Featured Event - Venture Lounge
Venture Lounge is an exclusive event designed to optimize the investment process for entrepreneurs, investors and resource organizations. The event offers company founders, angel investors, fund managers, support organizations and other key players in our region's entrepreneurial ecosystem an opportunity to meet in a casual and fun atmosphere.
Who Should Attend:
- Entrepreneurs seeking investment opportunities
- Angel investors and fund managers looking to connect with innovative startups
- Resource organizations supporting entrepreneurship
Venture Lounge offers direct access to a curated network of investors and entrepreneurs who will have the opportunity to share insights and expore collaborations in a relaxed setting to encourage meaninglul connections.
Mind Over Money: Budget Smarter, Stress Less
September 8, 2026 at 1 pm
Online Event
Free
Struggling with budgeting? Learn money mindset shifts, AI tools, and simple strategies to save more, spend smarter, and stress less! 1 Hr
Mind Over Money is a free 90-minute financial empowerment workshop hosted by the Women’s Employment Network (WEN) in Kansas City, Missouri, designed to help you take control of your budget with less stress and more confidence. This session introduces key concepts around money mindset, emotional budgeting barriers, and practical tools—including modern tech and AI-supported budgeting resources—to help you build financial clarity without feeling overwhelmed.
Your mindset plays a critical role in how you manage money. In this supportive and practical workshop, you will learn how to recognize limiting financial beliefs, shift emotional roadblocks like fear or avoidance, and apply simple, sustainable budgeting strategies that support your goals and lifestyle.
Whether you want to reduce debt, grow your savings, or simply feel calmer and more in control of your finances, this workshop provides foundational tools and a confidence-building approach to help you get started.
What You’ll Learn
- Budget Mindset Foundations – Understand how money beliefs influence spending, saving, and budgeting habits
- Emotional Budgeting Barriers – Learn how to navigate roadblocks like guilt, fear, avoidance, or financial stress
- Modern Budgeting Tools – Introduction to simple digital resources for tracking spending and automating savings
- AI in Personal Finance – Explore how AI-supported tools can assist with budgeting, financial planning, and organization
- Smarter Spending Basics – Practical cost-cutting strategies that protect your peace, goals, and lifestyle
- Stress-Aware Budgeting – Learn what a sustainable budget looks like when aligned to real life, not perfection
- Confidence with Money – Build clarity, calm, and control when managing personal finances
Who Should Attend
This workshop is ideal for:
- Individuals who want to feel less stressed and more confident managing money
- Professionals looking for simple, practical budgeting tools and systems
- Anyone who has struggled with budgeting consistency or financial overwhelm
- Those ready to move from money worry to financial wellness
- Women in the Kansas City metro area seeking nonprofit community support and financial skill-building resources