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Techstars Startup Week & Artup Week Fort Collins 2018

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Saurabh Gupta

CSU
Research Assistant

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

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

10:30am MST

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

12:00pm MST

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

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 Value of Mentoring and Being MentoredFULL Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityRenee Walkup

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

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

5:30pm MST

Artspace Report City of Fort Collins Lincoln Center

7:00pm MST

Blockchain Fort Collins MeetupLIMITED InnosphereAari Lotfipour

8:30am MST

Open CoffeeLIMITED Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for Creativity

9:00am MST

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

Social Media ~ More Than Just PostingFULL Downtown Artery

2:30pm MST

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

4:00pm MST

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

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

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

Meetings that people WANT to attendFULL CohereCarrie Bennett

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

2:00pm MST

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

3:00pm MST

Food Popup: Tea Time and Cupcakes Happy Lucky’s Teahouse 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Podcasting @ KRFCFULL The Music District, Sisters Building: Living RoomCharles Joseph Kelly 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

10:30am MST

Overcome Imposter SyndromeFULL CohereChrysta Bairre

12:00pm MST

Office hours with Blockchain CEOsLIMITED Downtown ArteryAari Lotfipour • Alan Curtis The First 7 Years: What I Wish I'd Known When I Started My BusinessFULL CohereJeremy Green

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