Our Ethos
The mission of Venture Café Winston-Salem is to connect innovators to make things happen. Through a localized approach, Venture Café Winston-Salem works with other Venture Cafe sites to accelerate and enhance the innovation process in cities around the world. With high-touch programming, spaces, storytelling, and broad innovation engagement, Venture Café Winston-Salem provides the connective tissue to uncover and link various parts of an innovation ecosystem, amplifying the work of partners and convening the local community in cities where we operate.
As part of our mission to connect the innovation community, we seek to provide safe, supportive and constructive environments for conversations and meaningful connections.
Terms and Conditions
These are the terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) that govern the relationship between you (“you”, “your(s)”) and Venture Café Winston-Salem of 486 Patterson Ave., Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (“we”, “our”, “us”, “Venture Café“) in relation to your participation at any meeting or event promoted, sanctioned or organized by us (an “Event“) as outlined in these Terms and Conditions.
The Terms and Conditions shall be made available on our website, and you agree to be bound by them as well as our Community Credo which is available here at and posted publicly at the majority of our events.
8. Photography You authorize us to make use of any photographs, likenesses, films, broadcasts, cablecasts, audiotapes, taken of the event and of participant(s) while at Venture Café in any way we see fit for the promotion, coverage or benefit of the event, without compensation, so long as our use neither jeopardizes nor endorses a specific product or service, and hereby expressly and irrevocably waive and release any rights in connection with such use, including any claim to invasion of privacy, right of publicity or to misappropriation.
9. Health and Safety
Please comply with the applicable health and safety rules of the Event premises.
Our Rights and Protections
We are here to keep this a comfortable and safe place for all. To support Venture Café’s mission to enable productive conversations and to act as a community hub, we reserve the right to disinvite and remove any individual that Venture Café management feels, in their sole judgment, acts in a manner contrary to these Terms and Conditions. We reserve our rights in law to take further action against such behavior.
You shall defend, indemnify and hold us (including all successors, assigns and group companies of Venture Café (including without limitation, Venture Café Global Institute) harmless from any claim brought by a fellow participant or third party in respect of possible infringement of such party’s intellectual property.
You shall waive all liability against us (including all successors, assigns and group companies of Venture Café (including without limitation, Venture Café Global Institute)for any loss incurred by you whilst you are at or in connection with an Event including without limitation any loss suffered as a result of personal injury or death (save for as a result of our fraud or negligence). In any event, the maximum liability of us (including all successors, assigns and group companies of Venture Café (including without limitation, Venture Café Global Institute)to you shall always be capped at $50 per claim.
Your Protections
It is our sincere goal that you feel safe in and enjoy the spaces, programs, and conversations hosted by Venture Café. If you find yourself in or witness a situation in which you are feeling uncomfortable or threatened, please do not hesitate to reach out to our team. We are here to support our community, and will do everything within our power to do so. We ask that if you have any concerns you please let us know – we want to be here to support every member of our community, and also rely heavily on community feedback in order to constantly improve the way we operate and facilitate our mission and values.
Please refer to Annex 1 as to how to report a violation.
General
These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and us in respect of your attendance at the Event, and it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with United States law and both parties irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of Winston-Salem, North Carolina in Forsyth County in relation to any matters arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.
You acknowledge and agree that the Venture Café parties referred to in the section entitled “Our Rights and Protections” shall be deemed third party beneficiaries under these Terms and Conditions.
Annex 1 – Reporting a violation of the Terms and Conditions for Venture Café Winston-Salem
We have listed ways to report a violation, reach out to our staff, and other local resources below:
Reporting a violation of the Terms and Conditions at an Event
We recommend that you first contact your event organizer. If you don’t feel comfortable doing so, please see a member of Venture Café staff at the Event, contact us via this Incident Report Form, or contact us directly via the email addresses below.
Suggested Email Template for Incident / Harassment Reporting:
SUBJECT: Safe Space alert at [EVENT NAME]
I am writing because of incident / harassment at a Venture Café event, (NAME, DATE OF EVENT).
You can reach me at (CONTACT INFO). Thank you.
Should any community member make you uncomfortable or fail to comply with these Terms and Conditions, please alert Venture Café staff immediately using the contact information set forth below.
Venture Café Contact Information:
Please report via this Incident Report Form or send us an email at the addresses below:
Additional Local Resources:
For emergencies, call 911.
Winston Salem Police Department – 1-877-777-9773