CANCELED:
Unfortunately, the weather tomorrow is going to rain us out! We are going to CANCEL the event to avoid trail damage. We'd still love to hear from Frank Overton, and get our wearable tech conversations on, so let's try again on Friday if weather permits. I'll followup with an email later this week with details.
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Join the Health and Adventure Tracks as they kickoff a week-long exercise competition. Bring your wearable tech and get ready to rack up some high scores, starting with a group hike up the beautiful Chautauqua trail. Prizes at the end of the week for the most active achievers.
We'll have Frank Overton, Founder of FasCat, joining us and leading a wearables discussion prior to the hike. Perhaps the first wearable tech device he used (way back in 2001) was actually a rideable device, the powermeter which measures a cyclist's power output. What horsepower is to a car, power output is to a cyclist and Frank used his science background to apply this emerging field of sport science to making FasCat Athletes faster.
More about Frank:
Before Frank caught the cycling bug he was going to go to medical school. Post college he spent two years researching nerve regeneration in spinal cord injuries at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. However, during grad school (Physiology, continuing to studying spinal cord injuries) the pull of the mountain bike and Colorado was strong. So he moved to Boulder to race bikes and work in biotech. One patent and a unfavorable clinical trial later, Frank started his own company to coach cyclists and race his bike at a professional level.
Monday, May 16, 2016, will be a very big day in the world of crowdfunding.
More people will be able to invest in entrepreneurs through crowdfunding than they were just the day before. And that means that more entrepreneurs with more innovative ideas will be able to launch more businesses.
Join our panelists to learn and discuss the following topics:
Keeping the user at the heart of your focus ensures you're understanding real problems in context rather than building solutions and hoping they stick. In a fast moving entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial environment it can be challenging to keep research a top priority. In this session Jo will share how research can inform product design and create empathy for user problems in a way that increases your strategic resilience in the market, and resonates with your intended user base.
Meet up in the back courtyard of Trident Coffee on the west side of Pearl Street. We'll parse you out by restaurant and pair up with a dinner captain and send you off to try out Boulder's culinary scene.
We believe in the power of doing. During the second portion the event, we get hands-on. Come ready to dig into the ideas and techniques that foster constructive creativity and an interactive and collaborative experience. SheSays leadership and facilitators will guide the room in a participatory workshop. The goal is to provide tools and structure to unlock your own creativity and bring insight to your next innovation challenge.
FOOD & DRINKS
Don't worry, we'll have tasty food & drinks on hand to keep your creative juices flowing.
EVENT TIMELINE
6-6:30 Networking
6:30-7:10 - Presentations
7:15-8pm - Workshop
Boulder Open Coffee Club is an informal meetup that serves as a great way to take the pulse of the startup community. BOCC begins with newcomer introductions followed by job and event announcements. The balance of the hour is a group discussion about startups, with topics including new products, industry trends, and other current events.
Community Mentors to give back and share their perspectives and experiences with founders and entrepreneurs of all walks of life in fast paced 20 minute sessions. Choice your own adventure! Please limit to 1-2 bookings for each day of mentor office hours as slots are very limited. Unfilled or cancelled time slots are available FCFS the day of the event - just check in with the event host at the event. This session will be hosted on Tuesday, May 17th, 9am - 11am @ Galvanize: 5th Floor, 1035 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302.
Please note that adding this event to your Sched does not sign you up to meet with a mentor. You must click one of the links below labelled "Book a slot" with each specific mentor.
Please choose a session with an amazing mentor, below:
Finding housing in Boulder—a beautiful location with a booming economy—is ever challenging. Hear from and ask questions to our panel of Boulder locals who have lived in or near the city for a diverse amount of time, working in different types of jobs, and have wrestled with the difficulty of buying a home or starting a family.
Join veterans and newbies alike for our walking tour, Downtown Boulder, Pearl Street and Beyond: Described as a “…. gem not to be missed!” Our experienced local guides weave together stories of history, planning, people and environment to offer a foundation for your time in vibrant downtown Boulder ~ slightly condensed into an hour and fifteen minutes!
The Boulder Walking Tour gets 5 stars on TripAdvisor -- it’s top-notch, period. This fun and informative walking tour explores the convergence of characteristics that make Boulder a truly special place. Total of 45 spots available, with 15 reserved for BSW fly-ins.
We will meet outside the Boulderado on the East side near Corner Bar to begin the walking tour. The location is just one block north of Pearl on 13th (2017 13th Street).
Even more information: http://boulderwalkingtours.com/details-about-the-tours/best-of-downtown-boulder-the-tour-that-tops-tripadvisor/"
Breaking mainstream, changing the health system by developing innovation functions to work with healthcare startups, researchers, and innovators.
This will cover what it takes to define the capabilities and develop an iOS native app for startups. We will cover specific requirements and how to implement these in an unobtrusive manner with a good user experience. We will cover an introduction of the Swift programming language and Xcode IDE and their primary benefits. We will touch on iOS Human Interface Guidelines and tips for great performance.
Great work usually doesn’t come from operating in a vacuum. In the tech industry it takes a lot of cooks in the kitchen to pull off great projects. Any combination of marketing, business development, design, engineering, QA, product, project management teams have a stake in the finished product. This is where collaboration can make or break your personal success as well as the success of a project.
Collaboration is more than just stand ups, documentation, handholding, and asking questions. In this participation-centric talk, you’ll learn why collaboration is important, what tools help with collaboration, how to handle interpersonal conflicts, how to receive and give focused feedback, and how to establish good habits to support both yourself and your teammates. Whether you are in an office or a remote contributor on a distributed team, you will learn effective techniques to engage and collaborate with your teams in a way that won’t leave anyone hanging out to dry.
Welcome to Analyze Boulder 36! We're so thrilled to be hosting a special Boulder Startup Week edition of AB for a FOURTH year. We've rounded up some of our most popular 5-minute flash data talks from the past year:
Theresa Becker presents a web-based visualization of co-mutation data to assist researchers and clinicians in understanding the complex mutational dynamic of cancer, with potential future application in personalized medicine.
Damian Wandler highlights some sneaky ways bias can end up in well-intentioned AB tests, how machine learning can be the nemesis of causal inference, and some methods to address these issues.
Aman Ahuja will talk about applications of data science in the non-profit sector: how they can be different from popular views of data science, what we can all learn from these projects, and why it’s important that we do so.
Erich Wellinger will show us how, what, and when media sources have covered various topics in the 2016 Presidential Election, analyzed using the web-scraping and Natural Language Processing techniques.
As always, we'll be pouring great beer from Vindication Brewing Company.
Please contact us if you want to give a 5-minute flash talk on any data-related subject!
6:00pm-7:15pm Panel
7:15pm-9:00pm Refreshments and Professional Networking
You’re a supervisor -- it’s your job to cultivate a high performing team and great culture, but how? It’s easy to improve output, happiness, and culture; so come learn how to implement a wellness program at work.
You’re an employee -- your wellness is your livelihood. Let’s talk strategy. We will discuss how to convert your supervisor into an ally for implementing a wellness program at work.
PARKING: If driving to the event, all attendees will need to park in the overflow lot west of the 4001 Discovery Dr. The lot is on the right facing the west and is not cleary marked. This is due to CU doing paving. Then enter 4001 Discovery Dr to the left atrium and then proceed to Ignyte Lab on the 2nd floor northest, N290.
For alternative transporation, The Stampede Bus runs down Arapahoe then up Colorado stopping just outside of the building.
Community Mentors to give back and share their perspectives and experiences with founders and entrepreneurs of all walks of life in fast paced 20 minute sessions. Choice your own adventure! Please limit to 1-2 bookings for each day of mentor office hours as slots are very limited. Unfilled or cancelled time slots are available FCFS the day of the event - just check in with the event host at the event. This session is on Wednesday, May 18th, 9am-11am @ EFCO: 1123 Spruce St. Boulder, CO 80302 (the Spruce Street Mansion).
Please note that adding this event to your Sched does not sign you up to meet with a mentor. You must click one of the links below labelled "Book a slot" with each specific mentor.
Please choose a session with an amazing mentor, below:
Details: http://boulder.coden.coffee
We gather people for various Meetups and happy hours on a regular basis. This is a weekly, informal, gluten-friendly gathering of developers - and anyone else who works relatively quietly with a lap top. Many who come are of the Ruby persuasion, but all are welcome.
**WHO:** You, your laptop.
**WHAT:** Code && Coffee (&& Bagels && Tea)
**WHEN:** Wednesdays, 9AM - 12PM
**WHERE:** 2030 17th St. Boulder, CO 80302
Using improv skills to navigate the various inclusion gaps that plague startups
In this experiential workshop, the cast of Playback Theatre West, will guide attendees through a practical exploration of basic improv principles in service of creating more inclusion in our shared community. This trio of improv trainers have over 50 years experience applying creativity and performance principles to the work place. Expect to be on your feet interacting and learning the power of “yes-anding” your way to more skillful and inclusive interactions.
FullStackEvents offers amplified career advice and business solutions for #EventProfs
Reach out for more info at fullstackevents@gmail.com or check out our Facebook page.
Join us for happy hour, networking and conversation about all things EDU! This event brings together educators, technologists, entrepreneurs, and others interested in learning more about what's happening with edtech in Colorado. We’ll have plenty of time for networking before we showcase some of the great edtech startups from around Denver and Boulder. Plus – there will be drinks!
CodeCraft School of Technology proudly presents, “I am Woman [In Tech],” a panel of powerhouse stories from women on the front lines in the local tech and startup scene. Panelists include tech leaders in HR, Software Development, and Business Development. Topics include: getting a seat at the table, overcoming the Imposter Syndrome, getting credit for your ideas while being taken seriously and how to effectively find or become a mentor.
Teaching youth through technology. How using robots and technology in our classrooms can impact our youngest children to learn academic AND social emotional skills.
Directions to Verde: In the old hospital on Mapleton!
Greg: Falcor
Falcor is a data-fetching library from Netflix that promotes loose coupling between clients and servers. Falcor models data as a virtual graph, and has both client-side and server-side (Node.js) components.
AJ: Typescript / ESNext
Finding a basic boilerplate for ES2015 or TypeScript that provides testing out of the box && accurate source-maps via istanbul is a rarity on github. I will present two boilerplate repos that do just that. If you haven’t already started playing with TypeScript or ES2015 because the [painful] configuration bogged you down, then this talk is for you.
Technologies: TypeScript, ES2015, Webpack, Jasmine via Karma
In the heart of Boulder Startup Week, join the larger community in attending Techstars Demo Night on May 18th. This evening is the culmination of the Techstars Boulder 2016 program and opportunity for the 11 companies to pitch to investors and showcase their business to friends, family and the community.
The 2016 Techstars class of companies represent the ever-growing and diversifying entrepreneurial ecosystem. Our companies come from all over the country with unique backgrounds and expertise. They’ve inspired us, and we hope they’ll inspire you too!
Demo Night is free to attend, but ticket must be reserved for entry. Please RSVP at the EventBrite link below!
Doors at 6:30PM
Program at 7PM
RSVP Required: Register Here
Community Mentors to give back and share their perspectives and experiences with founders and entrepreneurs of all walks of life in fast paced 20 minute sessions. Choice your own adventure! Please limit to 1-2 bookings for each day of mentor office hours as slots are very limited. Unfilled or cancelled time slots are available FCFS the day of the event - just check in with the event host at the event. This session is on Thursday, May 19th, 9am-11am @ Boomtown: B1, 2060 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80302. Enter the Sienna building and take the lobby elevator down to the Basement level and you are there.
Please note that adding this event to your Sched does not sign you up to meet with a mentor. You must click one of the links below labelled "Book a slot" with each specific mentor.
Book a slot with a specific mentor (required):
Three local entrepreneurs that bootstrapped their companies past the $2M ceiling share stories, good and bad, of the pivotal moments of scaling a business. We'll focus on sales scaling, hiring/team/culture scaling, and growth strategy.
Looking for a job or an in with a start company in Boulder? This is a great opportunity to meet with over 30 + local companies looking for great talent.
Participating companies:
Applied Trust
Aventeer
Baby Bath Water
BES
BSW
Code Craft School
LogRhythm
name.com
pivotal
Sovrn
Technical Integrity
Tendril
The Trade Desk
TruEffect
Zayo
Develop Intelligence
Gloo
Gorilla Logic
MojoTech
PivotDesk
Right On Mobile
Snap Logic
Sphero
Wunder Capital
University of Colorado at Boulder
Please check back often, we are updating the list above daily as we receive confirmations. Questions? Please email rendl@startupweek.co
Calling all Boulder entrepreneurs, inventors, and self-starters – your big break is arriving now. UberPITCH is coming to Boulder for Boulder Startup Week, and we’re pulling out all the stops.
We’ve teamed up with David Cohen of Techstars and other top investors to bring entrepreneurs a one-of-a-kind opportunity to pitch business ideas to local investors at the tap of a button.
On May 19th, request PITCH in your Uber app and we’ll bring you one of Boulder’s top investors, ready to hear your big idea.
Enter code PITCHBOULDER in your app to unlock the PITCH view.From 1pm–3pm on Thursday, May 19, request an investor on-demand and pitch your idea.
Stories from the front line on how tech is disrupting the food brands. Consumers are now building a relationship with food without going into the grocery store.
The Marketing Happy Hour Mixer is a meeting point for marketing enthusiasts participating in Boulder Startup Week, or living in the Boulder area. The goal will be to gather all those who are interested in marketing across the board, whether you're interested in online, offline, PR or Social Media – we’ll get to the heart of some of the industry’s most annoying and pressing obstacles. Bring questions and this group will collaborate on answers. We’ll try to spark creative thought to help improve the vision of marketing as a whole.
In other words - everyone is welcome, juniors and seniors, marketers with decades of experience and those who have just begun, those focused on PR, social media, or a combination of everything. Entrepreneurs, Boulder-ites and beyond! You're all welcome to the Marketing Happy Hour Mixer.
Unique challenges for startups in the Healthcare industry. Followed up with a happy hour social at Boomtown.
Gold Hill is a very special place tucked about 25 mins up in to the mountains just outside of Boulder. For the drinkers, or those who just don't want to worry about driving, we will be providing round trip transportation from Boulder to Gold Hill.
Founding Entrepreneurs who like to have a good time and want to meet some good people are encouraged to attend.
This is event is not for everyone find out if you it if it is right for you apply here. Please see external link for RSVP below.
SOLD OUT.
Ignite Boulder is a night of presentations on a variety of topics – with a twist. Each presentation has 20 slides, that automatically advance after 15 seconds. It is a worldwide movement, and Boulder hosts the largest in the world every 2 or 3 months.
Check out the new makerspace and get hands-on with a make-and-take project! See the exciting equipment and learn about upcoming programs, trainings, and more. All ages welcome, children 13 years old and younger must be accompanied by an adult, no registration required.
Tickets are FREE for Startup Week attendees. Availability is limited, and seats are first come, first served. Doors open at 6:00pm; Use the north Library entrance by Canyon Blvd.
Stay after the screening for a panel discussion with Director/Producer Robin Hauser Reynolds, Brad Feld, Krista Marks, Heather Terenzio, and Promise Phelon. This event is made possible by Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor.
Tech jobs are growing three times faster than our colleges are producing computer science graduates. By 2020, there will be one million unfilled software engineering jobs in the USA. Through compelling interviews, artistic animation and clever flashpoints in popular culture, CODE documentary examines the reasons why more girls and people of color are not seeking opportunities in computer science and explores how cultural mindsets, stereotypes, educational hurdles and sexism all play roles in this national crisis. Expert voices from the worlds of tech, psychology, science, and education are intercut with inspiring stories of women who are engaged in the fight to challenge complacency in the tech industry and have their voices heard. CODE aims to inspire change in mindsets, in the educational system, in startup culture and in the way women see themselves in the field of coding.
Now that the sun is out...
Join the Health and Adventure Tracks as they talk wearable and health technology with Frank Overton from FasCat. Bring your wearable tech and get ready to rack up some high scores, starting with a group hike up Eben Fine / west Pearl Street.
We'll have Frank Overton, Founder of FasCat, joining us and leading a wearables discussion prior to the hike. Perhaps the first wearable tech device he used (way back in 2001) was actually a rideable device, the powermeter which measures a cyclist's power output. What horsepower is to a car, power output is to a cyclist and Frank used his science background to apply this emerging field of sport science to making FasCat Athletes faster.
More about Frank:
Before Frank caught the cycling bug he was going to go to medical school. Post college he spent two years researching nerve regeneration in spinal cord injuries at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. However, during grad school (Physiology, continuing to studying spinal cord injuries) the pull of the mountain bike and Colorado was strong. So he moved to Boulder to race bikes and work in biotech. One patent and a unfavorable clinical trial later, Frank started his own company to coach cyclists and race his bike at a professional level.
This high-energy talk covers tricks and tips gained from 15+ years of running a bootstrapped company, from founding to acquisition. Bootstrapping is a funding approach without VC involvement -- we'll share how we made it work in our favor.
I walked 10,000 steps today -- so what!? As the market fills with health tracking wearable technology, how do consumers use data to make a difference? We will discuss the emerging market, how medical professionals can integrate with the network of hardware over the wire, and what this means for our health in the years to come.
Lauren Constantini will join us to speak about her experience in the rapidly evolving wearable and health technology market.
How America is losing up to 40% of its food from farm to fork to landfill.
Learn what it takes to pave your own path and be an entrepreneurial content creator. Rachel Ryle, award winning Illustrator & Animator speaks to how to navigate the realms of social media & stand out. Come to enjoy coffee and good conversation.
House of Genius reinforces the collaborative genius that we all may share in service to our community innovators, entrepreneurs, dreamers, and doers. Join us as one bold entrepreneur pitches their 'Ask' to our 'Genius panel, and you!
An attendee will be a participant in the process, sharing their best ideas on par with those from investors, serial entrepreneurs, mentors, and other talented members of our panel.
House of Genius abides by three rules:
Want to pitch your company to find great talent? Please email tgroom@tangogroup.com to get added to the list and include your elevator pitch. We are only taking 12 companies and it's first come first serve. You will ONLY HAVE 2 minutes, which will be timed, and anyone in the audience who is interested in your vision can connect with you. We are only looking for companies that are in the earlier startup stage and is looking to hire their first employee or find a partnership. Remember to bring extra business cards to hand out for future conversations!
Learn why it's ultra cool and advantageous to your business and your community to have your startup certified as a B Corp and how to do it. Connect with other people who are B Corps or thinking about certifying.
