Posts Tagged ‘Pi515’
Pi515 accepting applications for third Girls’ Entrepreneurship Summit
Des Moines nonprofit Pi515 is holding its third annual Girls’ Entrepreneurship Summit, and applications are open now through March 24 to young girls and women ages 14 to 22. Female entrepreneurs and industry professionals from …
Read More5 questions with: Nancy Mwirotsi
Anyone who knows Pi515 founder and Executive Director Nancy Mwirotsi has probably heard her talk about preparing youths for the workforce of the future.
The nonprofit is seeing growth as it gears up for its next …
Read MoreGuest opinion: The future of work
Is your company hybrid? Virtual? Face-to-face? A business leader cannot escape this conversation. What is the future of work? What will the …
Read MorePi515 receiving $200K Black Women Impact grant from Goldman Sachs initiative
Pi515 announced Wednesday it has been awarded a multiyear $200,000 Black Women Impact grant from Goldman Sachs’ One Million Black Women initiative. The money is available for any use and will be distributed over two …
Read MorePi515 holds second Girls Entrepreneurship Summit, announces Promise Pledge
The Pi515 2022 Girls Entrepreneurs Summit concluded last week with the announcement of this year’s pitch competition winner Aerz Johnson, a ninth grade student at Waterloo West High School.
“I didn’t really have a plan …
Pi515 students set to compete in national Kids Tech Summit
Pi515 is one of four finalists in the Kids Tech Summit hosted by national nonprofit Connected Nation and sponsored by AT&T. The competition challenges students to develop ideas using digital skills that directly benefit their …
Read MorePi515 students selected for Kids Tech Summit
Pi515 students have been invited to participate in the 2022 Kids Tech Summit, an event hosted by Connected Nation, a nonprofit working to expand broadband internet access. The high school students will base their project for …
Read MoreSummer Startup Tour reintroduces Des Moines to local entrepreneurs
Wednesday morning felt like a celebration of sorts as visitors swept into Gravitate Coworking’s downtown location.
1 Million Cups welcomed back visitors to the first in-person event since March 2020, when organizers shut the doors …
Registration still open for Girls Entrepreneurship Summit, hosted by Pi515, University of Iowa John Pappajohn Center of Entrepreneurship
Jade Nettrour is a senior in high school and has already designed an early prototype of new Christmas tree lights to make the annual decorating process easier — and more cat-friendly — for her family …
Read MorePappajohn gift of $100,000, JPEC partnership lay bright path for Pi515
Iowa founder Nancy Mwirotsi and philanthropist John Pappajohn. Pappajohn committed $100,000 and support from staff at the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center network to help Mwirotsi expand the 6-year-old tech education nonprofit Pi515 in Iowa.
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