What we’re about
The Tucson Entrepreneurship Master Calendar is a one-stop shop for entrepreneurship and small business events that foster social and professional connections, education, and personal growth in the Old Pueblo.
The master calendar is a free resource for local community leaders and group organizers to promote their events. All organizers agree to implement and enforce a code of conduct to set expectations for behavior and to create a proactive framework for dealing with any issues. Where none exists, the University of Arizona Nondiscrimination and Anti-harassment Policy will be used.
This resource is created and maintained by Arizona FORGE. Reach out to Aleshia Howell here or at aleshia@arizona.edu with questions, ideas, to learn more about FORGE, just to say hi, or to start listing your events on this page.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Thursdays at FORGEDowntown, Tucson, AZ
A great day starts with coffee and conversation at FORGE. This is the downtown workspace where campus, community, and creativity collide!
- From 9-10 am, catch an informative speaker or event downstairs at FORGE at Roy Place. Each Thursday, you'll find a presenter sharing resources and information. See the speaker line-up here.
- After the event at 10 am is check-in for our complimentary community coworking from 10-4, as well as networking and drop-in business mentoring, in the upstairs FORGE's HUB, normally closed to the public.
- At noon join us for a no-host BYOL #hublunch in our upstairs HUB kitchen. This is a great way to gather and get to know some new folks as well as talk with FORGE staff. Grab some takeout from one of the amazing downtown restaurants nearby or one of the food trucks right outside and come upstairs to the Hub lunchroom.
Food trucks set up shop across the street at Jácome Plaza from about 11 am to 2 pm, including:
- Nhu Lan Vietnamese
- Taco Torte
- Super Chicken Wraps
- Desserts from Heaven
We can't wait to see you for Thursdays at FORGE, Tucson's community 'soft workday' where we can maximize the collision, interaction, and collaboration we find when we step outside our home offices.
- October FORGE FiresideFORGE at Roy Place, Tucson, AZ
Join FORGE founding director Brian Ellerman and his guests, every first Thursday, for a lively conversation about programs and ideas that are growing entrepreneurship in our community.
This month, Brian interviews John Dearie, the founder and President of the Center for American Entrepreneurship (CAE), a nonpartisan, Washington, DC-based 501(c)(3) research, policy, and advocacy organization founded in July of 2017. CAE’s mission is to engage policymakers in Washington and across the nation regarding the critical importance of entrepreneurs and startups to innovation, economic growth, job creation, and expanding opportunity – and to pursue a comprehensive policy agenda intended to achieve a stronger, more resilient, and inclusive U.S. economy through thriving entrepreneurship.
He is the former Acting CEO of the Financial Services Forum, a financial and economic policy organization comprised of the chief executive officers of the largest financial institutions with operations in the United States. From 2001 to 2015, he was the Forum’s Executive Vice President for Policy, coordinating the group’s policy agenda, which included: financial supervision reform, the competitiveness of U.S. capital markets, free and fair trade, comprehensive tax reform, debt and deficit reduction, and accelerating economic growth and job creation.
Prior to joining the Forum, John spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where he held positions in the Banking Studies, Foreign Exchange, and Policy and Analysis areas. He was appointed an Officer of the Bank in 1996. He is the co-author of “Where the Jobs Are: Entrepreneurship and the Soul of the American Economy” (Wiley, 2013), which was called “one of the great economics books of the past few years” by the American Enterprise Institute. His writing has also appeared in the The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Hill, Politico, American Banker, and USA Today.
This interview will take place virtually on Zoom, but all are welcome to join us for a live viewing downtown at the FORGE HUB.
- Thursdays at FORGEDowntown, Tucson, AZ
A great day starts with coffee and conversation at FORGE. This is the downtown workspace where campus, community, and creativity collide!
- From 9-10 am, catch an informative speaker or event downstairs at FORGE at Roy Place. Each Thursday, you'll find a presenter sharing resources and information. See the speaker line-up here.
- After the event at 10 am is check-in for our complimentary community coworking from 10-4, as well as networking and drop-in business mentoring, in the upstairs FORGE's HUB, normally closed to the public.
- At noon join us for a no-host BYOL #hublunch in our upstairs HUB kitchen. This is a great way to gather and get to know some new folks as well as talk with FORGE staff. Grab some takeout from one of the amazing downtown restaurants nearby or one of the food trucks right outside and come upstairs to the Hub lunchroom.
Food trucks set up shop across the street at Jácome Plaza from about 11 am to 2 pm, including:
- Nhu Lan Vietnamese
- Taco Torte
- Super Chicken Wraps
- Desserts from Heaven
We can't wait to see you for Thursdays at FORGE, Tucson's community 'soft workday' where we can maximize the collision, interaction, and collaboration we find when we step outside our home offices.
