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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 up Block OneLIMITEDJ Keitsu • Travis Lee

6:00pm MST

Startup Weekend Colorado State University

5:00pm MST

Startup Week KICKOFF & CSU Startup Weekend Pitch Night InnosphereLIMITED

8:30am MST

SBDC+Sage Office Hours: Free Confidential Consulting Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITED Open Coffee Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITED

9:00am MST

Coworking: Supercharge your business and have fun doing it Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITEDChrysta 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? The LyricFILLINGDenichiro 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 Artery Downtown ArteryLIMITEDFaith Johnson • Maxwell Tretter Food Popup: Fresh Start to Startup Week Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITED

10:30am MST

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

12:00pm MST

Top six ways businesses get into trouble (and what you can do to avoid them) Downtown ArteryFULLMike OConnell

1:00pm MST

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

1:30pm MST

Creatives: Write Your One Page Business Plan Classroom @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityFULLKathy Stewart Successful Leadership Tools for Arts Executive Directors Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITEDEmelie Borello Business Resources at The Library Downtown ArteryFILLINGAnne Macdonald • Jack Dorr • Sarah Scobey • Molly Thompson Value of Mentoring and Being Mentored Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityFULLRenee Walkup

2:00pm MST

Mentor Speed Dating Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityFULLRenee Walkup

3:00pm MST

FoCo Speaks Out Downtown ArteryLIMITEDJoe Somodi Crazy sh** employees do and what you can do about it Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityFULLNikki Larchar Peer Advisory - An Educational Demo Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITEDCurt Bear

4:00pm MST

Sustainable & Attainable Housing Happy Hour Downtown ArteryFULL 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 Meetup InnosphereLIMITEDAari Lotfipour

8:30am MST

Open Coffee Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITED

9:00am MST

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

9:30am MST

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

10:00am MST

Social Media ~ More Than Just Posting Downtown ArteryFULL

2:30pm MST

Building your Digital Presence: What's hot & not The ArticulateFULLDerrick Kuhn • Nate Shugrue

4:00pm MST

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

5:00pm MST

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

5:30pm MST

NoCo Food Cluster Annual Meeting InnosphereLIMITEDSari Kimbell

6:00pm MST

Music Mixer Happy Hour Downtown ArteryLIMITED

8:30am MST

Open Coffee Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITED

9:00am MST

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

10:00am MST

Meetings that people WANT to attend CohereFULLCarrie Bennett

12:00pm MST

Closer to the Vest: Crafting NDAs that Really Work InnosphereLIMITEDKevin Cudney

1:00pm MST

Culinary Arts 101 - So You Want to Work in the Food Industry Downtown ArteryLIMITEDSari 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 Experience The Music District, Sisters Building: Living RoomLIMITEDJess Reed • Nick Duarte • Ben Gondrez • Royce Hoffner • Nathan Renley • Taz Arguello • Ethan Lindhout

7:00pm MST

Intro to Cognito and API Gateway InnosphereLIMITEDWojciech Magda

8:00pm MST

Make More Art Battle FINAL ROUND Downtown ArteryLIMITEDMaxwell Tretter

8:30am MST

SBDC+Sage Office Hours: Free Confidential Consulting Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITED Open Coffee Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITED

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 Technique The LyricFILLINGNick Armstrong

10:00am MST

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

10:15am MST

Negotiation and Conflict Management for Freelancers The LyricFILLINGNick Armstrong

10:30am MST

Selling your services without being sales-y The LyricFILLINGChrysta Bairre Investor Relations InnosphereLIMITEDAziza Sayed

12:00pm MST

Turn Your Art Practice Into An Art Business Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityFULLAmelia Caruso Master Your Message: How Your Communication Adjusts as Your Startup Grows Downtown ArteryFULLCindy Skalicky Raising Capital for your company’s successful exit: How your Merger and acquisition strategies affect raising capital InnosphereLIMITEDPJ Williams

1:00pm MST

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

1:30pm MST

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

3:00pm MST

Arting up Festivals: Pumping Up the Festive and Keeping It Going Downtown ArteryLIMITEDNatalie Scarlett • Amy Cervenan • Jan Iron • Jesse Nyander • Dulcie Willis

4:00pm MST

Music Makers: Artisan Electronics and Digital DIY The Music District, Sisters Building: Rehearsal RoomsFULLShane Zweygardt • Nick Duarte • Toby Hendricks • Tom Majeski • Brett Schreiber Music Makers: Instruments and Custom Craftsmanship The Music District, Sisters Building: Media LibraryLIMITEDKyle James Hauser • Mark "Rooster" Austin • Michael Bashkin • Jesse Bates • Adam Morford • Chuck Morrison • Jim Zdunek

4:30pm MST

Improv for Business Professionals Idea Lab @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityFILLINGJessica MacMaster • Dulcie Willis Connections to Capital The ArticulateFILLINGShannon Hein • John Berkhaussen • Gwen Bonilla • Karl Dakin • Lew Hagler • Greg Harrell • Lauren Kloock • DuWayne Peterson

6:00pm MST

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

8:30am MST

Open Coffee Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITED

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 business The LyricFULLDenichiro Otsuga • Jacob Cordova How to Code Digital Workshop CenterFULLSteve Armour • Rebecca Klein

10:00am MST

Musicians and Marketing (with Musicians *in* Marketing) The Music District, Long Building: Upstairs West WingFILLINGJulie Sutter • Briana Harris • Ian Haygood • Tim Massa • Mary Merritt • Josh Rivera Podcasting @ KRFC The Music District, Sisters Building: Living RoomFULLCharles 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 Business The LyricFULLDenichiro Otsuga • Sue & Ray Krueger Koplin • Carmelo Mannino • Joshua Tabin

10:30am MST

Overcome Imposter Syndrome CohereFULLChrysta Bairre

12:00pm MST

Office hours with Blockchain CEOs Downtown ArteryLIMITEDAari Lotfipour • Alan Curtis The First 7 Years: What I Wish I'd Known When I Started My Business CohereFULLJeremy 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 Marketing InnosphereFULLNick Kullin

1:30pm MST

Revitalize Your Illustration Vocation CohereFULLCourtney Keller

2:00pm MST

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

3:00pm MST

Crypto Investing: Token Analysis Downtown ArteryFILLINGAari Lotfipour • Conner Herman

3:30pm MST

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

4:00pm MST

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

6:00pm MST

First Friday Opening Reception Borrowed Light with The Social Animals Downtown ArteryFULL First Friday STEAMfest and Gallery Reception Basecamp @ The Carnegie Center for CreativityLIMITEDJenny Findlay • Jan Harrison • Peggy Lyle