Kukua Institute

09/03/2026

Startup Founder Best Practices

Join us online Thursday, September 3, for Startup Founder Best Practices featuring Robyn Donaldson, founder of STEM Xposure and Renew Construction.

Robyn’s work connects construction, STEM education, workforce training, and AI to create opportunity. We’ll explore how founders can:
• Turn practical experience into a viable business
• Build the credibility needed to secure larger opportunities
• Connect business growth with meaningful community impact
• Use partnerships and technology to expand their capacity
• Build pathways that help other people succeed
This conversation is for founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, educators, workforce leaders, and community builders who want to build something that creates both economic and human value.

Event details:
� Thursday, September 3, 2026

� Networking: 6:00 PM CST https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86243113468?pwd=Z0gg5gJZxpcAAZs3JLCjyBkYqbbJUj.1

� Founder session: 7:00 PM CST
� Join us: Online
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/event/6155037 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com//streams
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StartupsontheBlocks/videos

� New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! �

08/27/2026

Startup Founder Best Practices
Using practical startup tools and AI to build a better business, validate what customers want, and grow faster.

Ask Me Anything (AMA)
with Lloyd Reshard, Level 3 Certified LEANSTACK Coach

Join us online, August 27, 2026,
Networking starts at 6 PM CST
Session starts at 7 PM CST

� New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! �

08/21/2026

Happening now in Belmont DeVilliers!

08/20/2026

Startup Founder Best Practices - Have You Earned the Right to Build It?

AI-Native Demand Validation: From Business Model Simulation to Customer Evidence

Tonight — Thursday, August 20, 2026
Weekly Schedule on Thursdays
1. Networking Session – 6 PM CST
Join fellow founders, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem leaders to build valuable connections.
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86243113468?pwd=Z0gg5gJZxpcAAZs3JLCjyBkYqbbJUj.1

2. Startup Founder Best Practices Session – 7 PM CST
This week’s session will feature an engaging discussion with
our special guests. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn best practices from real-world startup stories.
Join Us Live:
StreamYard: https://vimeo.com/event/6130265
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com//streams
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StartupsontheBlocks/videos

� New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! �

08/13/2026

Startup Founder Best Practices - From Best Practices to Founder Intelligence

1. Networking Session – 6 PM CST
Join fellow founders, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem leaders to build valuable connections.
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86243113468?pwd=Z0gg5gJZxpcAAZs3JLCjyBkYqbbJUj.1

2. Startup Founder Best Practices Session – 7 PM CST
This week’s session will feature an engaging discussion with our special guests. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn best practices from real-world startup stories.
Join Us Live:
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/event/6116862
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com//streams
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StartupsontheBlocks/videos

� New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! �

07/23/2026

FOUNDERS: Are you running your company — or is your company running through you?

At first, founder hustle works.
You handle the customers.
You manage the projects.
You remember the follow-ups.
You make the decisions.

But eventually…
you become the bottleneck.
Join us for our next Startup Founder Best Practices conversation:
FROM FOUNDER CHAOS TO AN OPERATING SYSTEM
How to Build the People, Processes, Automation & AI That Allow Your Startup to Scale

🎙️ Special Guest: Nathalie Reshard Mansaray
Strategic Operations Leader | Entrepreneur | Project Manager | Marketing Automation & Business Systems Expert

With experience spanning CoStar Group, IMG Academy, the NBA, Basketball Africa League, consulting, marketing automation, international operations, and entrepreneurship, Nathalie brings a unique perspective on what it really takes to make organizations work.

We'll discuss:
⚙️ When hustle becomes chaos
👥 People, roles & accountability
🔄 Processes that actually scale
🤖 Automation & AI
📊 Metrics and operating discipline
🚧 How to stop the founder from becoming the bottleneck

And we're going to ask one big question:
Where are YOU still the operating system of your company?

Weekly Schedule on Thursdays
1. Networking Session – 6 PM CST
Join fellow founders, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem leaders to build valuable connections.
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86243113468?pwd=Z0gg5gJZxpcAAZs3JLCjyBkYqbbJUj.1

2. Startup Founder Best Practices Session – 7 PM CST
This week’s session will feature an engaging discussion with our special guests. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn best practices from real-world startup stories.

Join Us Live:
StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/watch/4AAAwkjtuafV
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com//streams
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StartupsontheBlocks/videos

Founders, entrepreneurs, and aspiring founders are invited.
Bring your questions.
Bring your challenges.
Bring another founder.




Equity Project Alliance
Innisfree Hotels
Entrepreneurs of Color Media Group
Black A Community Cafe & Bookstore

07/20/2026

🎓 You’re Invited to ISI SYEP 2026 Student Demonstration Day!

Join the Kukua Institute as we celebrate the creativity, growth, and accomplishments of our 2026 Summer Youth Employment Program students.

This summer, students have explored career-connected projects involving:

🤖 Artificial intelligence and AI-native applications
💻 Software, gaming, and virtual reality
⚖️ Technology and careers in law
📊 Data analysis and predictive tools
🏛️ Local history and digital storytelling
🎥 Video production and digital media
🏘️ Real estate and entrepreneurship
🎯 Career planning and workforce development

Students will demonstrate their projects, share what they learned, discuss the challenges they overcame, and present the solutions they created using today’s leading digital and AI tools.

📅 Wednesday, July 22, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM–12:00 Noon
📍 Kukua Institute
300 N. Reus Street, Pensacola, Florida

Come meet our students, experience their work, and help us celebrate the next generation of innovators, creators, and problem-solvers.

We hope to see you there!

04/14/2026

Invitation: AI Summit and Tour + Exclusive Prompt Package for you!

AI is changing how people work, build, and grow — but most business owners, nonprofits, and community leaders still have not been shown how to use it in a practical way.

That is why we created the Founders’ Innovation Summit and Tour. Available in person or online(up to1000 People)

This experience is not just for tech founders. It is for entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, educators, small business owners, and anyone who wants to learn how to use AI to build capacity, save time, create new opportunities, and work smarter.

You will hear real examples from people who are already applying AI in their businesses and organizations, including nontechnical professionals who are using it to expand what they do.

Free breakfast and lunch for in-person attendees. Online access available.

Register even if you cannot attend live so you can get the recordings afterward.

Come learn how to move from hearing about AI to actually using it.
Leverage my 30 years of AI experience in robotics, computer vision, and LLMs. I've managed average technology research budgets of $40M/year and Throughout my career, I have been closely involved in hundreds of millions of dollars in tech development.

Google “Lloyd Reshard + Air Force Research Lab” to see the scale of work I've led.

Register Now: innovation.kukuainstitute.org

Attendees will receive my prompt package that will put you in the top 10% of AI users without ever taking a prompting class.




Black A Community Cafe & Bookstore
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area
Renasant
Pensacola Kappa League

04/09/2026

🚀 National Entrepreneurship Week 2026 | Pensacola 🚀

We’re excited to host the Startup Source Pensacola Entrepreneurial Resource Expo on
📅 Tuesday, February 17, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Brownsville Community Center

This half-day expo brings together entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses with the organizations, tools, and experts that help ideas turn into sustainable ventures.
✨ Why attend?
✔️ Discover local entrepreneurial resources
✔️ Connect with support organizations and ecosystem partners
✔️ Learn what’s available to help you start, grow, or scale your business

If you’re an Entrepreneurial Support Organization, this is your chance to showcase your services, connect with founders, and collaborate with peers during National Entrepreneurship Week.

👉 Entrepreneurs: register here and mark your calendar https://coda.io/form/Entrepreneur-Resource-Expo-February-17-2026_dU8_ZphEjw4

👉 Resource partners: register here and mark your calendar, tables are filling up https://coda.io/form/Booth-Signup-Form_dOFuQuzIukO

Let’s celebrate entrepreneurship and strengthen Pensacola’s startup ecosystem—together.

03/14/2026

Important Kukua Institute Resource Links

Kukua Institute Non Profit Success Kit
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SKRrigwnLsA0teAtHBxDE2RETe4W6PN6?usp=sharing

Founders’ Innovation Summit and Tour April 17-18, 2026,
innovation.kukuainstitute.org

Founder Insights Program - Entrepreneurs and Startup Founders
apply.kukuainstitute.org

Founder Insights Program NotebookLM Notebook
https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/ea97a81b-179a-41be-bb03-f12821244d8b

Innovation Skills Initiative - AI upskilling for all ages and career fields
http://applyisi.kukuainstitute.org/

The Architect Mindset: AI as a Cognitive Operating System - My Approach to AI and Prompting
https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/64d4f78d-5b7c-4c3d-a1c4-9db8d50e23c9

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