Join us for Keystone Merge on April 7 in Lancaster. Hosted by The Candy Factory, this month’s event will be held at The Candy Factory in downtown Lancaster. Come support two local entrepreneurs as they share a 10-minute presentation about their business.
Keystone Merge is always the first Thursday of the month at 5pm.
Register to join us in person or on Facebook LIVE—
stream starts at 5:15pm, presentations start at 5:20pm.
HOSTED BY
The Candy Factory
FEATURED ENTRPRENEURS
Ophelia Chambliss
Founder of: Ophelia's Making Agency
The Making Agency would provide a supportive environment with functional resources and direction. By creating an incubator of creative, cultural and artistic small businesses through professional development and industry education, we would address cultural competency and communications for a better community.
Challenge: My biggest challenge, at the moment, is finding a location that will allow access to the community in need, and also has visibility as it is also an economic driver through culture. This space has to be affordable for start ups and creatives but also welcoming to the outside community.
Another challenge is getting funders and granters to understand the importance of growing small businesses in these creative areas, especially post pandemic using trust based values to create meaningful, impactful relationships and reduce the inherent power imbalances of the traditional funding model.
Benbruno Nkapbela
Founder of: Lion’s Refinery Venture Capital
Over 50% of time in a laboratory is spent on sample preparation and a single laboratory often cannot perform all steps needed for a most biotech processes. We provide a one-stop shop of Biotech in Pennsylvania through our biofoundry; the Amazon for life sciences and biotech based companies.
Challenge: We need local partnerships with investors, universities, and equipment manufacturers.
AT THE EVENT
5:00pm
Drinks and Hors D’oeuvres
5:20pm
Welcome and Introductions
5:30pm
Entrepreneur #1: 10min pres. + 10min Q&A
5:50pm
Entrepreneur #2: 10min pres. + 10min Q&A
6:10pm
Networking
PARKING
The North Queen St. Garage located at 424 N. Queen is within walking distance of The Candy Factory. Several other garages are within walking distance, with metered street parking available nearby (free after 6 pm Monday through Saturday). On-site parking is for members only.
PARTNERS
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