Welcome to Thursday 8/11/22 1MCsbe! This is a quote from Seth Godin, Author “Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.” Are you an entrepreneur or a startup? Well you are our kind of people and we'd love to meet you. Go to our website at 1MCsbe.com

#realsuccess .RT Nate Laszewski My favorite part of paying it forward is working with and meeting new people at the CFH in South Bend!

Bootstrapping a startup and getting Formerly MicroAcquire (now acquire.com)’d is a more practical and realistic goal for creating wealth vs raising a bunch of venture capital. Unless you need that private jet and yacht.

.RT McKenna Center—Human Development & Global Business ✨UPCOMING EVENT✨ Pathways Out of Poverty: Venture Creation & Contemporary Europe Wednesday, September 7 11am-1pm 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls Lunch Provided 👉 Register now at go.nd.edu/pathways Pulte Institute for Global Development Nanovic Institute Institute for Social Concerns, Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs

.RT IBJ News BREAKING NEWS; Purdue and IU have agreed to transform IUPUI and rebrand 52-year-old school as IU Indianapolis. Purdue will maintain a presence and the goal is to grow both universities and their economic impact in the capital city. buff.ly/3QvGB7Q

.RT Elkhart Chamber What you will learn from this Sept 15th presentation: *What it is & what it isn’t *How you can think of it as a critical part of how you accomplish things *Strategies to build a broad, connective & dynamic strategic network RSVP today! elkhart.org/event/effectiv…

Tnx to Michelle Branigan Michelle Branigan who is a new follower of @1MCssbe. She is a #CEO @ElectricityHR And is passionate about #RenewableEnergy + #CareerSuccess. Lover of all things #Family, #Travel, + #Film. Have a great weekend Michelle!! (~Wayne @SocialMtgExpert)

Many of our Indiana communities have started back to school! We wish all students a fantastic year full of learning and growth, and special thanks to teachers and staff for all you do.

Adam Barth As long as the founder is still running things, he or she can push back against excessive bureaucracy. It also helps to stay small, and to avoid hiring conventional-minded people.

.RT Startups like iLoF are continuing an amazing trend of healthcare innovation by providing personalized medicine through artificial intelligence (AI). startupsavant.com/startup-center… #innovation #startups #digitalhealth #entrepreneur #tech #founders #1mcsbe

Just saw this on the LinkedIn page for the South Bend - Elkhart Regional Partnership South Bend - Elkhart Regional Partnership Founder Factory is back! Join us Nov. 16 at the Lerner Theatre in Elkhart. Learn more here: startupsouthbendelkhart.com/founderfactory/ #founder #startup #southbend #1mcsbe

.RT from Andrew Gazdecki Andrew Gazdecki Just focus on finding 10 paying customers that couldn't live without your startup's product then go from there. Nail it then scale it.

.RT Lessons learned from corporate idiots Sometimes opportunity presents itself in very cruel ways. Nike was ready to cut ties when Allyson Felix became pregnant. Instead, Felix dropped Nike & created her own brand of running shoes, the Saysh One. linkedin.com/posts/designat… #1mcsbe

.RT Mike Speiser Mike Speiser It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, who spends himself in a worthy cause #TRUTH

.RT from buildd buildd In the first two years of our startup, we: 1. Did not have an office - it was our house 2. Did not have a team - just one other person besides founders. 3. Earned 10% of what our peers did Startups are tough - don't get fooled by popular media :) #1mcsbe

Congrats to the Hoosier Homestead winners! The farms have stayed in the same family for 100+ years. South Bend - Elkhart region honorees are Marshall County's Redman farm (1920), and St. Joseph County farms: Cordray (1872), Verhaeghe & Widler (both 1922). ow.ly/WIqQ50KqxXq

.RT from SBA Indiana SBA Indiana Celebrate Women's Equality Day - sign up for THE WOSB Advantage Webinar today! lnks.gd/2/trbLdJ Sign up for The WOSB Advantage webinar today! #Entrepreneurship #Entrepreneurs #women #womenentrepreneurs #1mcsbe #1mc #smallbusiness #sba

#1MC Community Visit ☕️💨 Let’s brew a strong finish to 2022. Follow Ben McDougal as he blends into this ambitious celebration of 7 different 1MC communities throughout Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan!

Valparaiso 🛣️ Mishawaka #1MC was followed by a roundtable with ecosystem allies in #NorthwestIndiana, then it was off to 1 Million Cups South Bend! Upon arriving, we unlocked a caffeinated conversation on the value of weekly connection and geared up for 2023.

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