKU Innovation Campus: Central Region Ecosystem for Arts, Technology, and Entrepreneurship.

CLICK HERE to see a quick video of the student's tour.

EVENTS THIS WEEK

JOIN US THIS THURSDAY as we partner with Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, CREATE at WKU Innovation Campus: Central Region Ecosystem for Arts, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, and KY Innovation to host our next Startup Garden, featuring Austin Albany and Jon Doss—owners of Sublime Media Group. Thanks to PNC for your sponsorship!

CLICK HERE to RSVP.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & NETWORKING

FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

Monday, April 29,

5-6 PM

Innovation Campus 129

It’s OK Not to be OK. It’s Challenging Being a Small Business Owner.

RSVP HERE

Light refreshments will be served.

CO-SPONSORS: SBDC,CREATE

WKU Innovation Campus

ARE YOU A WKU ALUMNI?

Are you a part of the community that works out of the WKU Innovation Campus? Are you a WKU Alumni? If you answered yes. Please CLICK HERE and let us know. From time-to-time WKU will ask us to compose articles for them for various publications on campus from Alumni working here at the Innovation Campus.

USPTO AND KY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES HOST BOOTCAMPS

Shout out to USPTO and the Kentucky Intellectual Property Alliance (KYIPA) for their invaluable participation in this past month's bootcamps on patents and trademarks. Your dedication, expertise, and collaborative spirit are greatly appreciated by entrepreneurs in the region.

Everyone enjoyed the two-day workshop and learned a lot of valuable information.

STRONG WOMEN STRONG COFFEE

We were happy to co-host the BG Strong Women Strong Coffee this month. Cortney Evans, Founder of Cultivate BG did an amazing sharing marketing best practices to help elevate business game.

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SAVE THE DATE

Calling all women. You are invited to join the Women's Business Center of Kentucky for their first Strong Women Strong Coffee in Bowling Green on May 10.

Kamand Bagherian will discuss how to optimize AI solutions in your business and bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and your everyday operations. Learn practical strategies to make AI more accessible and impactful for your business.

CLICK HERE to RSVP.

IMAGINE_BGKY HACKATHON

Are you a programmer, designer, innovator or in between? Bring your friends and join us and be a part of the first IMAGINE_BGKY Hackathon, where teams will compete in a tech development race to make Bowling Green Better.

May 11

WKU Innovation Campus

For more information or to register CLICK HERE.

CHILDCARE BUSINESS

Join Brittanie Dawson with SBDC for her first installment of Childcare Business Kickstart training in South Central, KY. This initial training is a FREE one-hour virtual event that will be informative for those looking to start or expand their childcare business. CLICK HERE to RSVP.

AESC & HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PARTNER IN COMMUNITY BUILDING

We love seeing when members of the Western Kentucky University Innovation Campus come together to work on projects. Shout out to Habitat for Humanity of BG/WC and AESC US for working on this project together!!! Check out this video below.

You may know that AESC is building a state-of-the-art electric vehicle battery gigafactory in Bowling Green’s Kentucky Transpark, we'd also like to share that the AESC team is partnering with Habitat for Humanity here in Bowling Green to build affordable housing. #buildingcommunity

INNOVATION CAMPUS COMMUNITY QUESTIONS

We are thrilled to announce a fantastic opportunity for your company, business, or lab to shine at the WKU Innovation Campus! Each month, we feature a standout member as our "Member of the Month" in our newsletter and emails, reaching our community of innovators, faculty, and staff at WKU.

Would your company, business or lab like to participate in a Member of the Month? Let us know HERE.

Here at the Innovation Campus, we thrive to foster a sense of community among our talented individuals. We believe that by coming together, sharing ideas, and collaborating, we can achieve incredible things.

Share your ideas with us by clicking HERE.

To further enhance our community experience, we want to hear from you! Do you have an event, training, or any other initiative in mind that you'd like to see offered at the Innovation Campus?