Build in Tulsa

FIRST FRIDAY FOUNDERS MARKET — JUNE 2026 🌿
Shop local, meet the makers, and support Tulsa founders at Build in Tulsa.

Additional Featured founders + Artist of the night:

• Whitney Hopkins with Bradleys Bakery
• Cristie Moorer with Ancestral Goods
• Irvin Sigala with Drip Down Happiness

✅ RSVP here: https://www.buildintulsa.com/events/first-friday-founders-market---june-2026

See you tonight!

FIRST FRIDAY FOUNDERS MARKET — JUNE 2026 🌿
Shop local, meet the makers, and support Tulsa founders at Build in Tulsa.

Featured founders + businesses:

• Corie Olive — Corie’s Kitchen, LLC
• Tele Adenihun — Feruzy’s Kitchen, LLC
• Darlene Weston — Lady D Delights Soaps and More
• Candice Mitchell — MYAVANA
• Kanicka Joseph — K&K Smiles
• Tara Payne & Erica Kesse — Mavens Meet

✅ RSVP here: https://www.buildintulsa.com/events/first-friday-founders-market---june-2026

Tulsa, get ready for an evening of bold ideas and innovation.

Join us for Female Founders Pitch Night—a powerful evening where six Tulsa-based female tech founders take the stage to deliver investor-ready pitches and showcase what they’ve been building. From innovation to impact, this is where ideas meet opportunity.
Come experience the energy in person or tune in live to support the next wave of founders shaping Tulsa’s future.

📍 Historic Big 10 Ballroom
🗓️ May 21, 2025 | 5:30 PM

👉 RSVP: https://www.buildintulsa.com/events/female-founders-pitch-night-2026
Watch the Livestream: https://www.buildintulsa.com/events/livestream-female-founders-pitch-night-2026

Featured Founders:
Koddi Dunn — Love Mobile
Loretta Harrison — ProofLayer
Aujéna DuPree — Menovē
Ashley Keyes — Axis
C’Lenna Mack — Flowvio
Nesha Brown — PurposeMint

✨ Tulsa, it’s time to Meet the Founders + shop local.

Join us for the May First Friday Founders Market—an evening to discover Tulsa-made brands, connect with entrepreneurs, and help keep dollars circulating in our community. Come out, bring a friend, and support founders building wealth through innovation. 🛍️🖤

👉 RSVP now: https://www.buildintulsa.com/events/first-friday-founders-market---may-2026

Featured Founders + Businesses (May):

Greg Anderson — Rough Chop Tulsa
Unity James — You Got The Juice
D. Cherelle — FinTraum
Candice Mitchell — MYAVANA
Monique Shuler — Vericore Systems
LaToya Larkin — Black Girl Tamales
Bernita Marshall — Lil Momma Cakes

Sweet Temptations by Sherie LLC is founded by Sherie Montoya, building “Sweet Temptations Minis Express,” a smart refrigerated vending concept that delivers fresh, high-quality desserts 24/7. Designed for hospitals, universities, and co-working spaces, Sherie’s machines bring mini cakes and puddings to people on the go—combining homemade comfort with modern convenience. As part of Product Pitch Night, Sherie spent eight weeks in Tulsa, Oklahoma building and refining this concept with support from experts and coaches.

It’s official: Visible Hands and Build in Tulsa have launched applications for the secone cohort of Blueprint: Tulsa , a 10-week program for overlooked, early-stage, Tulsa and Southern-based founders. The program is targeted at pre-MVP founders who are working on launching tech-enabled solutions and/or venture-backed ideas and securing their first customers while developing a functional prototype.

Blueprint: Tulsa will provide $10K in non-dilutive funding + an additional living stipend to 20 founders from Tulsa or Southern regions in the U.S.
In addition to receiving funding, selected founders will have access to hands-on workshops, office hours, mental and physical well-being sessions, 1-1 coaching, and additional founder support.

Applications for Blueprint: Tulsa are open now through 4/12! Learn more information on the timeline and application process at:
https://www.visiblehands.vc/program-blueprinttulsav