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Techstars Startup Week & Artup Week Fort Collins 2018

11:00am MST

Using Shopify to validate your business ideas and scale them upLIMITED Block OneJ Keitsu • Travis Lee

6:00pm MST

Startup Weekend Colorado State University

5:00pm MST

Startup Week KICKOFF & CSU Startup Weekend Pitch NightLIMITED Innosphere

8:30am MST

SBDC+Sage Office Hours: Free Confidential ConsultingLIMITED Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity Open CoffeeLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity

9:00am MST

Coworking: Supercharge your business and have fun doing itLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityChrysta Bairre • Beth Buczynski • Logan Hale • Angel Kwiatkowski • Mark Nielsen Secrets to attracting Angel Investors: Part 1 (Basic); VC Investing Terminology, How Much Do I Ask For?, What is My Valuation?FILLING The LyricDenichiro Otsuga • Dave Harris Free Drop-In Coworking at Digital Workshop Center Digital Workshop Center

10:00am MST

Food Popup: Fresh Start to Startup WeekLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity How to Be A Part of The Downtown ArteryLIMITED Downtown ArteryFaith Johnson • Maxwell Tretter

10:30am MST

Secrets to attracting Angel Investors: Part 2 (Intermediate); Setting Up Financial Statements & Believable ProFormasFILLING The LyricDenichiro Otsuga • Mike Bennett

11:00am MST

Portfolio Speed DatingLIMITED Downtown ArteryFaith Johnson Movers & Shakers: Music Apps and PlatformsLIMITED The Music District, Long Building: Upstairs West WingKyle James Hauser • Steven Dourmashkin • Andrea Belita McKee • Tom Metz • Emily Satterlee Ask Me Anything – Women Angels and InvestorsLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityBarbara Bauer • Margaret Burd

12:00pm MST

Licensing Your ArtworkFULL Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityJill MacKay Top six ways businesses get into trouble (and what you can do to avoid them)FULL Downtown ArteryMike OConnell

1:00pm MST

Podcast or Nodcast? Engaging Podcasts for Startup SuccessFILLING The Music District, Long Building: Upstairs West WingVanessa Pagan

1:30pm MST

Value of Mentoring and Being MentoredFULL Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityRenee Walkup Creatives: Write Your One Page Business PlanFULL Classroom @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityKathy Stewart Successful Leadership Tools for Arts Executive DirectorsLIMITED Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityEmelie Borello Business Resources at The LibraryFILLING Downtown ArteryAnne Macdonald • Jack Dorr • Sarah Scobey • Molly Thompson

2:00pm MST

Mentor Speed DatingFULL Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityRenee Walkup

3:00pm MST

FoCo Speaks OutLIMITED Downtown ArteryJoe Somodi Crazy sh** employees do and what you can do about itFULL Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityNikki Larchar Peer Advisory - An Educational DemoLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityCurt Bear

4:00pm MST

Food Popup: Time Out for Pie Ginger & Baker Sustainable & Attainable Housing Happy HourFULL Downtown Artery

5:30pm MST

Artspace Report City of Fort Collins Lincoln Center

7:00pm MST

Blockchain Fort Collins MeetupLIMITED InnosphereAari Lotfipour

8:30am MST

SBDC+Sage Office Hours: Free Confidential ConsultingLIMITED Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity Open CoffeeLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity

9:00am MST

Food Popup: Pick me up at The Emporium The Emporium The Neuroscience of Conversation: What Every Entreprenuer Needs to KnowFULL The LyricAriana Friedlander RVC Pitch Academy (Fundamentals)FILLING The LyricDenichiro Otsuga • Dave Harris • Cindy Skalicky Free Drop-In Coworking at The ArticulateFILLING The Articulate

9:30am MST

Resilience in Business - Panel Discussion: Stories of overcoming adversity in business. Listen to their remarkable survival stories from Hurricane Irma and MariaLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityCharisse Bowen • Shey Evans • Darryl Flanders • Kristin Frazer • Akeem Lennard • Lenette Lewis

10:00am MST

Start or grow a profitable food businessFILLING The LyricSari Kimbell Social Media ~ More Than Just PostingFULL Downtown Artery

10:15am MST

From Ideas to a Business: Establishing Your Competitive Advantage: How your culture and investment philosophy defines your strategic competitive advantageFULL InnosphereBud Michael

11:00am MST

PitchNo.CO - Preliminary Round 1 SpacesChris Radliff • Jana Sanchez

12:00pm MST

Plug In: Be Part of City of Fort Collins Arts and Public Arts ProgramsFILLING Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityPeggy Lyle • Liz Good • Vincent Kitch • Ellen Martin • Jeanne Shoaff Intro to Self-Publishing through the Library Old Town LibraryAnne Macdonald 1099 Workers: How to minimize your risk and save money in the long runFULL Downtown ArteryNikki Larchar • Tina Todd The Top Things Startups Need to Know about Intellectual PropertyLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityMolly Kocialski • Dana Stangel

1:00pm MST

Voice & Visuals: Demystifying the Branding ProcessFULL The ArticulateEmily Day • Becca Verna PitchNo.CO - Preliminary Round 2 SpacesChris Radliff • Jana Sanchez

1:30pm MST

Arting up Theatre: New Territories and Emerging FormsLIMITED Downtown ArteryNatalie Scarlett • Nick Holland • Jesse Nyander • Cori Storb • Amanda Berg Wilson

2:00pm MST

Interdisciplinary Improv in ActionLIMITED The Music District, Sisters Building: Living RoomAlia Goldfarb • Chris Bates • Heather Johnson • Kristin McMahon • Renee Walkup • Mark Sloniker PitchNo.CO - Preliminary Round 3 SpacesChris Radliff • Jana Sanchez

2:30pm MST

Building your Digital Presence: What's hot & notFULL The ArticulateDerrick Kuhn • Nate Shugrue

3:00pm MST

Arting up the Scene: Cultural MigrationsLIMITED Downtown ArteryAmy Cervenan • Ren Burke • Patrick Edmiston • Natalie Scarlett • Zach Yendra Top Tips For Securing New CustomersFILLING Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityRenee Walkup Business Model Canvas WorkshopFILLING Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityCharisse Bowen

3:30pm MST

How to Get Better Digital Ad DesignFULL The ArticulateBryan Gaspord

4:00pm MST

Food Popup: What Rhymes with Tuesday?FILLING The Articulate "How Do I Talk About What I Do?"FILLING Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityKristin McMahon

5:00pm MST

Pack the F*ck^ng Room!LIMITED Downtown ArteryKyle Eustice • Ben DeSoto • Sara Durnil • Tim Massa • Caitlin McQueen Pricing 101: How not to be brokeFULL The ArticulateMike OConnell

5:30pm MST

NoCo Food Cluster Annual MeetingLIMITED InnosphereSari Kimbell

6:00pm MST

Music Mixer Happy HourLIMITED Downtown Artery Fort Collins Internet Professionals Meetup: Prototyping as a Mindset Newton SoftwareCodeGeek • Ron Zasadskinzi • Jens Nikolaus

5:45am MST

Project FTC - #freefitness in Fort Collins for EVERYONE Old Town SquareHans Tishmack

8:30am MST

Open CoffeeLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity

9:00am MST

1 Million CupsLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityNathalie Rachline • Lu Cordova • Phil Weiser Free Drop-In Coworking at Music DistrictLIMITED The Music District - Long Building (coworking)

10:00am MST

CANCELED! Food Popup: Million Dollar MorningFULL Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity Meetings that people WANT to attendFULL CohereCarrie Bennett Thinking like an Entrepreneur~Mindset in Public LeadershipFULL Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativitySam Houghteling • Mary Atchison • Dawn DeTienne • Tom Donnelly • Wade Troxell

10:30am MST

Arting up Musicals and Opera: New Tools, New Contexts, New OpportunitiesLIMITED Downtown ArteryChimney Choir • Michael Kirkpatrick • Jack Rogers • DJ Spooky PitchNo.CO - SEMIFINALS SpacesChris Radliff • Jana Sanchez

11:00am MST

Meet Techstars co-CEOs, David Brown & David CohenLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityDavid Brown • David Cohen

11:30am MST

KRFC Live and Out to LunchLIMITED The Music District, Sisters Building: Living RoomBrent Cowles • Liz Gaylor

12:00pm MST

Closer to the Vest: Crafting NDAs that Really WorkLIMITED InnosphereKevin Cudney

1:00pm MST

Culinary Arts 101 - So You Want to Work in the Food IndustryLIMITED Downtown ArterySari Kimbell • Menyhert Borocz • Toby Gadd • Rahshida Perez • Matt Smith • Trish O'Neill with The Cooking Studio • Andrew Webb • Jennifer Webb • Colin Westcott PitchNo.CO - FINALS SpacesChris Radliff • Jana Sanchez

2:00pm MST

State of the Cryptos The ArticulateAari Lotfipour • Jeffrey Abrams • Sasha Shtern • Erik Underwood • Erik Voorhees

2:30pm MST

Arting up Science: New Directions in Cross-Discipline CollaborationsFULL Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityDenichiro Otsuga • Laura Pritchett • DJ Spooky • Wade Troxell

3:00pm MST

Food Popup: Tea Time and Cupcakes Happy Lucky’s Teahouse Cinematic Presentations Using KeynoteLIMITED Downtown ArteryRobby Stout FoCo Nonprofit Networking Group Harmony LibraryDavid Hayes

4:30pm MST

The (Mega) Software Meetup Happy Hour Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity

6:00pm MST

Optics + Audio & the Electronic ExperienceLIMITED The Music District, Sisters Building: Living RoomJess Reed • Nick Duarte • Ben Gondrez • Royce Hoffner • Nathan Renley • Taz Arguello • Ethan Lindhout February's Fort Collins Artists' Community Hot Dish Event Fort Collins Museum of ArtPeggy Lyle A Case To Care - A Ottershop Happy Hour Benefiting the BVI and featuring Kristin Frazer of Trèfle Designs and her new Otterbox Case LaunchLIMITED Otter ShopCharisse Bowen • Kristin Frazer

7:00pm MST

Intro to Cognito and API GatewayLIMITED InnosphereWojciech Magda

8:00pm MST

Make More Art Battle FINAL ROUNDLIMITED Downtown ArteryMaxwell Tretter

8:30am MST

SBDC+Sage Office Hours: Free Confidential ConsultingLIMITED Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity Open CoffeeLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity

9:00am MST

Free Drop-In Coworking at Front Range Business Center Boardwalk Location Front Range Business Center - Boardwalk Location Free Drop-In Coworking at Office Evolution Fort Collins Office Evolution Fort Collins

9:15am MST

Storytelling Pays as a Marketing TechniqueFILLING The LyricNick Armstrong

10:00am MST

Alternative Fundraising: How equity crowdfunding can help you raise capital and create a stronger community around your businessFULL Downtown ArteryRob Burnett

10:15am MST

Negotiation and Conflict Management for FreelancersFILLING The LyricNick Armstrong

10:30am MST

Selling your services without being sales-yFILLING The LyricChrysta Bairre Investor RelationsLIMITED InnosphereAziza Sayed

12:00pm MST

Turn Your Art Practice Into An Art BusinessFULL Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityAmelia Caruso Master Your Message: How Your Communication Adjusts as Your Startup GrowsFULL Downtown ArteryCindy Skalicky Raising Capital for your company’s successful exit: How your Merger and acquisition strategies affect raising capitalLIMITED InnospherePJ Williams Guided Tours of CSU's Powerhouse Energy Campus CSU's Powerhouse Energy Campus

1:00pm MST

City of Fort Collins Economic Health AMALIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityJosh Birks • Sean Carpenter • Shannon Hein • SeonAh Kendall • Patrick Rowe

1:30pm MST

The Current World of Illustration, Graphic Novels, Cartoons and ComicsLIMITED Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityMike the Baron • Greg Guler • Kendra Spanjer • Ward Sutton 7 Steps to a 7-Figure IncomeFULL Front Range Business Center - Boardwalk LocationMatt Meuli Five Gestures of TRUST: Building a Customer Centric BusinessFULL Downtown ArteryShelley Polansky

3:00pm MST

Arting up Festivals: Pumping Up the Festive and Keeping It GoingLIMITED Downtown ArteryNatalie Scarlett • Amy Cervenan • Jan Iron • Jesse Nyander • Dulcie Willis Building It: "Women Who Brew"FILLING InnosphereSari Kimbell • Lesley Brandt • Carol Cochran • Natalie DiSanto • Loren Matthews • Jennifer Seiwald • Twila Soles

4:00pm MST

Music Makers: Artisan Electronics and Digital DIYFULL The Music District, Sisters Building: Rehearsal RoomsShane Zweygardt • Nick Duarte • Toby Hendricks • Tom Majeski • Brett Schreiber Music Makers: Instruments and Custom CraftsmanshipLIMITED The Music District, Sisters Building: Media LibraryKyle James Hauser • Mark "Rooster" Austin • Michael Bashkin • Jesse Bates • Adam Morford • Chuck Morrison • Jim Zdunek She Leads: Women Leaders in the Boardroom and BeyondFULL CohereChrysta Bairre

4:30pm MST

Improv for Business ProfessionalsFILLING Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityJessica MacMaster • Dulcie Willis Connections to CapitalFILLING The ArticulateShannon Hein • John Berkhaussen • Gwen Bonilla • Karl Dakin • Lew Hagler • Greg Harrell • Lauren Kloock • DuWayne Peterson

5:30pm MST

Women Who Succeed Happy Hour Scrumpy's Cider

6:00pm MST

How to Shape Your SoundLIMITED Downtown ArteryMaxwell Tretter Sound & Vision Cinema: High Fidelity The Resurrection of VinylLIMITED The Music District, Sisters Building: Living RoomVirgil Dickerson • James McTernan Virtual Reality in NoCo~Demo Night at FCMOD Fort Collins Museum of Discovery

8:30am MST

Open CoffeeLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity

9:00am MST

Navigating the New Frontier of Online and Social Media Advertising: Legal Pitfalls Artists Need to Know Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityDonna Gonzales Free Drop-In Coworking at Cohere Cohere

9:30am MST

Secrets to attracting Angel Investors: Part 3 (Advanced) Behind the Scenes of Investment Due Diligence: how to get on the fast track and use investor diligence to drive value into your businessFULL The LyricDenichiro Otsuga • Jacob Cordova How to CodeFULL Digital Workshop CenterSteve Armour • Rebecca Klein

10:00am MST

Musicians and Marketing (with Musicians *in* Marketing)FILLING The Music District, Long Building: Upstairs West WingJulie Sutter • Briana Harris • Ian Haygood • Tim Massa • Mary Merritt • Josh Rivera There is no playbook: lessons from 3 local software startup founders Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityAshley Colpaart • Derek Haynes • Seamus Nally • Sarnen Steinbarth Bootstrapping Your BusinessFULL The LyricDenichiro Otsuga • Sue & Ray Krueger Koplin • Carmelo Mannino • Joshua Tabin Podcasting @ KRFCFULL The Music District, Sisters Building: Living RoomCharles Joseph Kelly

10:30am MST

Arting up Your World: Perspectives on Collecting and Being CollectedLIMITED Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLisa Hatchadoorian • Lynn Boland • Jennifer Davey • Gary Hixon • Erika Osborne Overcome Imposter SyndromeFULL CohereChrysta Bairre

11:00am MST

Food Popup: Pick Me up with The LyricLIMITED The Lyric

11:30am MST

Lunch & Learn: Digital Marketing for MusiciansLIMITED The Music District, Long Building: Upstairs West WingBriana Harris

12:00pm MST

How to Sell Your ArtworkFULL Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityDon Overcash CANCELED! Startup Resources Pitch BackLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity The First 7 Years: What I Wish I'd Known When I Started My BusinessFULL CohereJeremy Green Office hours with Blockchain CEOsLIMITED Downtown ArteryAari Lotfipour • Alan Curtis

1:00pm MST

Profit with a Purpose @ New Belgium Brewery New Belgium BrewingWill Coffey

1:15pm MST

Title: 10 Startup Growth Hacks Marketing Agencies don’t want you to Know that can Save you Thousands of Dollars on MarketingFULL InnosphereNick Kullin

1:30pm MST

Revitalize Your Illustration VocationFULL CohereCourtney Keller

2:00pm MST

Future Trends in the Food IndustryFILLING Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativitySari Kimbell • Shane Anderson • Justin Caswell • Hayden Christensen • Ashley Colpaart • Rebecca Dunn • Michele Ostrander

3:00pm MST

Crypto Investing: Token AnalysisFILLING Downtown ArteryAari Lotfipour • Conner Herman

3:30pm MST

CANCELED! Food Popup: Take A Bite of the Future ~ of FoodFULL Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity

4:00pm MST

Planning & Distributing Music VideosLIMITED The Music District, Long Building: Upstairs West WingTomas Herrera • Davis Powers

6:00pm MST

First Friday STEAMfest and Gallery ReceptionLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityJenny Findlay • Jan Harrison • Peggy Lyle First Friday Opening Reception Borrowed Light with The Social AnimalsFILLING Downtown Artery