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Hi Ladies, I am offering the following Business Workshop: Marketing, Advertising, Lead Generation & Sales Pitch If you need some help in your marketing, advertising, lead generation or sales pitch. This meet-up is for you. Learn how you can increase your website and social media traffic, followers, lead generation and Google ranking. RSVP Now for only £99 -- Trust me if I can do it, so can you! I have over 15+ years of marketing and branding experience internationally. I have worked with multinational to startup companies who needed help developing or improving their marketing and branding strategies. I am now sharing the wealth of knowledge I have gained for FREE in this meet-up. Join this meeting if you are interested or if you prefer to do a private free one to one business coaching session, message me directly or email me at julia@cwmg.co Kind regards, Julia Afdasta Life Coach & Director of CWMG Digital Agency W: www.cwmg.co M: +44(0)75-7588-4080

# *"The 7 Ways AI (Artificial Intelligence) Will Change Real Estate Investing - Right NOW!* # JOIN US BY REGISTERING NOW **QUESTION:** "Are you looking for the latest industry-shifting trends and technologies? " ...do you want to stay ahead of the game and maximize your profits? We’ll be discussing in a LIVE interactive Workshop, precisely how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing real estate investing NOW. AI has been rapidly transforming numerous industries over the past few years – it makes sense that real estate would be next! **Think about this!** These are just 3 of the 7 things we'll discuss in-depth, that could greatly enhance your skills as a real estate investor by adopting simple (*Many FREE*) tools to implement AI (Artificial Intelligence) into your real estate investing in the next 7 months: * **Instant Property Valuations - Anywhere In the Country in Seconds:** What if you could do your MAO analysis on properties located anywhere in the United States, even if you've never been to that city or state in your life? *This is exactly how Howard Johnson was able to wholesale back-to-back $100K Deals (in Oregon) even though he's never stepped foot in that state!* * **Automated (Fully Vetted) Contracts - Delivered Electronically:** AI technology can be used to create, review and submit contracts, completly speeding up the deal capture and wholesaling process! * **Predictive Analysis - Know Who's Going To Sell Their Property, Even Before The Seller Knows:** Predictive analysis techniques can help determine which Sellers In Which Neighborhoods will sell, even before the Seller Knows, *so you can get their days, if not weeks, before your competition!* * *...and much, much more!* ***Please Join Us For This INTERACTIVE Workshop With LIVE Q&A - BE SURE TO REGISTER NOW AS SEATING IS VERY LIMITED FOR THIS INSIDER EVENT!*** ***LOOK! "WE'VE SEEN THE FUTURE, AND IT'S GLORIOUS FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO ACT!"*** **SEATING IS LIMITED • SEATING IS FREE • REGISTER NOW!** Join us and find out what kind of impact this technology could have on your business! The scope of innovation enabled by AI opens up countless possibilities – don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn about them all. ***TAKE ACTION AND SIGN UP NOW***, for our upcoming webinar “7 Ways AI is Changing Real Estate” to gain a comprehensive understanding of how this technology can benefit you and your REI Investing - NOW!

Hi Ladies, I am offering the following Business Workshop: How Strong Is Your Brand? Learn How to Strengthen it to Drive More Leads If you need some help in creating or improving your brand. This meet-up is for you. Learn how you can communicate your brand story, products and mission concisely and appealingly to drive more traffic to your website, leads and sales. RSVP Now for only £99 -- Trust me if I can do it, so can you! I have over 15+ years of marketing and branding experience internationally. I have worked with multinational to startup companies who needed help developing or improving their marketing and branding strategies. I am now sharing the wealth of knowledge I have gained for FREE in this meet-up. Join this meeting if you are interested or if you prefer to do a private free one to one business coaching session, message me directly or email me at julia@cwmg.co Kind regards, Julia Afdasta Life Coach & Director of CWMG Digital Agency W: www.cwmg.co M: +44(0)75-7588-4080

Hi Ladies, this Business Workshop covers the following topic : Lifestyle Change, Building Confidence,& Overcoming Fears. If you need some help in boosting your confidence, overcoming your fears and creating a lifestyle change, as you enter into the world of entrepreneurship. This meet-up is for you. RSVP Now for only £99.00 -- Trust me if I can do it, so can you! I used to be unmotivated, insecure and fearful, which prevented me from having a meaningful life. I found a Life Coach who transformed my life, who taught and trained me on how to become more positive, focused and driven to fulfil my purpose in life. You can do the same. Join this meeting if you are interested or if you prefer to do a private one to one business coaching session, message me directly or email me at julia@cwmg.co Kind regards, Julia Afdasta Life Coach & Director of CWMG Digital Agency W: www.cwmg.co M: +44(0)75-7588-4080

Our weekly virtual networking call is at 12:00 PM and will go until at least 1:30 P.M. There will be no charge for this. https://us02web.zoom.us/s/87319617528?pwd=a3BxSWRLSnlrT0lwVmczUVUvNkc3UT09#success Or Go To: www.networkingrei.club Bring your deals, your business cards, etc and network with some good like-minded folks. There will be no formal presentation but you’ll pick up a lot of knowledge just by being around. Both beginners and old pros are welcome. Real estate agents too! Steve Love, Co-Executive Director

Join us TODAY and: ⚡ Keep up to date with DeFi ⚡ Have a discussion about Economics and tech ⚡ Meet like-minded people! ------------------------ AGENDA ‍🎟️ ------------------------ 🎤 Duhon Report - A Global Macro round up of the news! 🎤 Some Topic Overview 🎤 Q&A Want to build a project? Looking for teammates? Come on down! ------------------------ OPEN SOURCE ‍🎟️ ------------------------ If you'd like to contribute, please check out our open source repos: https://github.com/EthBuilders Currently, we are building our community's website: https://github.com/EthBuilders/EthBuildersNYC-website ------------------------ INFO ------------------------ Hello World! Due to COVID-19, we are now hosting events remotely. Our goal is to foster a community where attendees can learn, grow and create a network in the decentralization space. We aim to create a collaborative and welcoming environment attendees from ALL backgrounds can learn about the space, keep up with innovations, share cool projects and coding tips, talk shop and expand their network. We are beginner-friendly and no question is too simple to answer! Distributed ledger technology is as important to society as double-entry accounting and the publically traded company. It will allow humans to scale their collaborative efforts and realize new manners of organization and prosperity. We hope to help you on your journey to build the future. We can’t wait to build a stronger blockchain developer community in New York City and now, the WORLD. ------------------------ JOIN OUR SLACK ------------------------ 1. Our Slack: http://bit.ly/NYC-Blockchain-Devs-Join-Slack ------------------------ CURRICULUM ------------------------ SEE FULL CURRICULUM HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W9o5ex03yWZHZLNs0Q3CYn8qTHonQCgwAfydexnO57A/edit?usp=sharing ------------------------ OUR MISSION ------------------------ Helping to build a decentralized world to help scale permissionless human collaboration. ---------------------------- SPONSORS Ξ ₿ $ £ ¥ ---------------------------- ConsenSys: The leading Ethereum Blockchain development studio. Check out the amazing products coming out of ConsenSys such as MetaMask, Infura, Truffle, the entire CodeFi Suite for institutions, and more! See more: https://consensys.net/

Hi everyone! Sundays at Six is back again! Sorry for missing the last few meetings. I was away travelling, and then recuperating, feeling sad and blue, etc. etc., so just couldn't pull it off. This has been a tough time for me, wonder how everyone else is doing. It's kind of hard to pick up and be creative/joyous again, but I guess we must go on. Please join us tomorrow afternoon at six. Bring your ideas and projects, plans and dreams...let's just get out of here and go someplace fun, even if it's in our heads and hearts! Would love to see you tomorrow on Zoom. Sunday, May 02 at 6pm: see zoom link below :) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86170663626 pwd=TWJFVWhkS3R5eS85YVhvdW9nckJGdz09 Meeting ID: 861 7066 3626 Passcode: 462250

Silicon Prairie Friday Open Office Hours are now LIVE on ZOOM! Held EVERY FRIDAY morning from 9:30 to 11:30 AM (central) RSVP to see the Zoom Meeting Details Can't make it? Watch a recent presentation here: https://vimeo.com/506243666 Agenda: The first hour is “ask us anything” topics usually include: Small Business, Tech Startups, Financial Securities, Software Security, Blockchain, or Investment Crowdfunding. Even if you don’t ever become a customer of ours – we want to be a resource for you! The second hour is an Investment Crowdfunding 101 we have a PowerPoint presentation that covers how to raise money for small businesses using Investment Crowdfunding. We cover fundraising options, the Investment Crowdfunding laws/ regulations, the process, dollar amounts, timelines, costs, pitfalls, and best practices. We’ve been hosting Open Office Hours in-person for YEARS now, and now we’re delighted to share our experience and knowledge with our broader community. Friday at 9:30 is your chance to catch up with us and/or pick our brains, ask gritty questions, or just share what’s new with you! As always, feel free to connect with us on Linkedin as well! Hope to catch-up soon!

This introductory "Getting Started" meeting is for founders (and potential founders) who are first-timers to Lean Startup Perth (or those who wish to get a refresher on Lean Startup). It's best for you to attend one of these meeting before attending a "Getting On" meeting (although it's not required). Hello Perth Founders and Friends, Have you got a great startup idea? Or have you already started a new business and it's not going so well? Don't waste any more time or money on building an app or product, getting PR, or even marketing. Come along to Lean Startup Perth and we'll help you find a successful business. This "Getting Started" meeting will introduce you the "big ideas" in Lean Startup and Customer Development. Did you know that Lean Startups don't do sales, don't do marketing and don't do product development? Well, what do they do then? Come along and you will find out that and more, Created by Eric Ries and Steve Blank, the Lean Startup with Customer Development approach is a radically new way of doing startups. It changes everything about startups (more than most founders, service providers and investors realise). It changes the very meaning of what it is to be a startup. We suggest new members come along to one of these "Getting Started" meetings to learn about Lean Startup with Customer Development before coming the to "Getting On" meetings. This "Getting Started" meetings are repeated but will only run if there are enough new members attending. We welcome anyone keen to learn about Lean Startup with Customer Development. All the best for success! Cheers, Ashley. Organiser, Lean Startup Perth.

This is an online event. Participation is 100% online. Participants who have registered and paid via Eventbrite will be emailed the login link and info before the start of the event. Participants can be located anywhere in the world! This event is FREE to attend. A "YES" RSVP on our meetup site does not confirm your reservation. Space is limited. Please only RSVP "Yes" if you will be attending In order to attend, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-pitch-practice-how-to-pitch-to-investors-successfully-raise-money-tickets-122887079563?aff=IdeaSViLabFreeTix33Comm&afu=3951017871 Hurry! Slots are limited! Raising $ is tough- and now it's all changed. PRACTICE your PITCH, get facts & inside info to RAISE $ & Scale your Innovation into Revenue! You are invited to a live-steam webinar/workshop. *** BRING YOUR PITCH DECK. Two or more Founders will pitch and get feedback. *** *** Audience members will get a chance to make a NEW ELEVATOR PITCH and get feedback. THIS IS A REAL WORKSHOP! *** Raising money is a difficult and stressful task for startup Founders.Founders struggle to get the right combination of facts and projections to persuade investors to put in money. This workshop is an intro to the longer pitch program. It covers to the two main parts of pitching: 1) What to say 2) How to say it On this webinar you will learn: 1) The five step elevator pitch to get to the point in 60 seconds. 2) The standard topic for each page of the pitch deck, (for 90% of the startups) 3) How to use your customer “use case” in a story to show what your product does 4) The four key background points to set your pitch in the right direction 5) The key item two thirds of startup pitches leave out that is critical to customer adaption 6) The essential key points investors are looking for and more! This workshop is an intro to a four day workshop that speaker, entrepreneur and thought leader Steve Austin has presented to accelerators in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, in Asia and Europe.This content was derived from interviews with angel investors and venture capitalists in attendance at over 100 pitch to investor events where Steve’s students have pitched. This workshop focuses on what angel investors and venture capitalists have indicated they are looking for in startup pitches. Don’t waste more time with weak pitches. Learn how to focus on the essential points and get the deal. Scale your Innovation into Revenue!™ About the Speaker: Steve Austin is a 25-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Silicon Valley iLab.He has worked with over 2,500 startups—giving him a unique insight into challenges and secrets to success when it comes to being an entrepreneur. Dozens of startups have raised funds and scaled up after attending Steve's workshops. Steve has presented workshops in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and around the world. He has spoken at conferences at Tsinghua, Geju and SUES Universities in China and at incubators and accelerators in in Austria, Korea and Turkey. Steve is a serial entrepreneur. He has developed and launched a dozen high-tech products for making computer chips and enterprise billing. He has been the CEO, MD, and vice president of sales and marketing for several organizations. Steve has managed global operations including personally generating hundreds of millions of dollars in B2B sales. Steve holds a BS in Finance and Chemistry. For fun, he enjoys playing the guitar and hiking. You can reach Steve at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveaustin/

This is an online event. Participation is 100% online. Participants who have registered via Eventbrite will be emailed the login link and info before the start of the event. Participants can be located anywhere in the world. This event is FREE to attend! A "YES" RSVP on our meetup site does not confirm your reservation. Space is limited. Please only RSVP "Yes" if you will be attending In order to attend, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-pitch-practice-how-to-pitch-to-investors-successfully-raise-money-tickets-122887079563?aff=IdeaSViLabFreeTix33Comm&afu=3951017871 Hurry! Slots are limited! Raising money is a difficult and stressful task for startup Founders.Founders struggle to get the right combination of facts and projections to persuade investors to put in money. This workshop is an intro to the longer pitch program. It covers to the two main parts of pitching: 1) What to say 2) How to say it On this webinar you will learn: 1) The five step elevator pitch to get to the point in 60 seconds. 2) The standard topic for each page of the pitch deck, (for 90% of the startups) 3) How to use your customer “use case” in a story to show what your product does 4) The four key background points to set your pitch in the right direction 5) The key item two thirds of startup pitches leave out that is critical to customer adaption 6) The essential key points investors are looking for and more! This workshop is an intro to a four day workshop that speaker, entrepreneur and thought leader Steve Austin has presented to accelerators in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, in Asia and Europe.This content was derived from interviews with angel investors and venture capitalists in attendance at over 100 pitch to investor events where Steve’s students have pitched. This workshop focuses on what angel investors and venture capitalists have indicated they are looking for in startup pitches. Don’t waste more time with weak pitches. Learn how to focus on the essential points and get the deal. Scale your Innovation into Revenue!™ About the Speaker: Steve Austin is a 25-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Silicon Valley iLab.He has worked with over 2,500 startups—giving him a unique insight into challenges and secrets to success when it comes to being an entrepreneur. Dozens of startups have raised funds and scaled up after attending Steve's workshops. Steve has presented workshops in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and around the world. He has spoken at conferences at Tsinghua, Geju and SUES Universities in China and at incubators and accelerators in in Austria, Korea and Turkey. Steve is a serial entrepreneur. He has developed and launched a dozen high-tech products for making computer chips and enterprise billing. He has been the CEO, MD, and vice president of sales and marketing for several organizations. Steve has managed global operations including personally generating hundreds of millions of dollars in B2B sales. Steve holds a BS in Finance and Chemistry. For fun, enjoys playing the guitar and hikng. You can reach Steve at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveaustin/

This event is organized by TechSpeak. Our meetup group is collaborating by promoting this event. This event is FREE to attend! In order to attend, please register here: http://bit.ly/3rpVxZl (Registrants will receive login info right before the start of the event.) As a non-techie, If you want to launch a successful tech startup your goal shouldn’t be to learn how to code and create your own app. Your goal should be to learn how to build the right team and implement the right processes to execute your idea. Then you need to go to market as fast as possible so you don’t miss out on the market opportunity. Join us for a FREE 60 minute online masterclass and learn what non-technical founders need to know to launch a successful tech startup. You will learn: 1) The one most important skill that you must have in the early stages of your startup to be successful 2) Why it’s so hard to find a technical co-founder or CTO and what you should do instead to get your idea off the ground 3) Two money-saving skills you need in order to test ideas without engaging a developer 4) How to define your MVP properly to reduce the cost and time required to develop your app 5) The importance of process and more! Please come with your questions and scenarios. About the Speaker Nelly Yusupova is a CTO, with over 18 years of experience leading organizations to technical excellence. She is a startup tech advisor, outsourced CTO, and the creator of TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs. Nelly is on a mission to help entrepreneurs minimize technology mistakes. Through her online master class TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, she provides the roadmap to successfully manage technology teams and projects. Just recently included in Fast Company’s, “League of Extraordinary Women”, Nelly has been at the forefront of the women’ s movement online since 1999 and is one of the Wall Street Journal’s “Women on the IT Fast Track”. Nelly is a speaker and presenter for many organizations and presented at many major industry events, including: Women’s Enterprise Center, New York Entrepreneurs Business Network, Small Business Summit, BlogHer, Social Media Jungle, Mom 2.0, BlogWorld, and more. She has been featured in Inc. Magazine, NBC's Today Show, Fast Company, NewsDay.com, O’Reilly, Smart Money, Small Biz, TechRepublic, Women’s Radio and more. Nelly can be reached at: nelly@techspeak.co

This is an online event. Participation is 100% online. Participants who have registered and paid via Eventbrite will be emailed the login link and info before the start of the event. Participants can be located anywhere in the world. There is a cover charge to attend this event. A "YES" RSVP on our meetup site does not confirm your reservation. Space is limited. Please only RSVP "Yes" if you will be attending In order to attend, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-pitch-practice-how-to-pitch-to-investors-successfully-raise-money-tickets-122887079563?aff=IdeaSViLabFreeTix33Comm&afu=3951017871 Hurry! Slots are limited! Raising money is a difficult and stressful task for startup Founders.Founders struggle to get the right combination of facts and projections to persuade investors to put in money. This workshop is an intro to the longer pitch program. It covers to the two main parts of pitching: 1) What to say 2) How to say it On this webinar you will learn: 1) The five step elevator pitch to get to the point in 60 seconds. 2) The standard topic for each page of the pitch deck, (for 90% of the startups) 3) How to use your customer “use case” in a story to show what your product does 4) The four key background points to set your pitch in the right direction 5) The key item two thirds of startup pitches leave out that is critical to customer adaption 6) The essential key points investors are looking for and more! This workshop is an intro to a four day workshop that speaker, entrepreneur and thought leader Steve Austin has presented to accelerators in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, in Asia and Europe.This content was derived from interviews with angel investors and venture capitalists in attendance at over 100 pitch to investor events where Steve’s students have pitched. This workshop focuses on what angel investors and venture capitalists have indicated they are looking for in startup pitches. Don’t waste more time with weak pitches. Learn how to focus on the essential points and get the deal. Scale your Innovation into Revenue!™ About the Speaker: Steve Austin is a 25-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Silicon Valley iLab.He has worked with over 2,500 startups—giving him a unique insight into challenges and secrets to success when it comes to being an entrepreneur. Dozens of startups have raised funds and scaled up after attending Steve's workshops. Steve has presented workshops in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and around the world. He has spoken at conferences at Tsinghua, Geju and SUES Universities in China and at incubators and accelerators in in Austria, Korea and Turkey. Steve is a serial entrepreneur. He has developed and launched a dozen high-tech products for making computer chips and enterprise billing. He has been the CEO, MD, and vice president of sales and marketing for several organizations. Steve has managed global operations including personally generating hundreds of millions of dollars in B2B sales. Steve holds a BS in Finance and Chemistry. For fun, he enjoys playing the guitar and hiking. You can reach Steve at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveaustin/

This event is organized by TechSpeak. Our meetup group is collaborating by promoting this event. This event is FREE to attend! In order to attend, please register here: http://www.techspeakforentrepreneurs.com/how-to-cut-product-development-costs-by-up-to-50/?utm=ideatoipo (Registrants will receive the login info right before the start of the event.) There is a difference between releasing code and releasing code effectively and efficiently. That difference is having an efficient process - a repeatable way to produce consistent results over and over again. In this webinar, Nelly Yusupova, a CTO with 18 years of experience, a startup tech advisor, and the founder of TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, will share the process she uses to manage teams and projects to deliver projects on time and on budget. You will learn: 1) The lean way vs. traditional way of building products 2) Two money saving things you should do before you build anything 3) How to define your MVP properly to reduce the cost and time of development 4) How to see the red flags sooner and minimize mistakes and more! Please come with your questions and scenarios. About the Speaker Nelly Yusupova is a CTO, with over 18 years experience, leading companies to technical excellence. She is a startup tech advisor, outsourced CTO, and the creator of TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs. Nelly is on a mission to help entrepreneurs minimize technology mistakes. Through her online master class TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, she provides the roadmap to successfully manage technology teams and projects. Just recently included in Fast Company’s, “League of Extraordinary Women”, Nelly has been at the forefront of the women’ s movement online since 1999 and is one of the Wall Street Journal’s “Women on the IT Fast Track”. Nelly is a speaker and presenter for many organizations and major industries events including: Women’s Enterprise Center, New York Entrepreneurs Business Network, Small Business Summit, BlogHer, Social Media Jungle, Mom 2.0, BlogWorld, and more. She has been featured in Inc. Magazine, NBC's Today Show, Fast Company, NewsDay.com, O’Reilly, Smart Money, Small Biz, TechRepublic, Women’s Radio and more. Nelly can be reached at: nelly@techspeak.co

(Note: RSVPing here on meetup does NOT reserve your seat. To do that, you’ll need to register at our website, **[HERE](https://www.coreerocks.com/Events.aspx?ID=In-Person-Columbus-Meeting-How-I-Get-Private-Lenders-and-Partners-to-Fund-My-Deals-14-6-2-2026)**.) Tuesday, June 2nd, 5:00–8:30 PM Eastern Central Ohio Chapter Meeting IN PERSON IN COLUMBUS How I Get Private Lenders and Partners to Fund My Deals If you can’t fund it, you don’t have a deal. And right now, funding is where more investors are getting stuck. Private lenders are more cautious. Partners are asking better questions. And deals that look good on paper still fall apart when the money doesn’t show up. That’s why we’re bringing in a panel of investors who are actually getting their deals funded right now. You’ll hear how they’re finding money, structuring deals, and building relationships that lead to repeat funding. Here’s what you’ll learn: * Where they’re finding private lenders today * How they start conversations that lead to funding * What makes lenders and partners say YES * How they structure deals to be fundable * The biggest mistakes investors make when raising money * How to build repeat funding relationships **Early Session (6:00–7:00 PM Eastern):** **Having Trouble Finding Tenants? How Community Shelter Board Can Help** Nicholas Brenner will walk you through programs designed to help rapidly rehouse tenants, including financial support that can stabilize your rentals. **The Deal Room (7:00–7:30 PM Eastern)** Bring deals, funding needs, buyers, and problems. This is where connections turn into action. This meeting is for serious real estate investors nationwide, and we’re known for our high-content, real-life education and our nationwide community of dealmakers. Members and non-members at all levels are welcome. Register below to reserve your seat. Remember, to actually reserve your seat, you have to go **[HERE](https://www.coreerocks.com/Events.aspx?ID=In-Person-Columbus-Meeting-How-I-Get-Private-Lenders-and-Partners-to-Fund-My-Deals-14-6-2-2026)** and register on our website!

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**Let’s kick off our very first CBUS Maker Meetup!** Whether you are looking to carve out dedicated creative time, wanting to get a lingering project across the finish line, or just looking to chat with fellow local makers—this is the space for you. 🧵 **What to Bring** Bring any art or craft project you are currently working on, as long as it is portable and quiet. Think: * **Yarn & Thread:** Knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross-stitch, hand-sewing, mending. * **Paper & Sketching:** Sketchbooks, adult coloring books, watercolors, bullet journaling. * **Digital:** Tablets, iPad drawing, laptop writing/design. * *Please note: Because we are meeting in a shared public space, no power tools, sewing machines, or high-odor materials (like strong solvents or spray glues), please!* **📍 Where to Find Us** * We will be meeting at **Columbus Metropolitan Library - Karl Road Branch** in **Meeting Room 1**. Room is reserved under **CBUS Maker Meetup.** **⏱️ Timeline** * **1:00 PM:** Arrive, grab a seat, get settled, and do a quick round of introductions so we can see what everyone is working on. * **1:15 PM - 3:00 PM:** Open maker time! Chat, craft, relax, and swap creative ideas. **⚠️ A Note on RSVPs** Space for this first meetup is strictly limited to 10 spots. If your plans change and you can no longer attend, please update your RSVP to "Not Going" as soon as possible so someone on the waitlist can grab your spot. We ask that you try to give at least 48 hours' notice if you need to cancel. *** **We can't wait to meet you and see what you're making! All skill levels welcome.**

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