Lots to Do Friday Night: Music, Summer Experience, Tech Startups ...

LaunchMemphis and the Memphis Music Foundation have teamed up before to bring you Memphis Music Launch, a twist on our 48 Hour Launch during which artists and industry members pitch music concepts and over a weekend convert them into written, performed and recorded singles. And now we?re teaming up for a decidedly more social purpose: a Trolley Tour party!

Join us? thisFriday, June 29 from 6-8pm at the Music Foundation (431 South Main) and raise a glass with some of Memphis? innovators and creators. Of course there will be music! And an opportunity to learn more about local tech startups and how you can join our efforts to fuel the jobs of tomorrow.

We see a distinct connection between our efforts and those of the Music Foundation. We both work with visionaries and disrupters, the sort of creative talent we must attract, retain and support in order to make Memphis a City of Choice. As we provide resources, programming and mentorship to early stage entrepreneurs in the Launchpad, the MMF empowers musicians to be successful in the business elements of the industry through their Music Resource Center.

And with a thriving ecosystem in place, both high growth potential entrepreneurship and the music industry have the power to transform communities. Like ours.

Speaking of making Memphis a City of Choice, there are two other events this Friday that you?ll want to check out after stopping by the LaunchMemphis and Memphis Music Foundation party:

• The Mayor?s Innovation Delivery Team and Leadership Memphis present Idea Lounge at Leadership Memphis (363 South Main). You provide an idea for making Memphis a better city and they pour you a drink. Ideas will be collected, posted and tweeted to facilitate collaboration- and action.
• The Leadership Academy and Memphis College of Art host a Summer Experience reception at MCA?s Nesin Graduate School (477 South Main). The Academy?s annual Summer Experience initiative invites graduate students, recent college graduates and other young talent in Memphis for the summer to meet peers, network with business and community leaders and fall in love with Memphis.

Arts & Entertainment, Business & Innovation, Music

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