Denver Startup Week

Denver Startup Week kicks off this week! 🎉 Whether you're an entrepreneur, creative, developer, or just excited about innovation, now's your chance to dive into the largest free entrepreneurial event of its kind! Don't forget to register and support DSW—your participation helps keep this incredible event free for the entire community. Let’s celebrate, learn, and grow together! 🙌 👉 Register now and be part of the energy: https://lnkd.in/gcQctZBV #DENStartupWeek #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #DenverCommunity

📌 Our program application is now open! Our FREE Incubator & Accelerator Program is your chance to bring your smart city innovation to life and grow it to its full potential. Who is this program for?: This program is designed for new majority tech founders, professionals, and students who are ready to start or scale their smart city solutions! This program offers two tailored tracks to meet you where you are in your entrepreneurial journey: ✨ Incubator Track: Perfect for aspiring founders looking to define their concept, build a strong business plan, and understand their value proposition. Learn how to communicate your worth and attract seed investment, setting the foundation for long-term success. ✨ Accelerator Track: Designed for entrepreneurs ready to scale. Dive deep into identifying competition, refining business models, leading teams, and forming a board. Gain insights into attracting equity, securing investors, and forming strategic partnerships with government entities. You’ll also learn to navigate procurement processes and leverage government purchasing power to drive growth. 📅 Applications Open: December 9, 2024 ⏳ Deadline to Apply: February 21, 2025 💻 Apply Now!: https://lnkd.in/gBQ-_s9W And here’s the best part: It’s completely free, and we take no equity in your business. This is your opportunity to build something extraordinary without barriers holding you back. Join us to connect with expert mentors, sharpen your skills, and position yourself as a leader in the smart city innovation space. #SmartCity #Innovation Colorado Smart Cities Alliance CU Denver College of Engineering, Design, and Computing University of Colorado Denver Innosphere Ventures CivStart

Thank you to everyone who made this year’s Denver Startup Week a huge success! The energy, innovation, and collaboration were truly inspiring. We’re excited to announce that DSW 2025 will take place from September 15-19—mark your calendars now! 🎉 Stay tuned as we share some of our favorite moments from this incredible week. #DENStartupWeek #DSW2025

Everywhere I go, I seem to run into fabulous fellow Trinity Bantams doing incredible work! ✨💙💛 It was a complete joy connecting with Kate B., Class of 2010, Chief of External Affairs and Managing Director at the Downtown Denver Partnership. A huge thanks to Kate and the Downtown Denver Partnership for hosting such an inspiring fireside chat and book signing at Denver Startup Week—it was a fantastic event! #lizelting #denverstartupweek #bestsellingauthor #downtowndenverpartnership #dreambigandwin #TrinityCollegeAlum Trinity College-Hartford, Carol J Carter

Another successful Denver Startup Week is on the books! Congratulations to my teammates at the Downtown Denver Partnership for their phenomenal dedication and event production excellence. This year, our Economic Development team enjoyed experimenting with ways to integrate office recruitment into the event. Thanks to all the brokers who participated in our inaugural Office Broker-Entrepreneur ‘Speed-Dating’ event hosted by DSW sponsor, Capital One Business: Ana Sandomire Peter Knisely Max Stanton Ryan Peirona Michael Pavlakovich Michael Coppola Maddy Stevenson Bo Pitto

What an incredible time at Denver Startup Week! 🔥 I was thrilled to sit down for a fireside chat with the amazing Carol J Carter, where we dove deep into what it takes to launch and scale a business, embrace ownership as a leader, and build and lead high-performing teams. Thanks so much to Carol, GlobalMindED, Theresa Szczurek, PhD, Kate B., Downtown Denver Partnership and the entire Denver Startup Week community for creating such an inspiring space for entrepreneurs to connect and grow! 💼🚀 ⁠#DREAMBIGANDWIN #womeninbusiness #bestsellingauthor #WSJbestseller #femalefounder #forbeswomen #entrepreneurlife #lizelting #DenverStartupWeek #Leadership #Entrepreneurship

"It's going to take me at least a month to recover." -- me last night as I was crawling under my weighted blanket hoping to finally catch some much needed zzzz's. What an incredible experience this year's Denver Startup Week was for our team at ProFounder Network -- Chris Franks Anthony Franco Meghamala V.. We kicked things off on Monday with our Founder Leadership Summit and I had the pleasure and privilege to speak to dozens of women founders in attendance. Priscilla Asante I'm so glad we spoke and I'm beyond thrilled you decided to call Denver home for your US HQ. Looking forward to the impact you make locally. Danielle M. Keep building and keep climbing! Later in the week, the infallible Kate Bailey, MBA and Lizelle van Vuuren hosted an evening event that featured local Colorado female founders who are in the thick of it and had pearls of wisdom to share. Our team recorded our How To Founder podcast onsite daily and it was incredible to see founders, students, partners and allies come together to listen, learn and participate. Denisse Rodríguez Colón So excited we met and I'm planning a trip to Puerto Rico immediately. :) I also LOVED seeing founders bend the rules on our end of the week pitch session. With no pitch decks allowed, the incredible Olga Marinkina brought a flip chart to hammer her point home. Erica Hines MS, CWWPC kicked things off for us by pitching her incredible startup MindReels and Elizabeth Sugar Boese convinced us that selling a home is difficult and doesn't need to be. My founder cup and heart are full and I'm excited for what is in store.

It felt very fitting to wrap Denver Startup Week at the Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff, hosted by Latinas in Tech - Denver. Met great people, listened to great music, and of course, ate great food. 😉 A celebration of professionals from various descents (I am half Mexican), the good work they are doing, and how to uplift one another and the community #DENStartupWeek

✈️ From San Diego to Denver, Ten Eleven’s very own Brian Draves joined the discussion between founders and funders at Denver Startup Week yesterday, along with Eric Shu of Access Venture Partners. So fantastic to meet with future cyber entrepreneurs to share a meal, and advice for getting started. Thanks again to founders Gadalia Montoya Weinberg O'Bryan, Dustin Lehr, and Fred Kneip for telling their stories and imparting lessons learned from their own cyber startup journeys! Thanks also to SVB for hosting us in their beautiful space! #DSW2024

We LOVE our #AI Builders #community! Denver Startup Week Week was our biggest yet. Thank you to all the, volunteers, organizers and sponsors - such an important movement ! #Denver #Colorado #startups Thad Eby Natty Zola Ian Cairns Jackie K. Gary Bresien Jaclyn Freeman Hester Elyse Kent Ef Rodriguez Eric Ryan Erik Mitisek Kate B. Ryan C. Larson Anna Steward and super special thanks to Nina Stepanov for all the coordination !