Hello Fellow Pioneers!

HackKentucky was 🔥 240 registered, 33 teams, $6K in prizes. 110% great vibes

🏆 Final Rankings 🏆

🥇 1st Place: ChromeRunner 🏅
🥈 2nd Place: Redbird 🚀 (check out their project here)
🥉 3rd Place: Moo Deng 🔥
🎖 4th Place: Strategy💡
🎗 5th Place: Fixers ⚙️(check out their project here)

Congrats to all the teams! 🎉👏

Thank you all supporters, volunteers, mentors, sponsors, partners and hackers for making this an event one worth repeating

Internathon (Intern-a-thon) is ON!

Saturday, Mar 22nd, 2025 1 Day / 10 Startups / 10 Internships!

1️⃣ Intense Day – 9AM-5PM ⏳💡
🏆 Compete to solve a problem for an opportunity to interview with startup companies! 🚀
💼 Each startup will guarantee at least ONE internship – and yes, internships will be paid! 💰🎉
💼 Roles include Software Engineering 👨‍💻, Business 📈, Operations ⚙️, Finance 💰, Marketing 📢, Product and more!

Register as an intern candidate here

⚡ Hire Better. Hire Faster. ⚡

👀 Watch candidates solve problems in real-time. 🧠 Evaluate their thinking. 🔍 Observe their process. 🎯 Get the best candidate—all in one day! 🚀

Register as a startup company here

COMMUNITY CORNER

✍️ Join Kieran’s Non-Fiction Writing Peer Group!

📚 Build your brand. Improve your craft.
🗓️ Bi-monthly meetings to share and discuss drafts—whether it’s a company blog post or a book chapter on product development.
💬 Everyone shares, everyone gets feedback.

📩 Interested? Message Kieran at [email protected]!


🎬 Show Her the Money – Documentary Screening 🎬

📅 March 8th | 📍 Lynn Family Stadium | ⏰ 7 PM

A powerful documentary by Catherine Gray (host of Invest in Her podcast & founder of She Angel Investors) highlighting the reality that women receive less than 2% of VC funding and demystifying the venture capital world.

👩‍💼 Follow four female founders, backed by rock-star women investors, as they fight to turn their ideas into reality.

🎟️ Tickets: $20 | Students: $5
🌟 Includes: Networking, resources, panel, and post-screening socializing at Bar Nada Nada

💡 Co-hosted by:
 Amanda Dare – Founder & CEO, Woman Owned Wallet
 Heather Bouvier – Founder, The B Scene

🤝 Sponsored by: Racing Louisville, Republic Bank, Baldwin Wealth Partners, Unite Kentucky, Today’s Woman

Don’t miss this inspiring event! 🚀✨

Helping Hand

Corey Wood of Elixir Kombucha is looking for a drone operator videographer for marketing content on their facilities. Please contact Corey

Rachel of Swell is sub-leasing office space (The Pointe) 1205 East Washington St. If you’re looking for office space (3-4 person office space) at a reasonable rate, please contact Rachel.

Events

📣 📣 ANNOUNCING 🥊 and 🛁 : Punch and Plunge @ Rumble Boxing 📣 📣 
March 13th

🥊 Punch and Plunge - March 13th @ Rumble Boxing ⏰ (thanks Zeeshan!)
🚀 Internathon - March 22nd @ Story
💡 Velocity Pitch Competition - Apr 29th @ Story
💻 HackKentucky - Oct 4th @ Story

Best of Luck Fellow Pioneers!