ICIC ICAN Small Business Networking Mixer

ICIC’s Alumni Network (ICAN) Small Business Networking Mixer gathers LA small-business owners, ICIC alumni, and ecosystem partners at City Club LA downtown. ICIC - Initiative for a Competitive Inner City - is a national nonprofit known for executive education, coaching, and capital access for urban entrepreneurs. The chapter pitches peer density hard, including the claim that most alumni eventually do business together. Flower Street’s 51st floor is a civic-economy room, not a tech demo night. ICAN is ICIC’s alumni network. The national nonprofit’s brief - executive education, coaching, and capital access for urban entrepreneurs - is why the mixer leans civic-economy small business rather than founder pitch.

Thursday, July 30, 2026, mixer 7:00-9:00 PM at City Club LA, 555 Flower Street, 51st Floor, with light refreshments. An optional Building for Growth construction-program info session runs 6:00-7:00 PM for LA contractors exploring the fall cohort. Register on the ICIC event pages; construction founders who want both blocks should use the BFG + mixer registration path.

Operators who run or support an LA small business, especially ICIC alumni, are the core invite. Construction owners should treat the 6pm hour as program diligence - fall cohort details, not small talk - then stay for broader peer networking. Downtown tower access means RSVP is not optional; the front desk will want a name on the list. Light refreshments cover the mixer; the optional hour is a separate registration choice. The chapter’s claim that most alumni eventually do business together is the peer-density pitch. Construction owners should treat 6:00-7:00 as diligence on the fall Building for Growth cohort, then stay for the broader ICAN room.

Confirm building access and your registration path before you head downtown. If you only want the mixer, the 7:00 start is the block; if you want Building for Growth, arrive for 6:00 and use the combined RSVP.