Fire & Ice with KYX
When: 11.20.26, 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: The Root | 110 E Market Street, New Albany
Format: Cold Plunge, Sauna & Connection
Register: https://luma.com/68tp3dvq?tk=NrAAP8
KYX swapped “networking” for a 39°F plunge followed by a 190°F sauna. Shock the system, then trade ideas while your endorphins spike.
This special edition is part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) — a worldwide celebration of entrepreneurship, innovation, and the people building what’s next in their communities.
The Root and Novaparke are proud to serve on the local Global Entrepreneurship Week planning committee, bringing together entrepreneurs, founders, business owners, innovators, and community members for a week of experiences designed to spark connection and momentum. Novaparke is also a sponsor of GEW.
Who should show?
- Builders launching the next thing—software, hardware, or raw ambition.
- Doers who prefer action over small talk.
- Disrupters itching to sprint past comfort.
- Entrepreneurs & founders looking for a different kind of connection.
What goes down:
- Cold plunge — nerves snap awake, egos chill out.
- Sauna surge — heat pours in, walls come down.
- Post-sweat huddle — hard-earned, mission-accomplished buzz shared with everyone in the room.
No awkward circles. No forced elevator pitches. No standing around wondering when you can leave.
Just cold, heat, conversation, and the kind of connection that happens when you do something a little uncomfortable together.
Break the ice. Light the fire. Meet someone new.
And this is just one piece of a much bigger week.
Global Entrepreneurship Week brings together events, workshops, conversations, tours, meetups, and experiences throughout the region. You’ll find events happening at Novaparke, The Root in New Albany, and other locations throughout Southern Indiana throughout the week.
Check out the full Global Entrepreneurship Week event calendar to see what else is happening and register for the events you don’t want to miss.
Come ready to plunge, sweat, connect, and maybe discover your next collaborator somewhere between the cold and the steam.
Register: https://luma.com/68tp3dvq?tk=NrAAP8
See you in the steam.
About KYX
KYX is Kentucky’s startup engine—an all-volunteer, Kentucky-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit built around one ambitious goal: ten Series A companies out of Kentucky by 2030.
Everything KYX does is designed to help founders get there. Through its founder community, events, programs, and Cinderblock studio, KYX brings together people who are actively building companies and believes in execution over panels, action over talk, and high agency over waiting for permission.
KYX is intentionally not a traditional networking group. It’s a community for builders who show up, do what they say they’ll do, contribute more than they take, and want to build alongside other people who are doing the same.
From founder dinners and startup events to HackKentucky, Vibe Code Nights, and its Cinderblock founder studio, KYX creates opportunities for entrepreneurs to build, connect, learn, and move the work forward.
At its core, KYX believes that comfort is low agency—which makes this cold plunge and sauna experience a pretty fitting way to bring the community together.