Techstars Startup Week & Artup Week Fort Collins 2018

Before you go all in on a product or business idea learn to validate it with Shopify.  We will talk about how to mitigate risk and test ideas in the market before committing to a product or niche.  Topics will include how to present products online using custom Shopify themes, techniques to tech a product or niche like drop shipping, print on demand and white labeling.

We will also cover the must haves for selling products online, platforms, marketing and when apps are needed.

One is against raising money. One didn’t see another way. One believes product sells; another believe marketing is key. Learn how the founders of three local startups (Scout, The Food Corridor, and TurboTenant) built their businesses in dramatically different ways.
Some combined panel stats:

• Over $150k of MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue)
• Boostrapped and Self Funded
• Raised over $2M in Venture Funding
• Growing through product development, marketing, sales, and thought leadership.
• An Engineer, an Academic, a former air traffic controller and Property manager but now all 
• One acquisition
• 20 combined employees
• All in Fort Collins

Soak in some of the hard lessons and missteps in this open, honest discussion from companies in our own backyard.