Open mix
Access Lounge
Founders, freelancers, and community members in one room to connect, share ideas, and build relationships.
Come as you are. Bring a neighbor. Stay for the conversation that starts after the first hello.
Networking
Topeka Startup Community
Founders, mentors, and operators in one room. Access Lounge, CEO Circle, and Startup Showcase are how the ecosystem meets: to share a story, get a hard question, and leave with a name worth texting.
One house. A lot of introductions that stick.
The Topeka Startup Community is an ecosystem for connectivity, resources, and real business opportunities. Networking at Omni Circle is how that ecosystem stays human: founders next to freelancers, mentors next to first-time operators, officials and professors in the same conversation as people shipping product this week.
Plug into Access Lounge, CEO Circle, and Startup Showcase to meet peers, share your story, and build relationships that support your next move.
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Pick a room
Open mixers, peer circles, or a stage. Choose the gathering that matches how you like to show up.
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Bring a story
An idea, a stuck point, a win. Networking here is a conversation, not a badge scan.
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Stay in the circle
The same people keep returning. Mentors, operators, and founders who actually follow up.
Three rooms. Same house.
Register for the gathering that fits. Each one is a different way to be in conversation with the Topeka startup community.
Peer room
CEO Circle
Peer-led conversations for business owners navigating growth, leadership, and the day-to-day of running a company.
Smaller table. Harder questions. Built for people already on the hook for payroll, product, and the calls nobody else can make.
On stage
Startup Showcase
A stage for early-stage founders to pitch, get feedback, and connect with mentors and supporters.
Practice in public, then take the notes home. Future home of 1 Million Cups in Topeka.
Who is in the room
A creative community of entrepreneurs, freelancers, professors, investors, officials, and mentors, building a culture of openness across industries, in Topeka.
Founders
Early ideas and companies already in motion. People who need a room that takes the work seriously.
Mentors
Operators with scar tissue and specialized knowledge, here to ask better questions than a slide deck can.
Freelancers
Independent builders looking for collaborators, clients, and a community that does not live on LinkedIn.
Operators
Investors, professors, officials, and owners who keep the local economy moving, and want to meet the next one.
From the gatherings
Headshots, mixers, and rooms full of people who showed up.
Pull up a chair
Whether you are testing an idea or running a company, the Topeka Startup Community is already in the room. Register for a gathering, or join as a member and make Omni Circle your home base.
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