Past featured founders
Founders Connect brings entrepreneurs, business owners, and aspiring founders together to learn from one another and strengthen Topeka’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Past featured founders
Founders Connect is a founder-centered gathering built around real stories, practical conversation, and useful connection. To protect the quality of that room, we ask everyone to follow a few simple expectations.
Come ready to listen, ask thoughtful questions, and learn from the founder being featured.
Founders may speak openly about challenges and work still in progress. Treat those conversations with discretion.
Thoughtful questions, practical resources, relevant introductions. Leave the room better than you found it.
Established founders, early-stage builders, students, side-hustlers, and people still exploring an idea.
Introductions, resources, and a follow-up the next day are the point. The best connections here continue after 7:30.
Founders Connect is built by founders, for founders. The room depends on how each person chooses to show up.
All three are Topeka founders and Omni Circle members, running Founders Connect alongside their own businesses.
We’ll email you first when registration opens for a new event.
Every month, our featured founders share what they're building, what they've learned, and how the community can support them.
One year of Founders Connect
Our anniversary, during Global Entrepreneurship Week
One year to the month since the first Founders Connect. We're planning something bigger than a normal night, during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Venue and lineup are being locked in now.
One year of Founders Connect
Our anniversary, during Global Entrepreneurship Week
One year to the month since the first Founders Connect. We're planning something bigger than a normal night, during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Venue and lineup are being locked in now.
This month’s founders and venue are still being confirmed. Register and we’ll email you as soon as they’re announced.
The details for this one aren't settled yet. We announce each month once it's confirmed.
The Pink Karat
Linda's Afrikan Kreations
Mama T's Jams and Jellies
Pie Skool
The Tee Box
Mind and Body by Bre
House of Price Events
Petite Cake Bar
Weaver Solutions
BlendHQ
The Pink Scoop
Elevate Mindcare Studio
The Grind Coaching & Consulting
The Sonrisa Foundation
The Wheel Barrel
El Zocalo