Two years after launching the Springfield chapter of 1 Million Cups, the event is relocating.
Effective April 6, the weekly business pitch event will be held at the Springfield Art Museum. Its been held at Missouri State University’s downtown eFactory business incubator since launching Feb. 26, 2014, according to a news release.
In the past two years, over 200 small businesses and organizations have presented at the Wednesday morning event. The Springfield chapter, which typically has around 100 guests per session, has become the third-largest 1MC community out of nearly 100 national and international programs.
The partnership is designed to expand exposure to both organization’s core audiences.
“As the new venue sponsor of 1 Million Cups Springfield, the Springfield Art Museum is dedicated to enhancing the education of and documenting the cultural heritage of the people of southwest Missouri through the collection, preservation and exhibition of art objects. This new collaboration will view entrepreneurship as an art,” the release reads.
At the art museum, 1111 E. Brookside Drive, coffee and networking will start at 8:30 a.m., followed by pitches from two presenters each month 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
