Startup Grind Utah Hosts Mika Lawson (Mikarose)

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Mika Lawson, Mikarose

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Mika Lawson started to "reinvent modesty" 8 years ago as she founded Mikarose Clothing Company. Mika was born in Hati and grew up in New York. Her clothing line can be found at Costco, in her own Mikarose Fashion Store, and boutiques around the world. She recently was featured as one of the top 10 coolest Entrepreneurs of Utah Valley.

Agenda

6:00 Networking and Food
7:00 Fireside Chat
8:00 Networking

Hosted By Doug Leonard, Director of Startup Grind Utah

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Doug Leonard is a security researcher set to graduate BYU’s Master’s of Information Systems program April 2015. His high school class voted Doug as the most likely to get "even" with a perpetrator if his identity were to ever be stolen. Doug cracks passwords in his spare time and is a member of BYU’s Offensive Security Team. Doug solicits himself as a homebrew hacker with passion for entrepreneurship and education.

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What is Startup Grind?

Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in more than 100 cities and 42 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Our monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences provide ample opportunities to connect with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey ahead. For more information visit StartupGrind.com (http://startupgrind.com) or follow us on twitter @StartupGrind (http://twitter.com/StartupGrind).