New offices and workstations are open at Groover Labs! 8 offices, 12 workstations, 2 rooms, 2 call booths—ready for teams individual workers. Come tour!
We’re excited to share: the Groover Labs courtyard canopy is complete—a shaded workspace for when Kansas weather cooperates.
Groover Labs members Mark Janzen and Jacob Schlittenhardt just launched Planetary Talent, a startup born from their time at Groover Labs.
We added a new pod of desks, and we made them in the Maker Labs. Over the past few months, we’ve added a lot of new members, so we needed create some more space.
Our hotseats are the easiest and most affordable membership level we offer on a month-to-month basis. But what are they? Hotseats are open-area workstations that are available to members and day pass users on a first-come, first-served basis. They don’t have permanent owners and cannot be formally reserved.
We announced several weeks ago that Groover Labs would be a satellite screen for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Due to concerns about the coronavirus, the screenings will now take place at Starlite Drive-in.
Jason Toevs and Brian Weins will join Foreman Law and NXTUS from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, January 15, for Groover Labs office hours. We started these free, informal meetings last year to make it easier for founders and startups to find and meet with local organizations and seasoned entrepreneurs as part of our mission to help strengthen Wichita’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Congratulations to Ramsey Jamoul and his team at Unified eSports Association. They completed their inaugural fall 2020 season, and they distributed more than $26,500 in scholarships to Unified Collegiate Esports Association teams who placed in the top four for each game.
The Greater Wichita Partnership has put together plans to spur downtown projects, attract talent, and create workforce programs. Now the Partnership is developing a new initiative — this one aimed specifically at accelerating entrepreneurship and high-growth startups.
We started office hours to work with groups who want to support founders and startups. Foreman Law began hosting hours from 9 -12 on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month. We are pleased to announce NXTUS, an organization that helps launch and grow businesses, will hold office hours at the same time.
Entrepreneur Magazine placed Wichita as 1 of 8 heartland cities essential to the future of innovation. Wichita-Kansas City corridor share funders and talent. Notable mentions include KingFit, the company founded by Groover Labs coworking member Miguel Johns, whose mission is to battle diabetes.
The Groover Labs team has built and installed building upgrades Along with other coworking amenities, we’ve added large whiteboards in each room. The team also installed baffling in our podcast studio earlier this week.
We’re offering a limited number of dedicated desks for $200 each and a limited number of studios for $250 each. Desk and studio members have 24/7 access. Benefits include: Gigabit fiber internet access, conference rooms, fresh local coffee, free, doorside parking, great Old Town location, and more.
We’ve put together a special day pass package just for you. Buy a pack of 10 day passes before December 31 and pay only $75. Our day passes normally cost $20 each, so this special package saves you $125! Get yours here!
Last Friday our co-founders Curt and Tracy sat down with Brandon Paulseen of ICTPodcast to discuss Groover Labs, Wichita, technology, and the local startup ecosystem.
Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts.
