NewCo Boulder 2015: Full Schedule

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8:30am MST

Foundry Group

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: "It Takes A Community"

Session Description: "It takes a community" - conversation about the importance of community in building a business (both inside and outside your company)

Presenters

Seth Levine

Co-Founder and Director, Foundry Group

Host Companies

Foundry Group

Foundry Group is a venture capital firm focused on making investments in early-stage information technology, Internet and software startups. Our passion is working alongside entrepreneurs to give birth to new technologies and to build those technologies into industry-leading companies... Read More →

Volunteers

Rich Maloy

Co-Founder, Engage Colorado

Rich Maloy manages Catalyst, the global incubator program for SoftLayer, an IBM Company. His mission is to transform the world through innovation and entrepreneurship, which he does by providing resources for startups including credits on SoftLayer’s platform, mentorship, and connections. Why... Read More →

Kevin Owocki

Founder, GitCoin

I spin bits for fun & profit. Watch out for my megabyte.

Paul Cullen Rowe

Founder / Development Lead, Silverleaf Limited

Freelance Web Developer, Serial Entrepreneur, Extreme sports enthusiast

Thursday November 19, 2015 8:30am - 9:30am MST
Techstars

VC-Incubator, General

Sort by Neighborhood Downtown
Company Description Foundry Group is a Boulder-based venture capital firm.

10:00am MST

Techstars

Limited Capacity seats available
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Session Title: "Building Start-Up Communities"

Session Description: The talk will be around fostering entrepreurship around the world and Techstars role in building communities.

Presenters

David Brown

Managing Partner, Techstars

Host Companies

Techstars

Volunteers

Laura Barnes

Kevin Owocki

Founder, GitCoin

I spin bits for fun & profit. Watch out for my megabyte.

Chelsea Rogers

Techstars

Thursday November 19, 2015 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Techstars

VC-Incubator, General

Sort by Neighborhood Downtown
Company Description TBD

11:30am MST

CanopyBoulder

Limited Capacity seats available
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Session Title: "Cannabis 101- Business, Entrepreneurship, and Investing"

Session Discription: Come learn from one of the most active investors in the cannabis industry - CanopyBoulder - and the Executive Editor of The State of the Legal Marijuana Markets, Patrick Rea. Attend this session and get up to speed on cannabis industry investing, entrepreneurship and business.

Presenters

Patrick Rea

CEO & Co-Founder, CanopyBoulder

Host Companies

CanopyBoulder

Volunteers

Karen Ellenberger

Founder, Report Spark

Paul Cullen Rowe

Founder / Development Lead, Silverleaf Limited

Freelance Web Developer, Serial Entrepreneur, Extreme sports enthusiast

Thursday November 19, 2015 11:30am - 12:30pm MST
CanopyBoulder

Cannabis, General | VC-Incubator, General

Sort by Neighborhood East
Company Description Seed-stage, mentorship-driven business accelerator for the cannabis industry's ancillary products and services sectors.

11:30am MST

Boomtown

Limited Capacity seats available

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Session Title: "A Look Inside Boomtown"

Session Description: Come on in and take a look on what goes on inside Boomtown. We'll walk you through what a typical week in the program looks like, talk about the brand new Connectivity Lab, and answer any questions you might have about what we do.

Presenters

Toby Krout

Managing Director, Boomtown

Host Companies

Boomtown

Volunteers

Nate Floyd

Seeking Employment Opportunities, Self

Kevin Owocki

Founder, GitCoin

I spin bits for fun & profit. Watch out for my megabyte.

Chelsea Rogers

Techstars

Thursday November 19, 2015 11:30am - 12:30pm MST
Boomtown

VC-Incubator, General

Sort by Neighborhood Downtown
Company Description Boomtown is a startup accelerator focusing on companies in ad-tech, Internet of things, and media.

11:30am MST

Spark

Limited Capacity seats available

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Session Title: "Student Entrepreneurship: Funny Stories and Lessons Learned"

Session Description: Come Learn and laugh with a panel of student entrepreneurs as they share their trials and tribulations that come from being a young student trying to hack it in the Start up world.

Volunteers

Terra Grantham

Finance and Product, bridge21

Emily Kelton

Thursday November 19, 2015 11:30am - 12:30pm MST
Spark

VC-Incubator, General

Sort by Neighborhood University
Company Description Spark Boulder is a space for entrepreneurship, designed and created by students to foster creativity, cultivate talent, and accelerate innovative ideas. Spark Boulder is a student entrepreneur’s playground that will allow Boulder and the University of Colorado to remain at the forefront of student innovation and entrepreneurship.

1:00pm MST

Watson University

Limited Capacity seats available

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Session Title: "The World is F*** Awesome (and the secret reason why we need to believe it)"

Session Description: It seems as if we've lost hope in the future of our world. There are more dilemmas than ever before, the political system is a mess, and problems don't seem to have any feasible solution. Watson is a university of promising changemakers, a place where we haven't lost hope, and we've got some insights as to how we can make a sustainable difference.

Presenters

Eric Glustrom

President, Watson University

Eric Glustrom is the founder of Watson and Educate! – two sister organizations transforming education worldwide. Watson is a new university model in the US dedicated to supporting next generation leaders and entrepreneurs to solve the toughest challenges facing the world. Educate!, which Eric founded in high school in 2002, currentl... Read More →

Host Companies

Watson University

Volunteers

Ryder Dale

Founder, Field Wheel

Lisa Lehndorff

owner/consultant, Customer Support Services

Available for consultations on the natural organic food category through three agencies. Primary background is leading consumer relations teams for leaders like The Hain Celestial Group and Whole Foods Markets. Customer Support Services provides start up organizations with customer... Read More →

Thursday November 19, 2015 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Impact Hub

Education, General | VC-Incubator, General

Sort by Neighborhood Downtown
Company Description Watson is a new model of higher education in Boulder, Colorado for student innovators, leaders and entrepreneurs aged 18-23 that includes short master courses from the world?s foremost leaders, entrepreneurs, and thinkers including a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, one of Time Magazine?s 100 most influential people and more; intensive mentorship; and training in the entrepreneurial skills of empathy, creativity, resilience, grit, bootstrapping, team building and fundraising. Watson helps students develop and advance solutions to the toughest challenges facing the world.

1:00pm MST

Red Idea Partners

Limited Capacity seats available
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Session Title: "Selling Yourself, Your Idea, Your Future"

Session Description: Learn what investors look for when meeting an entrepreneur or small business. What really leaves them with a lasting impression both good or bad.

Presenters

Ross Shell

CEO, Founder, Red Idea Partners

Ross has spent his professional career as a marketer and business strategist, as well as an entrepreneur and early stage investor. His career has included serving as President of Tesser, a nationally regarded branding firm focused on the restaurant and food sectors, and working for... Read More →

Host Companies

Red Idea Partners

Volunteers

Nicolas Anzellini

Jolene Dreith

Fractional CFO, Consultant

Thursday November 19, 2015 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Red Idea Partners

VC-Incubator, General

Sort by Neighborhood East
Company Description We help clients and portfolio companies scale realistically and intelligently. As a trusted advisor, we help companies face challenges while remaining focused on their best opportunities.

2:30pm MST

madelife

Limited Capacity seats available

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Session Title: "Design Thinking Applied to You"

Session Description: In order to best share with our guests madelife's values in how we run our company and what we offer to our participants, we will use our session time to guide attendees through a school inspired exercise. Last year we used a gift giving exercise to engage the crowd and to best showcase the creation based learning and self analysis. We invite you to join us in this experiential activity!

Presenters

Angelo Keely

Creative Director, madelife

Host Companies

madelife

Volunteers

Meg Johnson

Badass, Myself

Christine Ramirez

Director of Design, Upland Kapost

Thursday November 19, 2015 2:30pm - 3:30pm MST
madelife

Media, General | Other, General | The Arts, General | VC-Incubator, General

Sort by Neighborhood Downtown
Company Description madelife is a launchpad for artists and entrepreneurs founded on mentorship and collaboration. Our mission is to support and promote artists and creative entrepreneurs. We do this in numerous ways out of our 6000-square-foot retail store, gallery spaces, black-box theater and sound studio in Boulder, Colorado. We curate indie-modern furniture and art from hundreds of local artists and designers, host monthly art shows, produce live events and performances, record and produce video and music projects, and launch creative careers through our unique Creative Accelerator program. Our core values are collaboration, mentorship, honoring the uniqueness of each person, and the drive to help creative people be financially successful.

2:30pm MST

Mergelane

Limited Capacity seats available

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Session Title: "The Why Behind Mergelane"

Session Description: Mergelane is a business accelerator for startup companies with at least one female in leadership. Come and learn the Why Behind Mergelane, how we came to be, and why our goal is to become obsolete. You'll leave this session understanding what Mergelane does, and how an accelerator works as well as what is happening in global discussion of women in business.

Presenters

Hannah Davis

Program Director, Merge Lane

Hannah is an extraordinary community builder and startup supporter. She is the Program Director at MergeLane, an investment fund and education platform focused on accelerating high-potential female leaders. Before joining MergeLane, Hannah was an integral force at the Impact Hub Boulder... Read More →

Host Companies

Galvanize

Volunteers

Tobin Kaestner

Bookseller, Boulder Bookstore

Michelle Renee

Owner, Streamlined Web Design, LLC

WEB DESIGNER EXTRAORDINARE! We understand small business owners and their unique needs – it is why we offer effective website solutions starting at just $499. Whether you need a traditional website or one of our other creative solutions, we are here to help you grow your business... Read More →

Thursday November 19, 2015 2:30pm - 3:30pm MST
Galvanize

VC-Incubator, General

Company Description Mergelane is a business accelerator for startup companies with at least one female in leadership. Come and learn the Why Behind Mergelane, how we came to be, and why our goal is to become obsolete. You'll leave this session understanding what Mergelane does, and how an accelerator works as well as what is happening in global discussion of women in business.