November 1, 2024
This Week at The Mill
Innovation Week 2025
I-Week brings founders, investors, creatives, and civic leaders together to build, test, and launch what’s next. Through pitch competitions, hands-on workshops, and partner-driven events across Bloomington, ideas move off the page and into the world. This is where collisions turn into commitments, and inspiration turns into momentum
- Where & When: Nov 4-7
- Tuesday: HealthTech
- Wednesday: GovTech & Defense
- Thursday: AI
- Friday: Arts & Community Block Party
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Waldron Auditorium, Bloomington
PARTNER EVENT: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Our friends at Constellation Stage + Screen invite you to join Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the whole Peanuts gang in the heartwarming and hilarious musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! Shows run from November 1st to the 16th!
November 4, 2025
Ivy tech Bloomington, Shreve Hall
Futurecast: Economic Outlook
Join economic experts from IU as they provide their economic outlook for the coming year.
November 4, 2025
Paragraph Venture Studio, Bloomington
IU Networking and Fireside Chat
IU Ventures, with Flywheel Fund, The Mill, and Paragraph Venture Studio, is hosting a Networking + Fireside Chat for IU-affiliated founders, funders (angel investors & VCs), service providers, and others interested in the IU Founders & Funders Network. Connect, network, and hear a fireside chat with IU founders.
November 4, 2025
Trades District, Bloomington
November 5, 2025
Trades District, Bloomington
Innovation Week: GovTech
Exploring how technology strengthens communities and national security.
November 6, 2025
Trades District, Bloomington
Innovation Week: Artificial Intelligence
Examining how AI transforms industries, creativity, and everyday life.
November 7, 2025
Trades District, Bloomington
Innovation Week: Arts & Community
Celebrating Bloomington’s makers, artists, and cultural innovators. The Block Party starts at 5 PM.
November 7, 2025
The Mill, Bloomington
Founders Friday - Special Addition
Join us at The Mill during Innovation Week to connect with fellow remote workers, enjoy a great meal, and build community! Lunch will be from Qdoba at 11am.
November 11, 2025
Trades District, Bloomington
Food Truck Tuesday
Who doesn't like food trucks? Taste the best of what Bloomington has to offer every Tuesday right here by The Mill in the Trades District.
November 13, 2025
The Biltwell Event Center, Indianapolis
Midwest AI Summit
Listen to AI experts' practical insights, bring questions and challenges for AI engineers, and network.
November 12, 2025
Launch Fishers, Fishers
Funding Without the Funnel
Join Steve Iskander, Founder & CEO of Intrepid Finance, as he shares modern capital strategies and real examples of how founders can scale using non-dilutive funding, revenue-based financing, and other flexible tools.
Upcoming Events
Bloomington Bluegrass Festival
May 3
First Mondays
May 5 | 9 am | with Gabels Bagels
Cinco de Mayo Lunch
May 5 | 12 pm | with Qdoba
Brown Bag Lunch
May 9 | 12 pm
Cosmic Songwriter Music Festival
May 14 - 17
Founders Network Breakfast
May 15 | 9 am
