Columbus Startup Events for Every Stage of Your Company

Columbus is quickly becoming one of the best places to build a startup. With a wealth of resources, plenty of tech talent, and much more, it’s easy to see why countless companies are making the Arch City their home.

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However, one of the biggest benefits for aspiring entrepreneurs in Ohio is the vast number of startup-related events in the area. In the blog post below, we’ve listed plenty of startup events and groups in the Columbus area for every stage of your startup, whether you’re testing your idea, meeting potential co-founders, looking for investors, or focusing on any other aspect of your company.

Inspirational Events

Open, inclusive, beginner startup events in Columbus.

• Buckeye Cocoa Programmers

• Columbus #learntocode Group

• Columbus Ohio Podcasters

• Columbus Ruby Brigade

• Ethereum Columbus

• Meetups at Root

• NetSquared Columbus

• R-Ladies Columbus

• Startup Week Columbus

• Startup Weekend Columbus

• Tech Talent South Meetup

• WITI: Women in Technology International - Columbus

Best Practices

Beginner knowledge-sharing events in Columbus.

• 1MillionCups

• Android Columbus

• Bitcoin & Crypto Currency for Beginners

• Central Ohio Drupal User Group

• Columbus Amazon Web Services Meetup

• Columbus eCommerce Meetup

• Columbus IoT and Data Science Meetup

• Columbus PHP Meetup

• Columbus Rust Society

• Columbus Scala Enthusiasts

• Columbus WordPress Meetup

• Data Management Association International

• Elixir Columbus

• IxDA Columbus

• Network With Purpose!

• Ohio Blockchain Meetup - the Tessr Foundation

• Ohio Laravel

• Startup Founder 101 Columbus

• Startup Grind Columbus

• SUBLOCC

• The Central Ohio Gamedev Group

• The Central Ohio Python Users Group

• The Columbus Blockchain

• VR Columbus

• Westerville Web

Team Formation

Resources for teaming up in Columbus.

• Bootstrap & Beer

• CoFoundersLab

• Columbus CoWork Network

• Columbus JPMorgan Chase & Co. Technology Events

• Columbus Mastermind Group

• Columbus Networking

• Columbus Recruits

• Entrepreneurs' Organization Columbus

• eWomen Network

• FounderDating

• Ohio Networking User Group

• STARTUP Columbus and Venture Cafe

• Startups.co

• SunDown Group

• TechLife Columbus Meetup

• The Columbus Tech Startup Founders

• Venture Cafe

Build First Product

Hackathons & resources to build a product in Columbus.

• < BLK Hack >

• BuildMore Workshop

• CBUS STUDENT HACK

• Cloudhaus

• Columbus Idea Foundry

• ColumbusMakesIT!

• GDI Hack Night Community Meetup

• GeoDev Meetup Group

• GiveBackHack

• HackOHI/O

• MakerX

• Mutually Human Hack Night

• Smart City Hackathon

• The Steam Factory

Investor Networking

Connecting professional investors with founders in Columbus.

• Keiretsu Forum Midwest

• Ohio Angel Investors

• Ohio Investment Network

• Ohio Tech Angels

• Pipeline Angels

• X Squared Angels

The Columbus Founder Institute is hosting several free events leading up to its upcoming semester. Space is limited, so RSVP today!