1 Million Cups

1 Million Cups appears in the wiki as a reference point, not a subject in its own right: William Tewelow describes Smart Cities Group as “like a 1 Million Cups for smart city companies.” It is invoked as the recognizable template for what he is building — a recurring, community-driven gathering where entrepreneurs network, collaborate, and present to peers — applied here to the niche of new-technology entrants in the smart-city space.

Context: 1 Million Cups is a free, weekly program created by the Kauffman Foundation in 2012 in which local entrepreneurs present their startups to a community audience over coffee. It runs in cities across the United States as a grassroots founder-support network.

Where this appears

• William Tewelow — uses 1 Million Cups as the analogy for his Smart Cities Group community model.
• Smart Cities Group — explicitly framed as “a 1 Million Cups for smart city companies.”